Is there a big difference....
i basically paid the extra $$ from a base IX to a IX SE for the wheels. cause my wife liked them better. not a bad wife to have. i just have to let her drive it every once and awhile.
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The main difference between the BBS and Enkei wheels is forged vs cast. I had a set of BBS RK's(cast) on my Honda and I blew out two wheels driving over rocks up in the canyons. It was definitely a case of bad luck, but maybe I wouldn't have had a 12" crack going down the middle of the wheel if they were forged. For me that is the bigger difference rather than the weight, although it is still huge to lose 2.5 lbs per wheel.
i have an 03 evo and i just bought a set of mr bbs wheels. the wheels weight 3 pounds less each. they say tanking 1 pound of the wheels is like taking 3 pounds off the car. so thats like taking 40 pounds off the car.
but i felt no differance what so ever.
but i felt no differance what so ever.
Whoa compadres!
4 lbs a wheel will make a significant differance in performance! Mostly in braking, but also turning, and accelerating. This is not only unsprung mass, but its rotational unsprung mass. One post was correct, eliminating 1lb of unsprung mass is equal to removing 3lbs from the car IN PERFORMANCE. In rotational unsprung mass it is 7:1! So in this case it would equal 4X4=16, 16x7=112lbs. So, do you really "feel" 112lbs when you remove it from your car? Feel it or not, it makes everything perform better.
Usually when people say they dont notice a difference is because the wheels they are replacing are heavier than they think. The #1 reason is because generaly people who replace thier wheels go up in size. Wheel maybe lighter but tire can become heavier, plus now the weight is further from the center. Look at total weight. But even TI lugnuts make a difference.
I speak with experience, if you need to know my experience, Id be happy to tell you. You may not "feel" the difference driving to work, but you will see a difference in lap times and 1/4 mile. Every little bit counts, want something you can feel? Get a AMS turbo kit!
HAPPY MOTORING!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 lbs a wheel will make a significant differance in performance! Mostly in braking, but also turning, and accelerating. This is not only unsprung mass, but its rotational unsprung mass. One post was correct, eliminating 1lb of unsprung mass is equal to removing 3lbs from the car IN PERFORMANCE. In rotational unsprung mass it is 7:1! So in this case it would equal 4X4=16, 16x7=112lbs. So, do you really "feel" 112lbs when you remove it from your car? Feel it or not, it makes everything perform better.
Usually when people say they dont notice a difference is because the wheels they are replacing are heavier than they think. The #1 reason is because generaly people who replace thier wheels go up in size. Wheel maybe lighter but tire can become heavier, plus now the weight is further from the center. Look at total weight. But even TI lugnuts make a difference.
I speak with experience, if you need to know my experience, Id be happy to tell you. You may not "feel" the difference driving to work, but you will see a difference in lap times and 1/4 mile. Every little bit counts, want something you can feel? Get a AMS turbo kit!
HAPPY MOTORING!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoa compadres!
4 lbs a wheel will make a significant differance in performance! Mostly in braking, but also turning, and accelerating. This is not only unsprung mass, but its rotational unsprung mass. One post was correct, eliminating 1lb of unsprung mass is equal to removing 3lbs from the car IN PERFORMANCE. In rotational unsprung mass it is 7:1! So in this case it would equal 4X4=16, 16x7=112lbs. So, do you really "feel" 112lbs when you remove it from your car? Feel it or not, it makes everything perform better.
Usually when people say they dont notice a difference is because the wheels they are replacing are heavier than they think. The #1 reason is because generaly people who replace thier wheels go up in size. Wheel maybe lighter but tire can become heavier, plus now the weight is further from the center. Look at total weight. But even TI lugnuts make a difference.
I speak with experience, if you need to know my experience, Id be happy to tell you. You may not "feel" the difference driving to work, but you will see a difference in lap times and 1/4 mile. Every little bit counts, want something you can feel? Get a AMS turbo kit!
HAPPY MOTORING!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 lbs a wheel will make a significant differance in performance! Mostly in braking, but also turning, and accelerating. This is not only unsprung mass, but its rotational unsprung mass. One post was correct, eliminating 1lb of unsprung mass is equal to removing 3lbs from the car IN PERFORMANCE. In rotational unsprung mass it is 7:1! So in this case it would equal 4X4=16, 16x7=112lbs. So, do you really "feel" 112lbs when you remove it from your car? Feel it or not, it makes everything perform better.
Usually when people say they dont notice a difference is because the wheels they are replacing are heavier than they think. The #1 reason is because generaly people who replace thier wheels go up in size. Wheel maybe lighter but tire can become heavier, plus now the weight is further from the center. Look at total weight. But even TI lugnuts make a difference.
I speak with experience, if you need to know my experience, Id be happy to tell you. You may not "feel" the difference driving to work, but you will see a difference in lap times and 1/4 mile. Every little bit counts, want something you can feel? Get a AMS turbo kit!
HAPPY MOTORING!!!!!!!!!!!!
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