Thoughts on 15" rims

[JuGs]

Ok I have a set of 15" rims I had on my 1g. What are everyones opinions of them on a 2g. I have searched and most only use 15" rims with drag radials. Mine will be more for a DD and eventully street/strip.

 

[Talon IV]

Personally im more apt to stick with stock rim size or one inch bigger for a DD anyway. What size of tire you planning to run on the 15" if you use it?

 

[Bouche Dag]

Will they even clear your calipers?

 

[bmoha7321]

15" wheels do clear 2G GSX brakes depending on the wheel. My friend was running a set of Rota slipstreams in a 15X7 size and it worked fine. Not sure what offset. He was running them because the wheels themselves weighed 9 pounds. Wow that's light. But those same wheels have been shown to warp and twist on a roadcourse so they won't go on my car.

 

[96 420a-t]

I ran 15s no problem. It shouldn't be an issue.

 

[JuGs]

Yea id love 17s but not in my budget

 

[99gst_racer]

I'd only run 15's if I needed slicks. Otherwise, I'd rather have a set of stock 16's for DD duty.

 

[GRNDSM]

As you have already noticed, 15" wheels are usually used for drag racing application. They will do fine for daily driver duty, but will suck at handling type of racing.

What "track" do you have in mind?

 

[jtmcinder]

One addition to the above: besides drag-racing, the other good use for 15"s is rallycross. And one guy was crazy enough to show up at Nationals last year with a 2G, so I'm not the only person to have done this.

 

[arrowhead]

One addition to the above: besides drag-racing, the other good use for 15"s is rallycross. And one guy was crazy enough to show up at Nationals last year with a 2G, so I'm not the only person to have done this.

I am going to try 15 on my RR car, I was looking at 14 but did not find any that would clear calipers.

 

[jtmcinder]

All the standard tires are 15"s, anyway.

 

[arrowhead]

All the standard tires are 15"s, anyway.

MINI uses a 12"

 

[daren_p]

15's on a 2g, thats a whole lota side wall. By todays standards, even the stock 16's look like a whole lot of rubber. Drag racing, for sure but thats all I'd use them for.

 

[jtmcinder]

I was talking about rally tires, peeps. Those are all 15"s. Even the Mini Clubman WRC car is on 15"s.

Maybe I just don't know what "RR" stands for. I assumed some form of rallying.

 

[91stocker]

On a DD/weekend warrior i wouldn't go any smaller then 17's ever. The 2g wheel well can swallow 19's. There's a black 2g n/t on here somewhere with some 19's that looks great.

Maybe throw some stickies on the 15's for a set to run at the track.