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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Gong Xi Fatt Chai !! as it is Chinese New Year, it is customary to buy new clothings, wears, shoes for chinese peoples.. and today, i bought a new shoe...
well not for me tho.. its for my pug... hah
Old shoe.
My pug comes with a standard 14" rims with 175/65/14 tyre profile. At first look its kinda looks skinny and small.. ( some said looks like kancil tyre), but one thing what it good for is.. on wet road.. believe it or not.. they say it really can run on wet road.. coz theoretically because the tyre was slim it will cut more water compared to wider tyre which the track contacted the water surface more.... i hope u understand what i meant.. hehe
Getting ready to change, notice the rear wheel also comes up when the front wheel been jacked up.. the car is stiff man... good chassis.
Nice looking eh?
Black and white
Now you might ask.. since its so good why change?.. hmm well i wanted something that is not just only looks nice, performce good and... different.
So what i got?.. a 15" super light-weight Volks racing Rays.. white!.. with 185/55/15 Michelin Pilot Preceda 2.
At first i was abit worried.. coz changing a 14" rims with 175/65/14 wheel to 15" rims with 185/55/15 wheel, will it effect my car performance as the bigger rims + tyre might be heavier.. so right after they took out my old wheel and put the new tyre on the new rims.. i weight both of it... and surprise.. altho the new rims (Volks) is bigger with bigger tyre.. it is actually alot lighter than my original wheel!...
So what i got?.. a 15" super light-weight Volks racing Rays.. white!.. with 185/55/15 Michelin Pilot Preceda 2.
At first i was abit worried.. coz changing a 14" rims with 175/65/14 wheel to 15" rims with 185/55/15 wheel, will it effect my car performance as the bigger rims + tyre might be heavier.. so right after they took out my old wheel and put the new tyre on the new rims.. i weight both of it... and surprise.. altho the new rims (Volks) is bigger with bigger tyre.. it is actually alot lighter than my original wheel!...
Nice looking eh?
Now as for performance wise.. well it is actually lighter.. so no worries.. and as for on practically use... frankly speaking i found it abit noisy compared to my old one.. maybe again because of the theory of wider tyre makes more contact on the road thus more sound.. and if it were to be on 175/65/14 of the same brand.. i think it will be much more quieter than the originals.
But here is the good parts.. i felt the car more lighter (in the sense of pick up speed).. much much more stable especially at corners or bend.. and over pothole, bump, multiple bump.. its felt solid and more quiet..
But here is the good parts.. i felt the car more lighter (in the sense of pick up speed).. much much more stable especially at corners or bend.. and over pothole, bump, multiple bump.. its felt solid and more quiet..
Black and white
And now.. to complete it.. need to find a good peugeot rims cap that can fit on it!
Ouch!... so niceey
Haha.. thanks to BlackDolphin for the rims.... i hope you had a good farewell/goodbye to the rims.. coz.. it will be a very very long time before u be able to see it again haha..
joking..
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5 comments:
Eugene... nice rims. Volk Racing. Hey, are these PCD 108 rims or are you using a PCD converter?
ok im gonna steal it from u.hehehe
Hey Eugene, in the last line of your post you said you were joking? I don't think so leh...
RM3k only mah, worth it man. Director's car leh, cannot use stock rims la, must use this super rare rims then only can match. Muahahaha.
Now just make sure you are hardworking enough to wash them every week and keep them WHITE.
White looks the best when clean, the worst when dirty.
haha u guys...
dacmo- no it is pcd 108 with perfect offset.
xloader- yeah try to show up la hehe
ethan- lol.. what director?.. lol
looks real good. hey where are your old rims?
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