Aftermarket rims.

[Bartizek]

Does anyone have aftermarket rims on their insight?

I'm curious to see if any would fit, or if they would look good at all, considering that the car has most of the rear wheels covered.

so, anyone got pics of an insight with rims?

[Guillermo]

The Insight uses rims with the same specification as the civic.
14"x 5.5" with 45 mm offset and 4x100 bolt circle.
Many aftermarket civic rims that are 14"x6" with 48 mm offset and 4x100 bolt circle also fit just fine.

Look at the photo gallery section on this web site for several photos of various different rims on Insights. Also keep pressing the refresh button the main page and the top banner photo will keep changing.
http://www.insightracing.ca/

[bpapa9013]

Is it possible that ultralight rims would help mpg, or are the stock ones about as light as you can go?

[Insightful Trekker]

The Insight rims are already _very_ light. There are probably aftermarket's that are even lighter but the difference will be smaller vs. a "heavyweight" rim. And simple weight reduction as a function of MPG is also only one small part of the equation.

Its usually better for the driver to shed a few of those extra pounds. :P

HTH!

[bpapa9013]

Darn, my girlfriend and I don't have much left to lose!

[Guillermo]

Originally Posted by bpapa9013

Is it possible that ultralight rims would help mpg, or are the stock ones about as light as you can go?

There are lighter aftermarket rims but they will not improve your mpg because they are not nearly as aerodynamic.

[bpapa9013]

Aha, that's what I hadn't thought about, the aerodynamics.

Although...what about some mooneyes caps on some basic rim?
Mooneyes Cap

[Todd]

Like mine, Huh

http://desertrunner.freehomepage.com/photo.html - Look toward the bottom of the page.

[Aaron Cake]

I'd worry about sealing off the outside of the wheel entirely. Amost zero brake cooling due to radically reduced airflow. Especially when towing a trailer (as indicated by the hitch pictures above).

[Todd]

No trailer towing going on here. True, brake cooling would be reduced however, riding the brakes isn't conducive to good gas mileage therefor I don't. In a racing application such as the autocrossers here I would remove them. As a mater of fact aren’t all caps illegal in the autocrosses?