Best wheels for speed

[lanemeyer14]

I think the 15" phone-dial Mini Cooper wheels would look awesome on a Festiva. They only weigh 12 pounds and nobody has done it yet! They are 15"x5.5" with a 4x100mm bolt pattern so you need to have the Aspire brake swap. You can find them on Craigslist all the time really cheap.

I think it has been done before, just can't remember the member's name
Edit: Found it but I don't think they're the wheels you were talking about....

[perucho]

^ Yeah, those are definitely not the ones I was talking about. The "phone dials" are the 7-hole wheels, and the only ones that are considerably light.

[NicholasJackson]

^ Yeah, those are definitely not the ones I was talking about. The "phone dials" are the 7-hole wheels, and the only ones that are considerably light.

[getnpsi]

LOL http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/2436945995.html

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/2434932298.html

http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/pts/2428572233.html

I want those but not for 420 bucks. Multi lug pattern too.

[villageidiot]

I want civic vx wheels. Those xxr wheels ^ are good lookin.

[lanemeyer14]

^Yeah, vx rims are really light.

[perucho]

Nope on those too I bet you those steel wheels weight a lot more than 12 pounds! These are the ones I'm talking about:

[Brayy]

if those "phone dials" came in black i know i would be the first with my filthy hands all over them.

[Safety Guy]

Brayy, if you can get 'em cheap, you can paint 'em cheap! I do think they'd look nice in black--with a silver rim.

BTW, I'm pretty sure you'd have to enlarge the centerbore to fit an Aspire hub. I remember checking them out a long time ago.

Karl

[Brayy]

For sure.. i want some Moonies (Smoothies) powder coated in black or a dark grey with possibly the silver rim.

[DriverOne]

I freakin' love those wheels! They're 15x5.5?

[lanemeyer14]

^I saw 3 of those mini wheels for sale at a thrift store a while back!

[DriverOne]

^I saw 3 of those mini wheels for sale at a thrift store a while back!

For how much?

[Safety Guy]

Those MINI "phone dials" look really nice. If they really are only 12 pounds each, you can't lose.

At 15 X 5.5" they should fit fine. Okay, I was wrong about the centerbore. Here is a page I just found with MINI wheel info:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/faq.php?faq=faq_wheels_tyres

The R81 seven spoke "phone dial" wheels are also known as "holies." They are made by Imola (I think?) and weigh about 12 pounds, with a 56.1mm centerbore and a 45mm offset. They came in silver and white.

Now for a good tire size to run on them...

Tires easy has the following 15" sizes:

-three in 155/60
-a Conti in 165/60
-a Federal FD1 in 165/50 and 165/45
-one Nexen in 175/50
-SIX in 175/55!
-over fifteen in 185/55

Now with some quick and dirty figgering, I find the last one to be about 24mm taller than stock. So...

I think my choice would probably be this Nexen in 175/50-15:

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=83490110.135.19395&typ=R-135348&ranzahl=4&Breite=175&Quer=50&Felge=15&weiter=0&kategorie=6&Ang_pro_Seite=15&Transport=P&dsco=135

This size should be about 12mm taller than the stock Festiva ride height, about like running 165/70-13s in terms of height.

These wheels could work very well, since they're not too wide and nice and LIGHT. If you like the big wheel look but want a practical size, this may be near perfect, especially with my quick choice of the 175/50-15 Nexen.

Karl

[lanemeyer14]

For how much?

I think they were like $10-12 apiece. I didn't buy them cause I figured it would be a pain to track down a 4th