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Car looks realy good. Im on the fence about 17 inch wheels because I dont want the ride to be to harsh but looking at your car make me want to say f@#* it.
Car looks realy good. Im on the fence about 17 inch wheels because I dont want the ride to be to harsh but looking at your car make me want to say f@#* it.
Thanks guys, and nice first post Hostile, welcome to FF lol. I love the way 17" wheels for the GE8 looks along with a lower profile tire, it helps to close that wheel to fender gap visually. The ride may be a bit harsher, but handling seems a bit more responsive.
17s definitely look great on the GE. They also change the gearing so you should get better gas mileage (the wheel and tire cover more ground per rotation of the axle since the circumference is bigger), but you'll lose a little bit of acceleration. BUT for handling and better acceleration you'd want lighter and smaller wheels and tires. 17s are obviously heavier (if you're talking the exact same wheel) and that makes for more rotational mass which will hurt the car's cornering capabilities. It's all about what you're into.
17s definitely look great on the GE. They also change the gearing so you should get better gas mileage (the wheel and tire cover more ground per rotation of the axle since the circumference is bigger), but you'll lose a little bit of acceleration. BUT for handling and better acceleration you'd want lighter and smaller wheels and tires. 17s are obviously heavier (if you're talking the exact same wheel) and that makes for more rotational mass which will hurt the car's cornering capabilities. It's all about what you're into.
It wont change the gearing if he uses the correct tire size. I tossed out my 14s on my camry in favor of rare TRD 19s and they are 0.10 inches taller. My gps doesnt even show different from my speedo its such a smal difference (under 80mph). How? Got a tire with a 35 series sidewall. less then 1% speed difference at 60mph speedo
The handling is in question, as some wheels are very light. You can pay large amounts of money for a 7.5 pound 18 inch rim if you really wanted it. Much lighter then the stock 30-ish pound 16s on sports
^ Totally right. If you're ok with the harsher ride with lower profile tires you can keep your gearing basically bang on. I don't know what 7 lb 18 inchers you're talking about, but wheels can be very light. I have 16" TE37s that weigh about 11.5 lbs. I don't think the OEM 16s are 30 lbs, unless you're talking about wheels + tires. I think they weigh more in the 17-18 lb range (tireless). At least that's what I've read multiple people on here saying.
Thanks, I like extent of work you have put into yours as well.
Very cool, I'm glad I can be of help to someone. I'm glad you're sticking with it, you'll really enjoy it in the end. The Axis tails were my 3rd set, still need to get rid of my Depos, they don't even come close to these.
Couple of old pics of the front end to keep your motivation up:
^Thanks for buying the wheels. Glad they stayed on a Fit
Haven't been on here much during the last 5 years, which had it's ups and downs but I finally had funds to continue modifying. Hard to believe I'd qualify for a 10 year OG icon if we had one lol.
Couple of my first mods in a long time and I also have a couple of more I'll reveal later on.
Yeah, a 45 would be a more comfortable ride I think. I hear those are good tires, been thinking of switching back to All Season tires since Summer tires seem to wear too quickly.
Nothing to be jealous about, you too can have a polished intake manifold that takes 30 hellish hours to grind down, sand, and polish while using some of the wrong tools.
Nothing to be jealous about, you too can have a polished intake manifold that takes 30 hellish hours to grind down, sand, and polish while using some of the wrong tools.
Do not recommend.
yea i considered it for about 10 seconds...until i pictured all the damn sanding. i hate sanding. and polishing is sanding to the extreme.
ive never done any polishing that complex...what tools/bits did you find to work the best? i assume theres lots of dremel action in there?
I used a regular circular grinder, but what I should have got to save me a ton of time and frustration was an angle die grinder, which is like a Dremel on steroids. That would have enabled me to grind down all the curves and tight areas more easily, you actually have to grind down about a layer deeper than you think (on the 4 tubes) to get rid of all the pits. Instead, I had to use the Dremel with grinding stone attachments to grind down most of it. And those break way too easily as well as the sanding attachments. I also hand sanded quite a lot but if I had to do it over again, I would have used the right grinder more as well as Dremel sanded more.
Polishing should be the easiest part if you have a buffer or just a drill with a buffing attachment and polishing compound. Make sure you wear eye protection, a dust mask, and work gloves during the whole thing, I'm pretty sure I would have got cut up, metal shards in my eyes, and breathed in all that aluminum dust otherwise.
05-13-2013, 04:07 PM
I want to go full LED, just gotta figure out what works well currently.
