The alloys have a different offset than the steel wheels. With the alloys mounted the wheel track is a little wider. This seems more likely to me to be what you are noticing. Mark LOREN BUSCH wrote: > RE: Steel 5 1/2" rims vs. 6" Alloy rims. > Late last summer I picked up a set of factory alloys (14") and replaced > my stock steel rims. I moved the 185R14 Agilis over to the alloys. I > didn't expect a 1/2" difference in rim width to make any noticeable > difference, but it did. With the alloy rims the Westy is just a hair > better riding, a hair more stable. The difference is suable enough that > at first I thought it might be my imagination, but I've become convinced > that there is a positive difference. Go figure... > |
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