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Old 04-20-2017, 12:13 AM   #1
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Did you said easy to clean ? :grind:

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Old 04-20-2017, 12:15 AM   #2
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Just cleared my car from customs today and decided to put the bad boys on one time!

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Old 04-20-2017, 10:22 PM   #3
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I'm probably weird, but I prefer the OEM styled wheels in your original picture. Are they 16" or 15"?

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Old 04-23-2017, 11:25 AM   #4
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lol no your not weired at all it's just your preference lol and the stock wheels are 16 inch.

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I'm probably weird, but I prefer the OEM styled wheels in your original picture. Are they 16" or 15"?

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Old 04-20-2017, 08:04 AM   #5
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Too skinny for my taste, I personally like a little more meat on my wheels. Still better than the stock ones you had tho and we all love things our way anyway.
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Old 04-20-2017, 10:02 PM   #6
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Thanks David, I agree my tire choice could have been bigger indeed, I plan to lower the car soon or later hence the choice of tire and indeed we do have our own preferences. Thanks for the comment!

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Too skinny for my taste, I personally like a little more meat on my wheels. Still better than the stock ones you had tho and we all love things our way anyway.
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Old 04-20-2017, 11:07 PM   #7
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Thanks David, I agree my tire choice could have been bigger indeed, I plan to lower the car soon or later hence the choice of tire and indeed we do have our own preferences. Thanks for the comment!


Hehe, lowering mine would give me a hard time behind the wheel as you may have noticed ;)
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Old 04-22-2017, 07:53 AM   #8
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Hehe, lowering mine would give me a hard time behind the wheel as you may have noticed ;)
Lol indeed, I agree lol

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Old 11-09-2017, 12:25 PM   #9
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Old 04-22-2017, 09:59 AM   #10
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Instead I was looking into jacking it up, but turns out ground clearance never became an issue even with heavy cargo on snow roads.

When I did my wheels swap from winter tires on steelies to my summer on mags last week, I weighted each and my 15" summer tired with mags are 15kg while the winter 14" with steel rims are 13kg. There's about a 1.5" diameter difference between both, the 15" ones being taller. I reckon the mags are much heavier than the steel rims, as the 14" winter tires do have more meat than the 15" summer ones. Uneducated as I was, I always thought alloy mags would be lighter than steel rims, but apparently it's not always true. Make sure to weight you mags first if you think you'll save weight by ditching the steelies.

Did you (Vitz) weighted your new mags and compared them to the stock ones ?
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Old 04-23-2017, 11:28 AM   #11
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oh ok i get you man!, no i didnt weight them to check the difference in between the two, whenever i am changing tires on the mags (which is not time soon lol) i will do a comparrison between the two or whenever i have some free time I get it done.

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Instead I was looking into jacking it up, but turns out ground clearance never became an issue even with heavy cargo on snow roads.

When I did my wheels swap from winter tires on steelies to my summer on mags last week, I weighted each and my 15" summer tired with mags are 15kg while the winter 14" with steel rims are 13kg. There's about a 1.5" diameter difference between both, the 15" ones being taller. I reckon the mags are much heavier than the steel rims, as the 14" winter tires do have more meat than the 15" summer ones. Uneducated as I was, I always thought alloy mags would be lighter than steel rims, but apparently it's not always true. Make sure to weight you mags first if you think you'll save weight by ditching the steelies.

Did you (Vitz) weighted your new mags and compared them to the stock ones ?
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Old 06-03-2017, 10:47 AM   #12
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Old 08-15-2017, 07:08 PM   #13
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Old 08-15-2017, 09:32 PM   #14
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47 offset, eh? do you have some more pictures of fender clearance? maybe a picture from the back? do they rub on the inside?
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Old 08-16-2017, 12:39 AM   #15
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That looks spectacular!!! I love the blue with the dark wheels.
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Old 09-17-2017, 07:51 AM   #16
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Any chance of a pic from the rear quarter to see how flush those wheels are? Looking for something similar.. thanks
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Old 11-09-2017, 06:59 PM   #17
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'96 Miata 14" mags for my winter tires. About 12lbs each, shaved 2-3lbs per wheel from my steelies which aren't that heavy to start with. About 28-29lbs per wheel now. Got the mags for $100, in great condition. I still prefer the 6 spoke classic look of my Sport Edition 15" mag on my summer wheels, but it's hard to find good looking 14" mags that don't give too much of a toy car look.

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