9” wheel spacers on my IX
Originally Posted by rocketscience
Gotta love snow tires.
have you tried taking those wheels off with the hub centering rings they give you? I'd try it once because if they give you as much trouble as they gave me, then you dont want to find that out if you ever get a flat and are on the side of the road.
Also, I put the Advans on the koseis and the snow tires on the stock wheels. Figured summer, lighter wheels, better performance.
have you tried taking those wheels off with the hub centering rings they give you? I'd try it once because if they give you as much trouble as they gave me, then you dont want to find that out if you ever get a flat and are on the side of the road.
Also, I put the Advans on the koseis and the snow tires on the stock wheels. Figured summer, lighter wheels, better performance.
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Originally Posted by 18bora
The stock wheels/tires didn't feel much heavier.
But seriously, forget the weight. Try taking one of the wheels off (fronts seem tighter to me) without tools. Maybe they fixed the tolerances since. Otherwise, some sandpaper on the inside of the rings and anti-seize on the hub centers. Just a suggestion.
Originally Posted by rocketscience
Really? Looking at the numbers.. the stockers weigh like 23 lbs? Can't remember if this is correct, but I think there is a post somewhere where someone weighed their stock wheels. The Koseis according to Tire Rack are like 17.5? That's not insignificant. Still probably not noticeable in daily driving (but after 2 years I swear I feel a difference).
But seriously, forget the weight. Try taking one of the wheels off (fronts seem tighter to me) without tools. Maybe they fixed the tolerances since. Otherwise, some sandpaper on the inside of the rings and anti-seize on the hub centers. Just a suggestion.
But seriously, forget the weight. Try taking one of the wheels off (fronts seem tighter to me) without tools. Maybe they fixed the tolerances since. Otherwise, some sandpaper on the inside of the rings and anti-seize on the hub centers. Just a suggestion.
The car is my bone stock daily driver. I just took it to the drag strip once just to get an idea of its potential. 13.0@102.7mph is good enough for me. Go back in time 10 year ago and see how many factory cars were running anywhere near that number. Back then a mid 14’s car was conceder ed fast.
I don’t have any plans to mod it, race it, or drive it to the limit. The only benefit I may get out of those tires is better gas mileage and obviously getting to work on time on snowy days.
I managed to put them on without a problem. They came with a set of lug nuts and 17mm socket. The nuts fit fine with barely any room for the socket. And just incase, I carry a 17mm impact socket and a small breaker bar in the trunk, along with a set of the stock lug nuts for the spare tire.
