God I hate those wheels. They just look horrible. When I was a kid my matchbox cars had wheels like that and that's what modern wheels remind me of. Yes, I know they're better in every single way than deep dish wheels. I DON'T CARE. Spinach salad is better for me than a 2 pound Bacon Beerito Cheese Melt topped with
This:
Is better than This:
Umm... well the wheels are anyway *humps Bimmer*
And while we're on the subject of wheels CAN WE STOP MAKING THEM TALLER? 22" wheels are really pushing it. Pretty soon Donks will stop looking stupid if we don't stop. I'll give the car industry until 24" but THAT'S IT!
I'm a traditionalist dammit and I like traditional things. Wheels are one of them.
...women with gigantic t!ts are the other.
Sorry, the engineer in me can't help but point out that positive offset wheels allow longer suspension arms for a given vehicle width. It is harder to get airflow to the brakes though.
We're going from negative to positive on our Baja car this year.
fortune cookie say: better a delay than a disaster
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nope doesnt really bother me.
You actually like this better?
I believe they have a word for that: redneck.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about
the former." - Albert Einstein
Dave wrote:You actually like this better?
I believe they have a word for that: redneck.
*And proud of it! My grandma had 18 children and came from hill people. I learned to drive with semi-rebuilt scrapyard cars on dirt roads. I've eaten squirrel, know how to build a still, and I own a cowboy hat and a confederate flag.
Rednecks built America and one day we're gonna take it back from you soft city folk with your iPods and comfortable sneakers. HAH!
But seriously, the Bimmer was sweet. It's just that I prefer traditional deep dish wheels. They just look better. My opinion totally, but I like to go against the flow of modernty that threatens to swallow us all.
*note: This all true btw. Grandma's still alive too, 93. I love her. She's got the most awesome stories of stealing corn during the great depression. However, my neck being a little red doesn't mean I don't read Hemmingway or Salinger. It just means that I do it while laying on a comfortable rock near a woodland stream while animals rustle and bustle around me, rather than sitting at a Starbucks sitting some foul latte with no sugar.
i think it all depends on wheel and vehicle type. i think a bimmer would look stupid with a negative offset wheel. likewise, i dont think old school muscle looks good with positive offsets. along the same lines, i dont think bimmer's look good with tall sidewalls. but muscle looks stupid as hell with big rims and small sidwalls. im traditional, too, on vehicles where it applies
Andy
it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E
I think it's a ridiculous thing to get worked up over.
Desert Tuners
“When you come across a big kettle of crazy, it’s best not to stir it.”
FReQ GTO eSquIRE wrote:I think it's a ridiculous thing to get worked up over.
It is. Tis all in good fun.
bigger wheels mean bigger brakes which is a good thing
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
Rodimus Prime wrote:bigger wheels mean bigger brakes which is a good thing
bigger wheels and bigger brakes mean more rotating mass. which is not a good thing
Andy
it's not how fast you go, it's how you get there that counts.
ZZP XP cam, 1.6 rockers, 105# springs, speedbuilt FWI, 3.3" modular pulley, TOG headers,
3" exhaust, flomatched injectors
'97 GTP 14.06@100.6mph pre cam w/ 3.5" pulley, I/E
WORK wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:bigger wheels mean bigger brakes which is a good thing
bigger wheels and bigger brakes mean more rotating mass. which is not a good thing
hence the bigger brakes to stop the extra rotating mass
Knoxfire Esquire wrote:*And proud of it! My grandma had 18 children and came from hill people. I learned to drive with semi-rebuilt scrapyard cars on dirt roads. I've eaten squirrel, know how to build a still, and I own a cowboy hat and a confederate flag.
Rednecks built America and one day we're gonna take it back from you soft city folk with your iPods and comfortable sneakers. HAH!
I may be city folk, but I own a cowboy hat too, and I listen to country music - best music in the world. While I don't agree with your ideas about wheels, I don't disagree either. I'd kill for a '69 convertible F-body, or perhaps a 50-something Bel Air (one of my dream cars, actually). And those cars had better have some nice deep wheels. But, I also love the newer breed of supercar. You know what a newer car looks like with negative offset?
We have a lot of those around here in Arizona. We have a name for them, too: mexican.
"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about
the former." - Albert Einstein
I can promise you most racing rims are prob lighter than the 16s you prob have on your car from the factory, most certainly lighter than a 30 year old racecar
1989 Turbo Trans Am #82, 2007 Cobalt SS G85
