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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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i got some chrome srt-4 15" rims on my neon....they came with the car... i was lookin into some drag rims i seen for about $400-500..of course im going for the gloss blacks to go with my yellow/black car theme.... but what's the best size tires and rims... i was thinkin 205's in the front. and 195 in the back..or would i be better round gettin 195's all around... instead of my 185 60 15's....

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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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I'm no drag racing expert...but the smaller the wheels the better for drag racing (gearing is better with smaller wheels). 15" would probably be a good size for that. I would get the same size tire all the way around. It would look stupid to have different size tires in the back. Plus I don't see any advantage to that unless you are a hardcore drag racer and are planning on pulling really low times. And also if these wheels will be driven on all the time you'll definitely want the same size tire so you can rotate them to even out wear and increase tire life.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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im not sure about tire sizes, but those are not srt-4 rims, srt-4 rims are 17 in.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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im not sure about tire sizes, but those are not srt-4 rims, srt-4 rims are 17 in.
Nope they are not. They are the chrome snowflakes. They do resemble the SRT4 wheels though. At least they look similar to me anyhow.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 07:24 PM
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the largest wheel available on the stock SRT-4 is a 15" rim. Although, one of the first things that SRT-4 owners do is trade up to a wider tire for traction purposes.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 08:53 PM
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the largest wheel available on the stock SRT-4 is a 15" rim. Although, one of the first things that SRT-4 owners do is trade up to a wider tire for traction purposes.
WTF....they come with 17s....not 15s.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 09:17 PM
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I'm no drag racing expert...but the smaller the wheels the better for drag racing (gearing is better with smaller wheels). 15" would probably be a good size for that. I would get the same size tire all the way around. It would look stupid to have different size tires in the back. Plus I don't see any advantage to that unless you are a hardcore drag racer and are planning on pulling really low times. And also if these wheels will be driven on all the time you'll definitely want the same size tire so you can rotate them to even out wear and increase tire life.

um... i think he's referring to drag the brand, not drag racing. right?
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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Negative. A quarter mile would be a drag race. So unless he's vin diesel and lives his life a quarter mile at a time then yes, he's talking about drag racing. LOL.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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i just put 195 on my car and they are nice so far but today is the first day i got em on
 
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im not sure about tire sizes, but those are not srt-4 rims, srt-4 rims are 17 in.
yes my bad.. i did mean to say srt-4 TYPE rims.. they are the exact as the srt's ecepst chrome. and 15's. not the stock 17's i seen lately on the srt........but n e ways . thanx alot though..so smaller is better. thanx now i know..... i was wondering cus i was watchin pinks with two 1100 hp cars runnin 10"s to the rim with some super think tires...... but thanx. what you guys think about those drag rims. the black once with the chrome trim....u guys think thos would look sweet ojn my car.. dropped of course...
 
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