On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, DMC Joe wrote: > Comments like that will make you very unpopular on this list. BITE YOUR > TOUNGE ! Awww. It isn't as bad as all that. Let the guy express his opinion; like the Lucas alternator, we need all the options we can get - even if they may not necessarily be good ones. It would be easier to get tires for the larger wheels, for example. The big problem with aftermarket wheels is that 90% of them, you see and go, "wow, look at those big shiny wheels." They don't suit the DeLorean with its elegant, precise styling. Most of them look right at home on a lowered, sticker-plated Honda. The DeLorean could probably benefit, from a performance perspective, from 15" fronts and 16" rears. Even if you can find a 16" front that will fit into the wheel wells without rubbing (we just talked about this), if you go 16" front, 17" rear you are probably going to have to run different profiles on the front vs. the rear. In addition to looking a lot sillier than you may expect, this will adversely affect your handling. Lower profile tires only improve handling up to a point; past that point, they make it worse again. Also don't forget that the bigger the wheels you have, the slower you are going to accelerate, and the bumpier your ride will be. Wheels weigh more than tires, so the bigger your wheel, unless you buy exotic materials, the more mass you'll have in your wheel. And, it's the worst kind - unsprung rotating mass. The effects of mass in the wheels are multiplied many times, and the farther the mass is from the hub of the wheel, the worse it gets. So, all I ask if you are going to change the wheels, is to do so in a way that does some good, and not change them just for the sake of changing them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address moderator@xxxx