#1179311 - 03/21/07 08:49 PM
Re: '99 Si HS Noob questions
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skierd
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Welcome to the additction! 
Camber is not adjustable from the factory, however I am not sure if Honda offers a factory camber kit and specifies its use in the manual.
Miata's have pretty light OE wheels in 15x6 (12-13 pounds), but the bore centers are too small to fit on Honda hubs. If you have a good wheel shop around you they should be able to bore it out enough to fit.
http://www.miata.net/faq/wheel_weights.html
While getting into the sport, I would just get a second set of OE wheels (or get a new set of street wheels and use the stock wheels you have now).
You can use double adjustable struts in stock, but thats all (some high end shocks have 4 adjustments, low and high speed compression and rebound). Koni Yellows have been the de-facto Honda shock for quite some time because they're good out of the box, relatively cheap at about $500/set, and easily available. The other possibly option would be a Bilstein HD, and while they have no external adjustments (not necessarily a bad thing when you're learning) they are cheaper to rebuild than koni's at $65/corner and are pretty offer similar damping rates to the Koni's on the stiffer side of their adjustment.
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#1179365 - 03/21/07 09:06 PM
Re: '99 Si HS Noob questions
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HoWheels
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#1180902 - 03/22/07 11:16 AM
Re: '99 Si HS Noob questions
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AX-NY'06Si
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Miata's have pretty light OE wheels in 15x6 (12-13 pounds), but the bore centers are too small to fit on Honda hubs.
Are you sure? I had a 1994 Protege and bought 13x5 CRX rims and Victoracers for it, and it was just the opposite. The Honda wheel bore was too small to fit on the Mazda hubs.
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#1181752 - 03/22/07 02:33 PM
Re: '99 Si HS Noob questions
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AX-NY'06Si
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You know, I just looked up the specs at a wheel site and it said exactly what you did. The same is true for CRX and Protege. CRX - 56.1. Protege - 54.1. That is really, really strange that the damn things wouldn't fit. Doesn't make much sense.
To the OP - If you want the OEM rims, they sell them at finish line wheels, but they are pretty heavy (18 lbs)and more expensive ($125 to 170 per wheel).
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#1186166 - 03/23/07 07:15 PM
Re: '99 Si HS Noob questions
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CivicRacerExR
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All the Honda aluminum wheels for Civics are around 15lbs. My 00 Civic Si wheels were that weight. And I believe the Fat Fives and Fit wheels are too.
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#1193508 - 03/26/07 03:28 PM
Re: '99 Si HS Noob questions
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CivicRacerExR
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I weighed them back in 2000. But that is from memory. I also remember seeing several posts on the subject back in 2000-2001 and everyone said around 15lbs.
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