But the "large wheel craze" (which I agree is out of hand and stupid on many cars), and your article about Formula cars has nothing to do with what we are doing here. Have you read the whole thread? For me, this was a necessary and a PERFORMANCE upgrade. I guess what I am missing the point of your post.
Sorry Dave, I was mostly just being silly and facetious.
I understand the concerns of the thread and can relate as I wouldn't mind having a set of the 94-01 7-spoke OEM wheels in my collection.
But after looking at the available selection of tires for the 16/17 wheels, I'm not sure how I feel about it, unless Bridgestone plans to keep producing the Potenza RE010s for quite some time.
I also understand the performance necessity in regards to larger brakes, a wider track, and an improved contact patch.
I just think that sometimes people get caught up on larger wheels that are as light as smaller wheels, but then forget that larger tires will never be lighter than smaller tires.
And of course, this is all relative, cause more than likely a larger wheel will also be wider than the smaller wheel, which would then provide more grip through a wider tire (no stretch please).
I wonder about the benefits of increased grip versus less un-sprung/rotational weight (I'm sure there's a lot of math/equations/racing knowledge that has already been applied to these situations). Plus many other factors I haven't mentioned.
Regardless of my random thoughts, I was not trying to criticize anything being done here.
Please keep on pioneering and paving the way.
