Originally Posted By: leeharvey418
Originally Posted By: AstroTurf
What are the weight penalties going to be?
How will this effect your SAI?
Can you give the Stock vs New Specs?
At the risk of stepping on the OP's toes...
No weight penalty - the OE wheel probably weighs in the ballpark of 25-26 pounds (OE cast aluminum wheel, and you can see by the picture that it has some pretty thick spokes), and the Eagle RS-A in 235/45R18 weighs 25 pounds. The new wheel and tire both weigh 22 pounds according to Tire Rack - so he's looking at a savings of 6-7 pounds per corner.
Negligible change to SAI - practically all the wheels that Tire Rack has for the '06 Eclipse GT are either 7.5" with a 42-45 mm offset, or 8" with a 40 mm offset, and this includes the Enkei G5. Tire Rack seems to be overly picky about sticking to OE wheel envelopes, so I'd expect that the OE wheel is in the 38-42 mm offset range.
All in all, I'd say this is a very nice package for the car, especially at $1,400 for the whole shootin' match.
Yeah, the new setup should be pretty close if not a little less weight than the OE setup. I wouldn't mind a little weight saving, but we are prob talking about a neglibible change with the new wheels and tires.
The OE wheels are 18x8 as well as the new Enkei wheels. I believe the oe wheels are +38mm and the Enkeis are +40, which is exactly the same as the ASA AR1 wheels in picture two. They have a slightly wider stance than the OE wheels. I noticed no real differece in driving between the +40 and +38 wheels. I just aligned the vehicle yesterday, and looks like
Front Camber -0.20
Front Toe 0.0
Rear Camber -1.0
Rear Toe 0.20
I will be sure to post new photos when I install them.
I loved the ASA Wheels. I have always liked the mesh BBS style wheel, but they just were starting to show their age so they have been transfered to the 96 Camry. +4 upsiizing an an 18x8 wheel on the 4cyl Camry makes this thing corner like no toerh camry I've ever drven lol
