I was told never to put 17" rims on the G2 tegs. Yea right! I see it all the time. But what about 18" rims… I plan to get mostly the black widow kit so that will drop the car alot. but I wanted to know if any one out there has them and if they have droped their cars and how much so that they dont rub.?.?
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think about 18/19" if 17" rims rub…then what are bigger ones going to do?
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I have 17" rims…and I had my car lowered some crazy amount. the coil overs were down 3/4 the way in the front and about 1/8 the way in the back. the car was so low my exhaust wouldn’t clear speed bumps.
Result: INSANE handling. Car was unbelivable in corners. Wore out my 205/40/17 yoko tires after 3000kms as even though I have hte camber kit the car was to low and the insides of my tires wore out.
Correction: Raised the front 1.5" the coilover is at 1/2 and I rotated the tires so bad ones are on back, waiting to see what happens.
Hope my little story helped.
And no I dont have a body kit not even OEM skirts. If I did the car could not of been loewred that far or it would of rubbed. it was LOW. http://fastcomp.ath.cx/chado dont know if the pictures do justice…
L8r,
Chado
I will tell you another little story in most countries in Europe where the safety standards are higher it is illegal. Why? Well I will tell you part of the reasoning because automotive companies like Porsche did testing on every model they produced and found the cars suspension components could not handle the stress provided by 18" wheels. The only 80s and early 90s Porsche they are legal on is the Turbo. Now think about your car and it suspension, it was designed around 14" wheels and the forces 14” wheels can generate. I would never ride in any Integra with 18" wheels on it.
well if 18" were put on the car would be a show car only. but if the 17" are going on then im going to keep on using it as a second car. (planing on getting a RSX typeS in about 2 weeks)
I know of 3 people running 18’s on a g2 (including me) all with diff suspension setups, all lowered, none bottom out or rub, the only drawback is how quick the tires can wear if u get good ones. BTW my car bottoms out slightly on speedbumps with stock wheels, but not at all with the 18’s…I am however opting for some 17’s in the near future, jus because I want a diff lighter wheel.
thanks yellow that was the asnwer i was looking for. well i would like the 18" rims and lower the car a little, but not too much. since it will have the kit on it.
big wheels = instant performance downgrade
They look cool though. Look cool for me when you drive by. You’re inside the car so you don’t get to enjoy the view. Hehe.
I dont know about them being “unsafe”. Maybe, but definately not as unsafe as those huge tires some people put on their trucks.
Ed: By performance I mean acceleration and braking…
I guess big wheels can turn really good. But for me 14’s and 15’s can turn really good too.
I never see those huge wheels at Auto-X or other competition type events… Do you guys?
hey YellowIntegra,
whos the hot chic on your icon???
late…
is that harumi inuoe?
i know the bigger the rim the worse the performance. you try to start a bike from a dead stop in 21st gear. same type of deal. its very easy to start a bike in 1st gear. 1st being smaller rims.
but the deal is i want big open rims. not ugly littel chrome ones . or racing rims that cant fit the AEM upgrade kit… so there is a method to my madness.:evil:
DB2-R81 (Marc) What is the smallest size rim with your Wilwood brakes? 16"?
Chado check my drop LOL, those are 16s…
Originally posted by da6integra
[B]hey YellowIntegra,
whos the hot chic on your icon???
late… [/B]
I am about 95% sure it is harumi inuoe…and no dont ask me to pronounce that 1 
But yeah I got that a while back so thats why I cant remember. She’s a cutey tho !
Originally posted by mos
[B]big wheels = instant performance downgrade
They look cool though. Look cool for me when you drive by. You’re inside the car so you don’t get to enjoy the view. Hehe.
I dont know about them being “unsafe”. Maybe, but definately not as unsafe as those huge tires some people put on their trucks.
Ed: By performance I mean acceleration and braking…
I guess big wheels can turn really good. But for me 14’s and 15’s can turn really good too.
I never see those huge wheels at Auto-X or other competition type events… Do you guys? [/B]
I dunno I have to disagree a bit with this (as usual) It doesn’t really mess up performance, rather it changes the performance characteristics. Althought u have to spin a greater mass, therefore needing more force, it will keep spinning to a total faster speed then the smaller wheel, I personally dont like the way it accelerates with 14’s using the vtec tranny. Imagine putting a bike in the easiest gear, sure u got tons of power, but it is a lot harder to increase speed. Now in a lower gear, it is harder to pedal, but once u get moving the gear makes it easier to go faster. I dunno its not like I performed an intesive study experiment on this, but I have had various rims/tires/transmission combos on my car so this is all personal experience. And why dont we see all the autocross cars with 18’s ? there are a lot of reasons other then they do not work good…price…road conditions where u live…taste…etc. Why dont we see $5000 suspension setups on all the auto-x cars ? is it because it isn’t better then stock ? nope…its all relevent, but 18’s on a completely stock teg will yield a noticable decrease in low end accel, however without them mated to my vtec tranny, I would be reving too high at normal road speeds.
since we have had this discussion quite a few tims…
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yes it’s harumui inoue…here’s the pic…
<img src=“http://students.washington.edu/locdaddy/harumi.jpg”>
Merry X-mas da6integra. 
Hey YellowIntegra,
I will post this again here since ether you didn’t read it or you don’t comprehend it.
I will tell you another little story, most countries in Europe where the safety standards are higher it is illegal to run 18" wheels or larger wheels on cars that were not produced, built with larger wheels. Why? Well part of the reasoning because automotive companies like Porsche and others did testing on every model they produced and found the cars suspension components could not handle the stress provided by larger wheels. The only 80s and early 90s Porsche they are legal on is the Turbo, originally built with 18" wheels. Now think about your car and it suspension, it was designed around 14" wheels and the forces 14” wheels can generate. Now think of your safety. I would never ride in any Integra with 18" wheels on it.
I won’t even get into the performance aspect because that does not seem to be an issue your concerned about.
Yep thats her…told ya she’s hotttt!
well I know about the performance drawbacks, and I realize ur points, I was only stating a few observations I have had from personal experience…what does that have to do with the weather in Spuzzum ?? I dunno, and I have not had a chance to personally interview my suspension components to ask if they are being overly stressed by my wheels. Like I said, out of the people I know running 18’s on g2’s no one has had a single problem with anything. If that holds no water with u thats fine. U seem to know quite a bit about 18" rim aspects on a car u have never ridden/driven equipped with that setup. Either way I dont wanna turn this into a flame war, I know u are very knowledgleable when it comes to our cars, and I am not quesitoning that fact, but u also have to realize i am stating some personal experience, which is generally the best type of knowlegde.
peace
Hey AMERIKAN,
With the Wilwood brakes I am using a 15" three piece modular wheel with no drop centre. You need to split the wheel to mount the tire. For travel back and forth to events and rain events I just purchased some forged 16" Mugen MF8’s with the drop centre at the outer edge of the wheel.
Hey YellowIntegra,
No flames intended, but I suggest you take a Physics course because you have no idea what your talking about on the properties associated with changes in wheel diameter. It is entertaining though!
Originally posted by DB2-R81
[B]Hey YellowIntegra,
No flames intended, but I suggest you take a Physics course because you have no idea what your talking about on the properties associated with changes in wheel diameter. It is entertaining though! [/B]
np, its all good…but it is true that a bigger wheel will reach a higher maximum speed in each gear, which was my only point reguarding wheels diameter changes. Bleh…like beating a dead horse !! hopefully I get my dayum Kosei K1’s pretty soon…17" variety, lightttttt
ok so 17" it is. now i have the rim in mind. its by RH Evo. its on this page http://www.racinghart.com/wheels_rhe.asp that or get the look alike that is in this (dec) import tuner mag. its sold by 2 diff people in the mag for 900 and some change. i think i might get the darker ones.