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Hey guys. So I was browsing through a 'Car & Driver' mag when I saw some nice looking wheels in a discounttiredirect.com ad.




They are 16" MB Seven X wheels. What do you guys think?

go with 17" man i'm telling you it's gonna look alot better and improove you ride and handling

I don't know, I'm still on the fence about 17" on a Neon. And doesn't a 17" rim actually decrease performance?

if they are 17" by 7 inch wide you"ll get morre traction when cornering and lets face it neons are for the most part basicaly worthless in a strait line but more grip is better handling plus they do look better i wouldn't go any bigger than that though

i've had my eye on those rims, but the ones w/ black spokes

17" isn't too bad. It's only $10 more than the 16"...hmmm I just don't want to look too flashy. The reason I like them is because they remind me of the stock 7 spokes while looking a little nicer.

ive got them.. i was going to go with the five x but my girlfriend settled the matter with the seven... lol.

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mine only 14" though.. i had just bought new tires when i got the rims so i wasnt going to go bigger and have to get tires again...

ooooooo those are niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

JeffM wrote:I don't know, I'm still on the fence about 17" on a Neon. And doesn't a 17" rim actually decrease performance?

It can decrease acceleration if the tire is larger than a 40 series. The difficult thing with 17s are that its hard to get a nice light 17rim for a cheap price. If you sick with 215/40/17 sized tire its within 1% difference of a stock setup.

The advantage of 16s are that you can get a very light rim and a low profile tire so that your rotational mass can actually be less than a stock setup.

Well discount tire offers two tire sizes for the 16's:
195/50-16
and
205/50-16

the 17's have three:
205/40-17
205/45-17
215/40-17

I don't really know how that would effect it.

I have stock SXT 7 spokers that I'm eventually gonna want to sell

stick with 16s, much better tire choices .......

all the tires with 17" rims and stock suspension will look like rubber bands ....

the key is the drop, if you drop your car right, anything will look good!!!

i have 16 and not happy they look so smal and my car is lowerd 1.5 front 1.7 in the back
with 205/40/16 i hate it cant wait for new wheels.

right now that'swhat i got on my car i can't wait to get my summer wheels on lol

Ugh, I'm too tired to go into the whole physics explanation about this.

If you are in it for the performance, go with 16's. 17's will slow you down.

racer12306 wrote:Ugh, I'm too tired to go into the whole physics explanation about this.

If you are in it for the performance, go with 16's. 17's will slow you down.

i agree but i would use that if i was a track car but to use daily and race here and there. i would go with 17s

I went from stock steelie 14" up to 16's with 205/50's..
had a noticable difference in "get-up-and-go" just starting up from a stoplight

daily driver, stock suspension..don't race it

16's > 17's


i'm going to HATE when i take my 16 winter wheels and put the 18s back on...

Pablodragon wrote:I went from stock steelie 14" up to 16's with 205/50's..
had a noticable difference in "get-up-and-go" just starting up from a stoplight

daily driver, stock suspension..don't race it

daily drive, but my suspension is not stock at all.

Eh. I think I'm just going to go with 16's *ducks for cover*. They're a little cheaper, tires are cheaper, and I think they would make the car stand out while not making it jump into the fire.

oh and:

racer12306 wrote:Ugh, I'm too tired to go into the whole physics explanation about this.

If you are in it for the performance, go with 16's. 17's will slow you down.

No worries about the physics lesson. I'm not planning on racing my car anytime soon.

They look good, I vote for 16's. I've got 15's with a 50 series, I just cant talk myself into riding on rubber bands.

DR. GONZO wrote:go with 17" man i'm telling you it's gonna look alot better and improove you ride and handling

17's are gonna improve ride and handling??




to the op: go for the 16's, you won't regret it.

I recently bought the MB Five X with Falken 912s from DTD. Lemme get some pics up soon. They're 16" and I love them.

Tire shops are gonna hate you for bringing in a set of 17" tires to mount, because it's the hardest size to do. They bitched up a storm at me when I brought my 17s in, and told me to never show my face there again. ROFL

Mat666 wrote:Tire shops are gonna hate you for bringing in a set of 17" tires to mount, because it's the hardest size to do. They bitched up a storm at me when I brought my 17s in, and told me to never show my face there again. ROFL

Wow, Your tire shop sucks then.

Personally I find anything above 20" annoying, usually because they are heavy as hell and reverse mount. And any tire under a 40 series sidewall can be a PITA too. Oh and run flat tires can fuck off and die.

I have two mb five x's for winter wheels, they have held up good, I don't see any scratches that can't be buffed out.