I'm in the process of "updating" my car - pulley, clutch, flywheel, new tails, cf hood, sparcos, full brakes, couple other things. With the increase in performance also comes a slightly different vehicle "image", specifically with the cf hood and the sparcos.

I have a set of 15" OEM black steelies that I first used for snow tires, then swapped some leftover A/S tires on to beat on. My current wheels are s-heavies with Dunlop Direzza DZ101's - love the tires, but I can REALLY feel a difference between the rotational weight when I swap to the 15's. Car is just so much lighter and faster and more fun to drive - and the black steelies would look more...fitting...with the upgrades, IMO. The car is lowered on H&R springs, too - love them

What's the best tire size for the wheel, that will fill out the well and perform well in the summer and rain, maybe even throw some 5mm spacers or something in the mix too? I'll swap back to the winter wheels for the snow, so these will be summer only tires.

Thanks!

 

That is odd, I would expect 15" steelies to weigh about the same as the s-heavies.

 

The own steelies are pretty thin- I'd safely there's got to be near 10lbs of difference between a mounted steelie and a mounted slite