2009 honda fit sport rims?

[Cobb]

Yeah, they will bolt up. Just got to make sure the over all outer diameter with tire is the same as oem setup. Otherwise if its larger or smaller will effect performance.

I hear of horror stories daily on my local news about craigs list,so I dont both with it. I still wouldnt mind a full size spare alloy or steel.

[bullsfan]

Anybody ever end up putting the new Fit Sport 16" rims on an Insight 2? I know the bolt pattern is the same for both. Visually they seem to me very similar, like siblings, because unlike what an earlier commenter said, they both have 7 hollowed-out spokes. Here's the Fit wheel:

and the Insight's:

I think though that each is sold with the wrong car. The Fit's wheels look too big to me on the Fit and Insight's wheels look too small on the Insight. The Fit Sport's rims are 16"x6" with a 53mm offset and wear a 185/55r16 tire, while the Insight's are 15"x5.5" with a 45mm offset and wear a 175/65r15 tire. When you compare the two tires with an online comparison tool like here: Wheel / tire size calculator / comparer - WWW.RIMSNTIRES.COM there's virtually no difference to the car as far as wheel circumference. There's less than a twentieth of a percent difference, which means you'll be going 85.1 mph when your speedometer says 85mph, and your car would have traveled an extra 157 miles before your odometer would show 100,000. Supposedly there's an even greater change in a tire's diameter over its life as it's rubber wears away. The real question is, would the Fit's wheels push in too far into the body of the Insight2? As a rim's offset number increases, the effect is to move the wheel towards the center of and under the car. There's an 8mm difference in offset between the Fit's and the Insight's rims, meaning the Fit's rims push the wheel 8mm closer to the center of the car. The Fit's tire is 10mm wider, which adds 5mm to each side. So, in total, 8mm+5mm=13mm closer on the inside, which is roughly 1/2". I assume any problem would show up when turning the front wheels to either extreme. Maybe some type of spacer could be used if there were clearance issues, but maybe there's enough clearance without any spacers. On the outside, the Fit's wheel is pushed in 8mm, but then the tire is 5mm wider on each side, which means (8mm-5mm) the tires stick out less than before by 3mm, or about an 1/8 of an inch. Has anybody tried this? I googled around and haven't seen anybody who's actually done it.

[WoodyInsight]

I have an 09 fit sport and a 2010 insight. I have thinking about trying this for some time and with the weather getting nice here in the south I may try it this weekend and see how they "fit". I will report back.

[Prodesigner]

Any update?

[cheesie]

i put 17s n my I2 n it looks sick
took 3 mpg away thou
ill post up some pics in a bit
dont know how to do it yet

[Cobb]

Wonder why the civic hybrid has such solid looking wheels with little venting and ours look like paddle wheels?

[WoodyInsight]

I will have them both in the shop for oil changes this weekend, I am just going to have the dealer switch them for me then. I'll take pics and report back.

[Jeff Holt]

Does anyone know if there is a weight difference? Woody, you could always lug the bathroom scales to the shop with ya B)

[snowboardpunk]

did anyone try this yet? i was going to buy a set of fit wheels on craigslist but they were already sold...

and chessie could upload pics and tell us wat size tires ur using and the weight of the 17s u have?

[cheesie]

heres my wheels



my car looks nice but im not liking my rims anymore since im starting to see a lot of ugly cars have the same color rims ( with the red edge )