Will factory wheels stand up?

[Gold Finger]

Quick question...will Honda's wheels stand up to IT racing???

Thanks

[gran racing]

Most definately - a OEM wheel will work just fine. In fact, that will be stonger then most racing wheels. (Unfortunately often heavier as well.)

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Dave Gran
NER ITB #13
'87 Honda Prelude si

[lateapex911]

I concur. Honda make some good stuff. (Although they probably don't actually make 'em....but anything that has a Honda label on it seems well designed and built.)

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Jake Gulick
CarriageHouse Motorsports
ITA 57 RX-7
New England Region
[email protected]

[Gold Finger]

Thanks....I have a set of Audi 14" wheels i was considering using, i think they came of an older quattro or sumpin'...(kinda honeycomb lookin") not as much meat on these as the Honda's, but lighter...any thoughts on these as well????

Thanks again

[RSTPerformance]

Those Audi wheels will stand up to anyting... You will destroy something else on the car long before those wheels.

Trust me we have gone through a good 10+ Audi's in this family including flipping one 7 times and while 1 wheel broke the others remained in tact... although the suspension wasn't quite as strong http://Forum.ImprovedTouring.com/it/frown.gif 2 other Audi's have been totaled where racing wheels would have been destroyed and all that was damaged on the tire was the nice finish http://Forum.ImprovedTouring.com/it/smile.gif

We also used to run the Mount Washington Hillclimb where we had out ITB cars airborn sever times a run and never came close to bending a rim (used OEM wheels).

In general I would say that most OEM wheels are far stronger than aftermarket wheels.

Raymond "we do a lot more than Road Race Audi's" Blethen