19 & 20 inch rims
10-26-2006, 06:53 PM
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I am liking the 19F/20R look. And I have to chime in on the old school comments...
I consider my self in the "gap" between old and new (35), but the funny thing is that my truly old school friends (around 40-45 who would never even consider an import) all are pushing for 20's on my T/A. The thought is to follow the industry (yes industry, not the ghetto) trend of larger rims to keep the car loooking fresh and up do date. Examples...the SRT8 vechicles come stock with 20" and Porchshe/Corvette/Viper have 19" (at least on the rear). In this day and age where our expectations are for cars that not only perform but also look hot, larger wheels give the updated look with negligble day to day performance penalties (except of course for extreme racing case). And by the way, i do plan to keep my stock 17" for track use. I guess to sum it up, if everyone kept thinking "old school", we would still be running 15" rims with 70 series bias ply tires
Peace.
I consider my self in the "gap" between old and new (35), but the funny thing is that my truly old school friends (around 40-45 who would never even consider an import) all are pushing for 20's on my T/A. The thought is to follow the industry (yes industry, not the ghetto) trend of larger rims to keep the car loooking fresh and up do date. Examples...the SRT8 vechicles come stock with 20" and Porchshe/Corvette/Viper have 19" (at least on the rear). In this day and age where our expectations are for cars that not only perform but also look hot, larger wheels give the updated look with negligble day to day performance penalties (except of course for extreme racing case). And by the way, i do plan to keep my stock 17" for track use. I guess to sum it up, if everyone kept thinking "old school", we would still be running 15" rims with 70 series bias ply tires
Peace. 
10-26-2006, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by JCurtin
its great to be ignorant isnt it? You keep your car the same as every other car around here and you will be good to go. 
10-26-2006, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by CRBWS6
I am liking the 19F/20R look. And I have to chime in on the old school comments...
I consider my self in the "gap" between old and new (35), but the funny thing is that my truly old school friends (around 40-45 who would never even consider an import) all are pushing for 20's on my T/A. The thought is to follow the industry (yes industry, not the ghetto) trend of larger rims to keep the car loooking fresh and up do date. Examples...the SRT8 vechicles come stock with 20" and Porchshe/Corvette/Viper have 19" (at least on the rear). In this day and age where our expectations are for cars that not only perform but also look hot, larger wheels give the updated look with negligble day to day performance penalties (except of course for extreme racing case). And by the way, i do plan to keep my stock 17" for track use. I guess to sum it up, if everyone kept thinking "old school", we would still be running 15" rims with 70 series bias ply tires Peace.
I consider my self in the "gap" between old and new (35), but the funny thing is that my truly old school friends (around 40-45 who would never even consider an import) all are pushing for 20's on my T/A. The thought is to follow the industry (yes industry, not the ghetto) trend of larger rims to keep the car loooking fresh and up do date. Examples...the SRT8 vechicles come stock with 20" and Porchshe/Corvette/Viper have 19" (at least on the rear). In this day and age where our expectations are for cars that not only perform but also look hot, larger wheels give the updated look with negligble day to day performance penalties (except of course for extreme racing case). And by the way, i do plan to keep my stock 17" for track use. I guess to sum it up, if everyone kept thinking "old school", we would still be running 15" rims with 70 series bias ply tires
Peace.
The part I dont get is people saying 19's are too big but all the cars you mentioned above run them stock nowadays and F-bodys are larger dimensionally in every way. I dont see how they are too big for a car that is 193.5 inches long and has huge *** wheel wells. The industry trend went that way so I followed. You are right though about the bias ply tires aspect. 
02-01-2008, 04:19 PM
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only people who like 19 and 20 inch rims 
how are these rims for thoese who like 20inch rims! daily driver car no drag, no street racing, no auto cross!
they will go on this formula!
02-01-2008, 07:18 PM
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I think it looks great.. If you are not draging.. who gives a ****... Ive been thinking about doing it... I think as long as there is a big lip its a great look.. Everyone else is in an older generation... If you want old school buy an old car... Im not saying go out and buy some lexanis or anythign to that extent but any racing rim would look great
+ 1 just no pimp rims I would go with 19s if I had the money. I like these's
http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels...ducts_id/11257
or these
http://www.weldracing.com/wheels/det...Alloy%20Chrome
here a good website to look on
http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels...t.php/cPath/21
and
http://www.wheelspecs.com/WheelBrands.aspx
just dont do this...
02-02-2008, 12:50 AM
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I found a whole lot of cool alternative rims. Check this thread.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-tires/665880-19-bmw-rims-what-do-you-think.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-tires/665880-19-bmw-rims-what-do-you-think.html
02-02-2008, 06:37 AM
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I had gotten tired of them and needed something different. I had thought about getting a new set of wheels for a while, and a member on here actually emailed me out of the blue and offered to buy them.
So sometimes, you need a change. Don't get me wrong, I still think the Evo's look good, but these look just as good, but in a different sort of way.
For every 20 compliments I got on the evo's, I had someone say that they didn't like them.
Now that I switched wheels, for every 20 compliments I've gotten on the new wheels, one person has said they liked the Evo's better. Not a bad ratio I guess. I'm wondering if it goes beyond just the wheels and it's the whole package that looks good. From the color matched vents behind the front door, to the lowered stance, to the removed side molding.... I've always gone for the clean look.
So sometimes, you need a change. Don't get me wrong, I still think the Evo's look good, but these look just as good, but in a different sort of way.
For every 20 compliments I got on the evo's, I had someone say that they didn't like them.
Now that I switched wheels, for every 20 compliments I've gotten on the new wheels, one person has said they liked the Evo's better. Not a bad ratio I guess. I'm wondering if it goes beyond just the wheels and it's the whole package that looks good. From the color matched vents behind the front door, to the lowered stance, to the removed side molding.... I've always gone for the clean look.
02-02-2008, 07:11 PM
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I've had the 19/20 combo on both my TA's. Pics in links in my sig.
They really are for looks, ride is noticably stiffer (but you feel more connected to the road) and traction sucks (so on my 95 TA I am trying 345/25 R20's on the rear)
They really are for looks, ride is noticably stiffer (but you feel more connected to the road) and traction sucks (so on my 95 TA I am trying 345/25 R20's on the rear)
02-03-2008, 10:39 AM
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Oh another one of these threads!! Nice! Yup, 19" suck...right....
Any wheel size up to 20" can be mede look good if you find the right wheel for the job and have good taste. Ive seen horrid examples of wheels in your beloved 17" and 18" sizes. With these wheels I chirped tires jut as easy and even have better traction. Of course these tires are way better than the 17"s I used to run!
Any wheel size up to 20" can be mede look good if you find the right wheel for the job and have good taste. Ive seen horrid examples of wheels in your beloved 17" and 18" sizes. With these wheels I chirped tires jut as easy and even have better traction. Of course these tires are way better than the 17"s I used to run!
