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205-55-15 Vs ... Is There a Significant Difference? Nope! 850 1996

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Wed Jun 26 16:30 CST 2002
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Larger wheels by themselves do not cause better handling.

Stronger wheels, stiffer wheels, or lighter wheels probably would.

Most people get better handling from their new tires which are often a higher performance model and newer than the ones they took off.

When Road & Track tested a BMW with stock wheels, +1, +2, and +3 wheels with the same tires, they found that the stock wheels performed the best. They did lap times on a race track, skid pan G-force, and stopping distance.

They were surprised. They asked a BMW engineer for a possible explanation, his reply? "Well we did tune the suspension for the original wheel size you know."

Big wheels do LOOK great!
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