Seems like I've really hit a sensitive nerve on this stock tire/wheel thing. It's almost like I'm a Prius owner looking to enrage some H2 owners. Fact is that just last week I got flipped off by some jackass university student. He carefully chose to flip me off from across the street and not in front of me.
If the weight combination is so negligible then why do guys with (heavy) cast 24" wheels find it harder to accelerate/brake? Rotational masses count way more than just vehicle mass. I could figure out the physics for you but I'd rather get my job done since I've got real work to do. In moving up wheel sizes, the goal is to go with a better quality forged alloy wheel that is lighter than the stock cast wheel. If I just want to add bling then I'd get whatever cheap cast wheels are out there.
Does anyone "get" that having a smaller sidewall will decrease the chance of a blowout given that the sidewall has a smaller height (distance from road to wheel lip) and is correspondingly stiffer?
I guess not. You're right. I give up.
Greenhummer
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
Dude, you are fighting a losing battle. It really doesn't matter what weight the wheels are. The factor that the weight of the tire/wheel combo play in the parameters that will fit a stock H2 will effect the braking distance is so little that it's negligible. You are stopping 7000lbs. Stopping 5 feet shorter is not a good cost/benefit ratio.
If you want to bling out your truck, just do it. Don't try to blow smoke around here about just wanting to stop or wanting better performing tire/wheel combos.
If you want to be able to stop in a shorter distance..... drive slower. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>