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Old 09-25-2002, 01:45 PM   #7
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Originally posted by hondaman-iac
i agree with you trev, but if u plan on keeping the same profile for the wheels, you are gonna have more rubber, and that one is heavy too, so i think it comes about the same. hope you understand what i wanted to say.

I know what you're saying, but I'm not sure that I agree. The majority of the weight of the tire comes from the outer edge, where the tread is. Moving the heaviest part of the wheel out by 1" total (17" wheels) is going to give more of a performance hit than having that extra little bit of rubber on a 16" wheel.
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