I remember when tony got rid of his 24 escalade replicas and got the futures he said he lost like 15 lbs a wheel or something crazy like that
Yeah, I know. That's a big difference, Lee. Especially when you consider that's 15 pounds PER WHEEL. Multiplied by four wheels, that's a difference of 60 pounds of rotational mass lost. I'm sure braking performance would increase with the use of a lighter wheel, acceleration would be a tad better, fuel ecomomy could arguably be a tiny bit better, plus less overall wear and tear on the drive line in general over time. But, oh well. I've already installed bigger brakes which should cancel out the loss in brake performance, plus I've also made a few small performance upgrades and then had Justin of Black Bear Performance perform an in-person tune on the truck to take full advantage of those upgrades, so the acceleration aspect should still be about as good as if my truck was running stock sized wheels and no performance upgrades/tune, so that cancels the acceleration loss out, too. Plus, eventually, I plan on going even BIGGER with the brakes. Wilwoods, baby! Just waiting for Fiatdale to finally decide he wants to let his set go!
So, for the most part, each time I've made a change to the truck that decreases performance, I've made the necessary upgrades elsewhere to at least negate that performance loss, which I think is the right way to do it. I can't imagine running big ass heavy wheels WITHOUT accounting for that with upgraded brakes and more power. It would be awful!
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That's stealth grey. I think the tbss wheels with a 295 40 24 tire is the best choice.
Thanks, man. I knew I had it right with one of the two I listed. Just couldn't remember for sure which one my Caddy was!
So I've now got six votes in favor of the TBSS wheels and one in favor of the CK375's. And as far as tires, I was considering 295/35/24 instead of the 295/40/24's because I'd REALLY like to keep rubbing to a minimum. I'm not a big fan of hacking up my fender liners and with the 295/35's being shorter than the 295/40's, I was thinking I'd have less rubbing in the end. With my current 22's on 305/40's I have VERY minimal rubbing up front, and in the rear I had to do some minor, very clean trimming of a couple spots on the rear liners. I'm just afraid that with as low as I am now, after stepping up to a 24" wheel, I'll have serious rubbing issues no matter what size tires I went with. I'd have to talk to some guys with 24's to either confirm or deny my fears, though. It might not be as bad as I'm thinking it would be.
