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Old 03-30-2015, 11:59 AM   #56
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Originally Posted by DoomsdayJesus View Post
You're probably not going to get lighter wheels from a factory on a car at this price point.
Since the wheel is part of the sprung weight of the suspension, it seems to me that changing the mass of the wheel+tire would require changing the factory springs (and their rate) also. Less mass in the wheels will result in a lack of full compression of the springs and I suspect that the ride will become rather stiff and paradoxically you could lose some control and contact with the road. Am I misunderstanding something here?
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