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Racing with aftermarket rims?
My friend has a Mazda rx8 40th anniversary edition. It's nice and fast. My bud is a pretty crazy driver, weaving traffic and getting into races. He is constantly pushing his car to it's limits.
Today we went and bought some adr venomous rims to put on his car. The rims match the stock size (18") and he is planning on putting his high performance tires on them from his stock rims. I was wondering if he should have any reason to be concerned about problems with his aftermarket rims. Things such as the tire blowing off in a hard turn or the rims not being able to hold up during the massive amount of force he puts on them from racing and driving so crazy. And high speeds~ 100mph and much higher?
Thanks
4 Answers
- David DLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
A light flame: Tell your friend to keep that stupidity on the track.
As far as rims, unless he bought some total knockoff rim, he should be fine. The Nissan GTR with 500-ish HP and AWD with dual turbos has a little lip to prevent the tire from slipping off from high G sideways action. I think its a little BS but a quality aftermarket brand will serve him fine. Good tires to help put down the power and he'll be good to go.. ON THE TRACK.. please..;)
- Hank ScorpioLv 71 decade ago
ADR rims are garbage. And they're probably heavier than the stock rx8 wheels.
Your friend is going to end up in a ditch. No one will cry for him. I recommend you stop taking drives with him. The RX8 is not built to drive like an actual sports car and well...in a front end crash you'll likely have a rotary engine swimming around in your guts.
- 1 decade ago
Well, most racecars don't use OEM wheels, much less just the rims, and since what your friend is doing isn't racing, it doesn't matter, does it?
- 1 decade ago
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Source(s): Your friend sounds like an idiot. ADR rims are crap and cheap. The rx8 isn't fast, and I love mazdas. And driving like that on the roads is suicide. If you value your life, I would not ride with him. He I'll gt you killed.
