Upgrading Wheels and Keeping Brakes
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Upgrading Wheels and Keeping Brakes
If I up grade my wheels from 14x6 or 14X6.5 To a 16x7' or 17x7' how will my brakes perform...will have similar stopping distance and will this improving braking....Please Check my profile for my car...
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ok since i've put large wheels on my car it seems that i have been able to brake better. i can stomp on my brakes alot harder before my wheels lock up. i like it alot.
oh and i went from stock 13'' wheels to 17x7.
oh and i went from stock 13'' wheels to 17x7.
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Wow Thats A big Improvement. I was thinking to that since the wheel is wider and some are larger in diameter have a wider contact patch, so you would have better traction, but also greater Hydroplain some mag or review that I read said..Thanks Rubenz..This really helps....
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If anything, you'll have more traction with more tire surface touching the pavement. Well, that's only better if you have equal or better tires... Braking should be fine.
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Braking will be better in the dry. However, when it gets snowy, icy, and to some extent wet out braking performance will decrease. There's a reason the rally teams use skinny tires on the snowy stages. wink
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Yeah like my car has 14x6.0 wheels or either 14x5.5 I am not sure they are Standard alloys on the Spectra GSX's..But they are good in snow because there is a less contact patch and they can just cut in to snow or ice better the same with rain for hydroplaning...But I think If i do get some bigger wheels I will swtich them out if it gets ready to snow or I might just keep them on what do you think is best......
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Sinc ethe new wheels are probably heavier, it will be harder to stop the car. On the other hand, it will be offset by better traction of your wider and hopefully stickier (you are not getting crappy tires, are you?) tires.
I don't know what will have a bigger effect. In any case, your braking should not become much worse.
I don't know what will have a bigger effect. In any case, your braking should not become much worse.
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The rims are 17x7 19.4 lbs. I am not sure about he tires but they are praobly 2 or 3 bonds more...I think thats light then my stock alloys..They are 14's 185/65/14...But the 17x7's will have the same diameter as my stock wheels I would like to get tires that are 205/40/17's
