Actually it does have an impact. And ride harshness increases when unsprung weight to sprung weight ratio increases. Try an experiment for yourself. Load the car up with people and also try driving the car with less people, an extreme example. if you lighten your car as well, you will decrease sprung weight and increase the ratio between unsprung weight, you will notice it. Except of course in that case it’s no longer just that factor, but spring choice wold come into play too…
Bigger heavier wheels = more unsprung weight = more harshness, less efficient braking, less efficient acceleration, less efficient suspension, worse milage. And when it comes to mpg, think about it, if tire pressure can affect mpgs so much, because it’s essentially a square not a circle that the car will be rotating in effect, imagine what massive sprung weight added by wheels like sportmax wheels will do, which are i believe 22lbs or 23 or i think 28lbs each or something like that… can’t remember but they are def 22+
I still fail to see how a lightweight Rim will improve traction or ride quality…
I can go outside right now and remove my TE37s which are light weight and put my stockers one which are heavier and I dont notice a damn difference in traction or ride quality… well, actually, I get better ride quality from the stockers since they dont have low-profile tires…
I’m starting to agree with Fowball, your an idiot
TIRES = traction… NOT lightweight Rims.