[holmz]

Simulatanousy I went front 6.5 OZ rims to 8" TMRs and fro Bilsteins to Ohlin's.
It was night and day (chalk and cheese).

While the TMRs are very cheap, the widest forged rims are worthwhile in term of cost ($/seconds saved), so I can recommend them.

Depending on your course, mastering of your parking brake is probably better $/time, worth some investment in time in mstereing...

 

[holmz]

Per the title of 5-1/2 versus 6-1/2".
Was this not also posted in the women's subforum last week?

I thought the consensus was a bit amore feeling the palms, but not a lot unless tracking it.
and also you get more push in the corners, and spongy feel, where you would not with the extra section width.