Reply to "Help me choose my new wheels"

George PAdmin.

Garth & Joe, 6018 is equipped with an older set of Wilwood brakes, 4 piston calipers, 1-3/8" thick (race style) rotors, 12-3/4" diameter. Sized for the 17" wheels that were on the car when I purchased it. They were a $5000 set of brakes when they were new, and they were one of the reasons I chose this car.

I've already had an 18" front/20" rear wheel set on the car. The front brakes didn't look bad with an 18" wheel, however the 12-3/4" rotors did look a bit puny in the rear with the 20" wheels. So perhaps I should go up to 14" (or possibly 15" if it will fit), same size at all 4 corners. I wouldn't want to stagger the size of the rotors (bigger rotors in the rear) because the brakes are so well balanced as-is.

So far the voting is:

5 spoke wheel: 5
10 spoke wheel: 12

Thanks to all who've contributed. More comments and voting will be appreciated.

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