Miata Mailing List: July 1997, Message #19
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From: 	Gary Pollak <gpollak@primenet.com>

Subject: Re: 15" vs. 16" wheels?

Date: 	Tue, 1 Jul 1997 21:18:18 -0500



>16 will probably make the car handle poorly.  There are people out there

>running 16" wheels and swear they are fine but Miatas are very sensitive

>to unsprung weight.  Unless you get very light 16" wheels you will add a

>bunch of weight at each wheel.  Bad move.  I say go with 15".  Miatas

>come with 15" wheels on the M version.  Make sure the weight of the

>wheels is at least close to a stcok Miata wheel as the tire themselves

>will be adding weight.







Bummer, I called the wheel distributor today and the wheels I want are 19

lbs each in 15" size and 24 lbs each in 16" size.  The alternate wheels I

wanted are 24 lbs and 26 lbs, respectively.



So now I'm back to square one... I wish they'd mention the weight of the

wheel in the catalogs, before I get excited by one that has the looks I

like but weighs almost twice as much as my stock alloys.