Please read! Please help! (problems after getting new rims)

[serega12]

It actually worked... loaded in less than a second when I just tried opening it.

[EvySpeedy254]

My new ones are 205/50 r17

N the old ones I'm reeaaally not sure they were 14s n the second number is 65 I think. Not sure. Check my pictures on my car page n see what u think they were

[petrified.rabbit]

205/50?r17. That'd be huge.

[MetroMPG]

Evy: tried looking up your cardomain page (from the link in your profile), but it give me an error.

http://www.cardomain.com/evyspeedy254

[serega12]

Either way, that size compared to the stock tire dimensions is 9.3% larger

This is the warning it gives you when you're more than 3% (I'm sure you've seen it if you put in those numbers in the first calculator rabbit provided)

Warning! When changing tire sizes, we recommend staying within 3% of the diameter of the original tire. Any more than this and your face the risk of brake failure.

Mine was 3.03% increase, so I didn't worry too much about it. But 9%?? Can you double check your numbers? 'Cause that's what could be causing your problem if the numbers are right.

[serega12]

By the way... your speedometer would be about 10% slower i.e. when you think you're going 60 MPH you're actually going 66... so it doesn't take you longer to get up to 75 MPH, it's just by that time you're going way faster than that... And your brakes are working a lot harder to stop those wheels...

[thehunterooo]

you will go a little slower though, not anything that is noticed though, butt dynos are no good in this case

or add a CAI or something to counter act the slow feeling =D>

[petrified.rabbit]

its not going slower, if she is going 65mph according to the speedo (speed limit?) then she can be pulled over for her actual speed of @ 71 mph..

the added weight of the rims probably increases the feel of lack of acceleration, while the larger diameter falsely record a slower speed, so if trusting the gauges while feeling the slower up to speed on the butt dyno, she probably thinks there isa real problem..

the big thing is, everyone hear says the shift points of the tranny are at mph marks (which are probably just in relation to set rpm in gear, hitting the mph the same point every time) but the size difference is going to "change" the shift point in relation to how the car is moving..

[oscare003]

i cant belive i never saw this thread
my wheels 215/35/18

as for my wifes aveo, she said she get a whistle on the highway going 55 mph. it didnt do this on the factory 15s.
um and breaking~ i cant tell since i dont daily drive the aveo. but i think when breakin its a lil weaker. same goes for my honda accord. i have 15" and 18" and 20"s and the dubs is strictly cruisin. and breakings also weaker

we wont got outta town on the 18"s wheels