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Originally Posted by Kenny Boxster
Higher diameter wheels are counterproductive, wasting gas and reducing speed.
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Not necessarily so cut & dry. Though they'd cost significantly more, if you buy a larger wheel that is the same weight or lighter, you're not hampering performance or efficiency in that way, and so long as you can find a tire size that matches the overall diemsion of your tire + wheel package, the only potential weight difference that could exist is how much one tire weighs compared to the other.
Now when people go way oversized and can't help but be on heavier wheels and have a wheel and tire combination that creates a diameter larger than stock, then you get exactly what you're saying. This is unfortunately what happens since people either don't care, don't know, or don't want to spend the additional money it will cost to get something that keeps dimensions and weight the same.
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