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Originally Posted by vskid3
Wheel size doesn't dictate tire size, it only changes your options. You could stick with your existing wheels and get taller tires if you wanted.
Plenty of people cut circles out of coroplast and zip tie them to their wheels, so you're not really limited by the wheel design.
What kind of car do you have?
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I have a mazda 3 2015 model.
I have a 5-10 minute drive to work, I stop 7 times in 1.5 miles. I'll say every 300meters. I drive home once a month 500 miles round trip. I currently get around 50-53 mpg on highway with a partial front air dam, and I removed the mud flaps.
I was thinking about larger wheels because, I eventually plan to add solar panels and remove the alternator. I figure at a given RPM there would be significantly less resistance than stock, so it would benefit by lowering the rpm and thus internal resistance primarily on the highway in 6th gear, since a transmission swap on a new car is pretty dumb.
I'll look into buying used alloy wheels and building coroplast covers. I also wanted to cover the rear wheel wells, but I don't really have the skills for that, I wouldn't know where to start.
A picture of the coroplast wheel covers would be great, I'll search the fourm first though.