Racing discs-worth it?

[Bror Jace]

Sipping? Do you have a drinking problem?

OK, yours were $10 cheaper ... or $2.50 ea.

I got mine Friday ... then put them on this morning. I really like the look a lot more than I thought I would. I'll take and post a pic after I wash and wax my ride tomorrow.

[jthistle]

Racing disks on

[Concrete]

looks good

[Hacksaw]

I purchased some privately from someone who sells them on eBay...$75.00 shipped for a set of 13's (hubcaps, not screw-ons).
I can't wait till they arrive...they are so cool looking! My butt-o-meter will surely register FE gains, even if my calculator doesn't.

For my other Metro (the rustier, blue one), I'm thinking of hand-painting some Matchbox-style rims on the backside of some clear plexiglas and mounting them to some modified hubcaps that came with the car.

Nobody better steel my idea!!! lol, I don't really care...

Hacksaw

[cfg83]

jthistle -

Looks egg-salad. I love that racing disks are an aero-mod because I like them anyway.

CarloSW2

[aerohead]

I found my installment on wheels/tires.Looks like you could expect perhaps a 1.5 % mpg improvement on the HWY tops.In a broader picture however,for anyone considering aft-body streamlining,the discs will help create a quality airflow ahead of mods,without which,the mods will not function.If you have no plans for rear extensions,then aspirated wheelcovers are fine.If you're going for a boat tail,you'll probably want to consider full discs,as well as full skirts.Go easy on your brakes!

[jthistle]

Now that I have the disks on I noticed they stick out quite a bit and will cause me to make a rear wheel skirt bow out more. I was thinking of switching to pizza pans on the back. I think the sticking out is a function of the fact I have 16" wheels and I just get a larger arc versus smaller wheels.

[Bror Jace]

Put mine on Saturday morning ... washed and waxed the beast the next day. Wow, all of a sudden, my hum-drum Civic is getting noticed by others on the road.

jthistle, I like yours too. Yes, I suppose I wish they didn't stick out so much (I noticed the same thing almost immediately) but I figure they are stronger in that shape. Flatter 'pizza pans' would have to be heavier to have the same strength, I think.

If/when I get real wheel skirts, I'll probably remove the rear moons ... and either sell them or have a spare pair.

[whokilledthejams]

Originally Posted by Bror Jace

Put mine on Saturday morning ... washed and waxed the beast the next day. Wow, all of a sudden, my hum-drum Civic is getting noticed by others on the road.

jthistle, I like yours too. Yes, I suppose I wish they didn't stick out so much (I noticed the same thing almost immediately) but I figure they are stronger in that shape. Flatter 'pizza pans' would have to be heavier to have the same strength, I think.

If/when I get real wheel skirts, I'll probably remove the rear moons ... and either sell them or have a spare pair.

Nice. They look good on any car, really. In a month or two, I'm going to get a set for my girlfriend's Intrepid, so we match.

I do get a lot of looks. Everyone old guy who is at least aware of old-school hotrodding knows they're cool. The guy that put on my tires said, "they look like the inverse of spinners-- the car looks like it's not moving," and in general, my car gets a huge amount of attention. Just the other day, someone at work asked to look around it, and was astonished at the comination of full size truck-equivalent leg and head room, combined with my decent FE.

The aluminum Moon discs stick out a lot, too, and they are way less strong than the steel knockoffs. Mine are scuffed more than I'd like to admit. If I do rear skirts, I probably won't run discs on the back, so I can make the hypothetical skirts flush with the body.

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[cfg83]

Bror Jace -

Originally Posted by Bror Jace

Put mine on Saturday morning ... washed and waxed the beast the next day. Wow, all of a sudden, my hum-drum Civic is getting noticed by others on the road.

jthistle, I like yours too. Yes, I suppose I wish they didn't stick out so much (I noticed the same thing almost immediately) but I figure they are stronger in that shape. Flatter 'pizza pans' would have to be heavier to have the same strength, I think.

If/when I get real wheel skirts, I'll probably remove the rear moons ... and either sell them or have a spare pair.

A word of warning that should have come with the disks. If you go to a car wash that "grabs the wheel" to pull the car through the wash, the grabber can put a nice circular dent in the disk. Soooooo, take the disk off first.

I learned that the hard way, .

CarloSW2