New Wheels Needed - 16" or 17"?

[JRSC00LUDE]

If you've seen my thread in general car/bike chat you will know that my rims/tires were stolen and car was lovingly placed on the ground.

As the quest for new wheels begins, I need to decide on 16 or 17 inch rims. Yes, 17's can look nice (would finally make me lower my car) but my biggest concern is wheel weight/traction issues.

Am I going to lose more traction going to the thinner sidewall of a 17? I already have a horrible time hooking up with all the low end torque I have.

[Toms-SC]

Get some elegant TSW 17" rims. Something not as much sporty but more mature and bold. With your car color go for a hyper black finish.

www.tsw.com

http://www.tsw.com/app_guide_results.php?year=2000&make=Honda&model=Prelude&B1=Submit

[JRSC00LUDE]

My biggest concern is traction over the size!

The rim I am looking at is the motegi track lite in 16x7(12.5lbs) or 17x7(14lbs).

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l147/JRSC00LUDE/track.jpg

This one in the tsw line looks good as well.

http://www.tsw.com/details.php?wheel_id=987&table_name=Honda_Prelude_1997

I will need to order on monday/tuesday so keep suggestions coming please.

[sh0ko]

^^ ive heard good things about those rims.....look at black racing wheels too..for matte black .. theyre fairly cheap and light weight.. try tire rack for those rims u want or discount tire.. theyre pretty cheap on there

id also recommend 5zigen fn01r-c FORGED...theyre only 11 pounds each on the 16x7 i believe and theres a group buy on mr2oc in white for them for 960 shipped us! if u want that link let me know! otherwise good luck with the choice!
i just ordered a setof fn01r-c cast and theyre 16 pounds for the 17x7 rims.. check 5zigen cuz a bunch of colors got discontinued but itcomes in a nice aluminum/bronse, matte black, and gloss black with polished lip
ill show u the rims here

fn01r-c
http://www.5zigenusa.com/products/wheel/image/5zigen/fn01rc/lineup5.jpg
http://www.5zigenusa.com/products/wheel/image/5zigen/fn01rc/lineup3.jpg
http://www.5zigenusa.com/products/wheel/image/5zigen/fn01rc/lineup4.jpg

^^those are the cast 5zigen wheels a bit heavier than the forged by bout 5 pounds each...those are matte black, polish black, and titanium

heres teh forged fn01r-c
http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/2/3/7/2/4/6/webimg/58786809_o.jpg

and heres the black racing in matte black (comes in dark bronze too)

http://www.1010tires.com/images/wheels/blackracing_n1_blk_lg.jpg

^^^dont let the picture fool u.. the black racing wheels are a really dark matte black


btw the 5zigen cast only cost me 900 shipped! (canadian)

[JRSC00LUDE]

I've heard that forged wheels are easy to bend.

Anyone have an opinion on that? I thought they were stronger.