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Originally Posted by abshnasko
Yea well somehow my civic came stock with 15" steel rims. Don't ask me how. Seems to me that the RMI would be smaller if the tire is thinner, hence the reason all the ricers get huge rims and 1 millimeter thick tires.
Are my assumptions above correct?
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stock steel rims on a civic are no mystery, remember, civics are a budget car, thats why they are so popular with ricers.
also, ignore ricer logic, they mostly go for looks. once your OD exceeds your origional OD you are affecting your gear ratio and adding unnecesary mass.if you want a larger rim go with 16's you should still find tires that are the same width as what you have on there now, and in that case you should be able to reduce total wheel and tire weight. but you have to be careful with your wheel selection, as i mentioned earlier, some AL wheels weigh more than steel.
-john