Civic Wheels

[rbrown]

I found some of these for $16 a piece. They will need to be stripped and repainted. One has a bit of curbrash but they look pretty good otherwise.



They are not gold. But are they worth the $64.00?

[baby_ankee]

what size r they ?

[MONSOON]

If you are planning on doing the Aspire swap, then yes they are worth it. If not. Then no because they wont fit a Festiva.

[rbrown]

Yeah I will probably do the swap.

They have an Aspire with passenger front assembly and all the rear but the drivers side is gone. So i am trying to put together all the stuff to do it.

[Safety Guy]

If those are the lightweight (9 pounds each!) Civic VX wheels, they are worth every penny of that $64.00. Even if you don't refinish them too well, reducing your unsprung, rotational mass gives you the best bang for the buck in improving performance and handling and fuel economy.

Civic VX wheels are 13 X 5". I don't know the offset. In comparison, I weighed my Aspire alloys at 13 pounds each, and they're only 4.5 inches wide. I paid $15 apiece for them from U Wrench It. My VW 13 X 5.5" alloys were 15 pounds each. They cost me about $150. Finally, my '99 Miata wheels are 14 X 6" and weigh 12.7 pounds each. They were a comparative bargain at only $125 for the four.

Nine pound Civic VX wheels for $64? You do the math.

PS: Even if they are not VX wheels and weigh maybe 11 to 14 pounds, alloys in good shape for that price ain't bad.

Karl

[festivaWES]

9.8lbs to be exact. They look like the Vx's. I have a set also and payed 20 for 3 wheels and got one free. So basically we got the same deal.

[rbrown]

Well they are actually the 14's and they gigged me abit because I had to pay for the tires too. They should have paid me for taking the tires. Junk.

Funny though while I was there someone else came looking for them. Sorry they were already in MY shopping cart.

[rbrown]

Now I am looking at tires.
I like the most sidewall I can get.

185 60 14 look pretty good
But 195 50 14 are almost spot on on diameter. 1/2 inch shorter sidewall though.

Amazing how big the rims look on that little car.

[MONSOON]

Do they make a 195/50-14? If so Id like a link to it. I know from reading here that 195/45-14 is exactly the same. Like less than .5% difference in speedometer.

[rbrown]

Do they make a 195/50-14? If so Id like a link to it. I know from reading here that 195/45-14 is exactly the same. Like less than .5% difference in speedometer.

You know that is an excellent point. Now that I look, no. And the 195 45 sidewall is 1.09" shorter in the sidewall. 27.75 mm. That is getting just a bit too rubberband like for my tastes.

[festivaWES]

falken rt-615 makes a 195/60/14 and nitto nt-01 makes a 205/55/14. A set sold on ebay today they went higher than what a was wanting to pay for them.

[Safety Guy]

How wide are those rims? Don't put too wide a tire on skinny rims! It ain't safe.

If they're 14 X 5" I'd go with a 185/55-14 tire. They make 'em: Nitto and a couple others.

Karl

[rbrown]

I need to get the old tires off to measure properly.

It had 4 different size tires them, all different makes too.

[rbrown]

Looks like 195 60-14 are the way I am going.

Cross section is 7.9". That really sounds too wide.

[GenevaDirt]

^^I hope you have a high and stiff suspension.....they will rub. I had 185/60/14's on my car and they caught the inside lip of the front fenders in corners.