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Old 06-18-2012, 10:35 PM   #19 (permalink)
minispeed
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Location: Burlington, ON
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minispeed-Insight - '00 Honda Insight
90 day: 82.15 mpg (US)

MDX - '01 Acura MDX Touring
90 day: 22.29 mpg (US)

the wife's car - '13 Toyota Prius Plus
90 day: 45.99 mpg (US)

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Well I pulled the trigger, I went with the balance of cheapest and best looking (in my opinion) with the highest load rating (103).

Drag dr-44 - 21.6lbs (not a lot of info on this weight as it's from amazon so I'm hoping that's a shipping weight). Nankang 235 55 17 103xl, $90 per tire. There's not a lot of info on Nankangs available but from what I found they should be 29lbs and 44psi max.

My stock set up was 44lbs. The other option was MB weapons - 18.1lbs with Hankook 225 55 17 101xl 50psi 25lb tires. That combo would have been $90 more and I didn't think it looked as good.

So I took on 7.5 more lbs for 110lbs more load per tire with .4in more diameter and 10less rev/mile (765 vs 775). I was making the assumption that at that high of a load rating the extra 6psi probably would have been negligible.

The drags have a good european touring car look, the weapons are a more modern asian tunner look.

drag dr-44



weapons



I also think it may be easier to add aero covers to the drag and the dual bolt pattern also fits the prius and also makes selling the set used easier.
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