trailblazer

I have 17 " rims now and want to upgrade to 18 or pos.19 " rims.anyone have pro's or cons going to 19" like ride quality or tire availability and price.I like the looks of a taller rim but dont want toruin ride quality completely by going to 20"s.does anyone have any pics of some 19's on there care?
Thanks for all the help

P Zero

The larger the diameter of the wheel, the more rotating mass, the more power it takes to turn em. With that said, the larger the diameter of the wheel/tire the more expensive they are, usually.
-P.

trailblazer

Actually,the diameter of the 19" is the same as the 17"{about 26.6}. the tire is just smaller on the 19,so rotating mass should not be much different,however,I will be going wider so that will make more mass.

lldsandsll

go for the 19's if u got the bread. they look better, and ur right about tire size, etc. power loss will be very minimal. its not like ur going from 17 to 10000000000

Stkjock

even though the overal diameter maybe the same.... there is more mass at the outer rim which requires more power to turn them. if your not concerened with a few 1/10ths in the 1/4 then it doesn't matter much

GidyupGo

You beat me to it. It's not like we are bolting some damn semi tires and rims on there. Why do some folks think bigger is always bigger?

teksp0rt

check this thread out... many pics of cars with 19's and 20's...

https://mustangforums.com/m_3201222/tm.htm

Ijust went with 20's on my car.. I get them in 4 weeks or so...

I only drive a mile to work (whenI don't walk) soI was not so worried about road comfort..

foghorn2

To me anything greater than 17" looks mexican to me.

donnyonee

18 is good for brake upgrades, anything more is rice.

teksp0rt

um ok.. now that makes a lot of sense...