Did some digging around about how much performance gains one will get if one buys lighter rims?
Answer is very very little performance gain....
-0.111 secs acceleration and 1.8 km speed gain by shedding 37.2 kgs ( about 9.2 kgs off each tire+rims)
track tested results HERE-0
Other dyno tested sites HERE-1 and HERE-2 also supported the track test above ( i think )
Any real experience or data on your bimmers after you change your rims to lighter set of tires+rims?
So other sites wrote that if you want to get rims, it should be either for LOOKS or PERFORMANCE.
Since results/numbers show insignificant ( relative to real world driving conditions ) - this leaves only LOOKS into the equation.
Hrmm....What do you guys think?
Cixo
Answer is very very little performance gain....
-0.111 secs acceleration and 1.8 km speed gain by shedding 37.2 kgs ( about 9.2 kgs off each tire+rims)
track tested results HERE-0
Other dyno tested sites HERE-1 and HERE-2 also supported the track test above ( i think )
Any real experience or data on your bimmers after you change your rims to lighter set of tires+rims?
So other sites wrote that if you want to get rims, it should be either for LOOKS or PERFORMANCE.
Since results/numbers show insignificant ( relative to real world driving conditions ) - this leaves only LOOKS into the equation.
Hrmm....What do you guys think?
Cixo