18s???????? On a CRX????? You're on crack.
17s are even too big on a CRX. 15s are the ideal balance between looks and performance on a CRX. Going any higher than that, and you have too little sidewall. The sidewall of a tire is in fact an integral part of your car's suspension, like it or not. Ricky On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Brian-SubCultureNM wrote: > What brand of tires were they? Our NT555s on our air-bagged/body-dropped Ford stuck >like glue in the New Mexico mountains when my dumb-ass took a hairpin turn in the >rain going much faster than I should have been. This is with a cut-to-hell bed that >doesn't weigh anything on a rear-wheel-drive vehicle. > > As for 17s on a CRX, I wish I would have bought 18s - the main reason I didn't was >because it's the wife's daily driver. I guess it just takes some knowledge when you >set-up your suspension 'cause ours handles like it's on rails with 3" of drop and the >17s. > > Finally - no primer unless you're doing custom body mods!! Primer is whack on a car >that has a stock body! > > Brian > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeremy Bass > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:03 PM > Subject: CRX: HWY Waterskiing > > > I can personally attest to the fact that wider tires DO make a big difference in >hydroplaning. I had an S-10 extended cab with stock tires, I didn't have much >trouble with hydroplaning, then I switched to 285 60 15's.. MUCH wider footprint >than stock. I could hydroplane that truck at 40mph after that. It was frightening to >drive it in the rain! > > And on the subject of CRX's with 17's... I just today switched from a set of >silver 17" Eagle wheels with 215/40/17's to Gunmetal 16" Motegi Racing MR7's with >205/40/16's. The car handles better and doesn't look like a hotwheels with oversized >rims, the wheels fit much better, and with that size of tire, the speedo is only off >a hair, Maybe 1mph at highway speed (this setup is actually a hair smaller than >stock!!!).. (the 17" rims knocked it off by around 4mph at highway speed. > > I recently shot the entire car with black primer and with those gunmetal motegi's >it looks ready to eat someone alive! I hit it with primer because I am nowhere near >done with the body work and the patches of stock red paint and gray primer were >starting to get on my nerves! > > Yet another subject! I recently purchased an Exedy organic clutch kit from ebay >for $114.00 shipped. Its supposed to hold 69% better than stock. He has several for >sale at $99.00 each. His ebay id is "clutchmasters" and has really good feedback. >I'll let you know what I get and if it is really a good deal or not. Also, I am >installing some energy suspension Motor Mount inserts. I'll let you know how that >goes too. should I do a tech article? >
