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BOCKA
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are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 05:49

hey guys, just lookin at some of the import scence and with the new trend of drift its obvious that people are starting to cut back in rim size when choosing aftermarket wheels, ive started noticing some nice looking 16's 15's even to as low as 13's....it seemes any decent wheel with some nice dish is pleasing to the sye these days. of course im not talkin about show cars etc, but street cars suck as old corrolas, celicas, levins and datsuns. its about time people stopped trying to jam oversized wheels into these old beasts. but are big wheels on the way out? give us your opinion.... [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 05:56

I dunno - I've just finished having a day of fun in a TT 6-speed JZA80 with 19" rims edit: hope ashling doesn't read this [Updated on: Thu, 02 June 2005 05:57] [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 05:58

Actually, I'd say the reverse. If was up to the manufacturers, especially Holden, you could get a heap of bigger wheels, including 19's. Shit, you can option 18x7.5" wheels for a new Astra! I've got nothing at all against big wheels, so long as they are tasteful. [Report message to a moderator]

Major Clod
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 09:32

Depends entirely on the car. Newer car big rims generally look nice, old school beast should stick to smaller rims with lots of dish and fat tyres. I can't stand seeing crappy old Gemini's and Datto's driving around with 18's stuck underneath, looks bloody retarded. [Report message to a moderator]

BlackGT4
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Thu, 02 June 2005 09:38

Major Clod wrote on Thu, 02 June 2005 19:32

Depends entirely on the car. Newer car big rims generally look nice, old school beast should stick to smaller rims with lots of dish and fat tyres. I can't stand seeing crappy old Gemini's and Datto's driving around with 18's stuck underneath, looks bloody retarded.

i agree with this, i've seen some cars where the rims probably cost more than the car.

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 13:19

I go by the rule of two...if the wheels are large i.e. 17" or higher and at least one pair of them is not half as wide as they are in diameter then its purely for wank factor. I cannot stand people that buy 20"x8" wide wheels its just rice... [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 13:27

big diameter is old and busted deep dish is the new hotness [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 13:54

big wheels arent on their way out, i love to see big rims on everything. big chromies on the other hand, make me wish i was temporary blind. although nice 15" deep dish rims on a ta22 set me off everytime! Eldar.O. [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 17:04

on the way out i reckon. some wheels with nice dish and offset are all i need, crazy design and big diameter, i can live without [Report message to a moderator]

ae95
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 17:26

i reckon it depends on the car and what its used for ..etc a vip car such as a crown, celsior deserves tasteful big wheels and preferably dish(ie not a set of ugly 19's from tempe tyres) [Updated on: Thu, 02 June 2005 17:28] [Report message to a moderator]

Arch
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 17:30

Dish me baby, anyday IMO, anything bigger than 15" on an old school sub 1000kg car is pointless, harder to spin, heavier etc. [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 21:49

8x15 front. 10x15 rear. Will do me fine. and I realy don't like the look of these big wheels that some cars are running around with. [Report message to a moderator]

ra_28
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 22:23

I dont think 17' look to big on my RA28 plus flat wheel (no dish) look hot. http://img170.echo.cx/my.php?image=toyotaclub007a9 oy.jpg][IMG] [Updated on: Thu, 02 June 2005 22:26] [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Thu, 02 June 2005 22:38

ra_28 wrote on Fri, 03 June 2005 08:23

I dont think 17' look to big on my RA28 plus flat wheel (no dish) look hot.

http://img170.echo.cx/my.php?image=toyotaclub007a9 oy.jpg][IMG]

OK, That set looks quite good on your car.
But I think any bigger would spoil the look.
Thats only my opinion,what I like.

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draven
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 23:46

they'd be great if they weren't chrome [Report message to a moderator]

ra_28
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Thu, 02 June 2005 23:51

Yeah I know I'm in the process off getting some gold Fr17 Simmons. [Report message to a moderator]

draven
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:21

didn't want your first born child hey? [Report message to a moderator]

ra_28
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 00:29

First born child? My car is my child. [Report message to a moderator]

driftae86
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Fri, 03 June 2005 01:56

ra_28 wrote on Fri, 03 June 2005 06:23

I dont think 17' look to big on my RA28 plus flat wheel (no dish) look hot.

http://img170.echo.cx/my.php?image=toyotaclub007a9 oy.jpg][IMG]

almost as cool as the guy standing behind the car Razz

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ra_28
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 02:13

Lucky thats not me he does look cool but. [Updated on: Fri, 03 June 2005 02:14] [Report message to a moderator]

THE WITZL
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 10:06

here is what rims SHOULD look like... [Report message to a moderator]

ra_28
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 21:57

Celica looks good. The crown look like the rime are about 2 inches to wide for the tyres. [Report message to a moderator]

THE WITZL
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 23:12

it's called stretch [Report message to a moderator]

ra_28
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 03 June 2005 23:16

What size are the F series Simmons? [Report message to a moderator]

time2play
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 04:23

id stick 18s under anything any day of the week. better then them gay 15s and 16s that everyone seems to be using these days. [Report message to a moderator]

BOCKA
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Sat, 04 June 2005 04:35

time2play wrote on Sat, 04 June 2005 14:23

id stick 18s under anything any day of the week.

better then them gay 15s and 16s that everyone seems to be using these days.

under anything? you serious? let give you a list of cars and see if you would want 18's on em.
- import gtv trueno
- panda levin
- datsun 260z 2seater with flared guards
- datsun 1600 sedan
- the original gtr skyline
- ra23/ta22/ra28 celica

you could not honestly say any of these cars would look better with 18's than any other style of wheel.

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Arch
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 04:38

but thats cos ur a leb and u want it to be fully sick [Report message to a moderator]

time2play
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 04:45

ahhhhhhh BOCKA. not under them cars but yes on the ta22 skyline gtr r32 upwards yes. the original old skool gtr id just leave it stock. Arch Fully sik is so outta date man. but lets just use an example, say an 87 laser bubble hatch. id slam that on 18s just for the fun of it. [Updated on: Sat, 04 June 2005 04:46] [Report message to a moderator]

time2play
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 04:46

and yes on a dato 1600. fkin oath id dump that on 18s. [Report message to a moderator]

Yian
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Sat, 04 June 2005 04:52

time2play wrote on Sat, 04 June 2005 14:23

id stick 18s under anything any day of the week.

better then them gay 15s and 16s that everyone seems to be using these days.

What am I then? I got my 14" MA61 stockies still... Rolling Eyes

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time2play
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 04:54

stockys are a whole different story. i have stockers to. [Report message to a moderator]

BOCKA
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 07:16

time2play - good to see you got some sense in wheel choice. i dont hold anything against 18's (or over)they just have to be in good tase. as for the 1600 15's with sweet dish is where its at! [Report message to a moderator]

st184 sillycar
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 07:53

I don't see much point in going past 17" rims, unless it's a really big diameter tyre, like on late model Falcodores - then 18" is the biggest I'd consider. Car manufacturers are only going up in size - and I don't see anything smaller than 17" on most tyre store "bling racks" for the aftermarket. I think there'll be variety in size and style for as long as cars have wheels, as rims are such an intensely personal thing. So no - BIG wheels are NOT on the way out! Style-wise, I dig on this sort of thang: I OWN a set of these - waiting for shipping outta Japan ! ! Mmmm.... Buuudddddy cluuuub And a few of you will know about my 5-spoke race-style fetish . . . : As seen in black on the new HSV clubsport dealer pack . . . [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 10:22

I think 18" wheels look perfect on most cars out there. I reckon they look tops on my RAV http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v124/mohit/18s02 .jpg [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 17:01

i don't think it's so much that big wheels are on the way out as it is that 'oversized' and much more to the point 'over-stated' rims most definately are. As mentioned earlier, sticking 18's on a levin just won't work as it wouldn't with any (with the odd exception) car that came stock on something along the lines of 13/14's. but that's just my opinion i'm loving dished rims at the moment and they seem to look good big or small, but i haven't any undersized cars on oversized dishs... maybe that's why they always look so damn good, just because people fit them appropriately to their car(s). watanabe's all the way!!! chromie's... go away! [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 18:26

Ive got a set of 16x7.5 FR's in charcol on my sprinter and the thing looks sexy as, just the right about of dish, not to big, but i would'nt go any bigger. don't think it would look right. i gotta up date my avatar so ya'll can see [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Sat, 04 June 2005 23:31

Hmmmm, I don't know about this one... We've got a mixture at our house, 13's on an ae86, 15's on an ae92, and 18's on the vl... But yeh the rims have been getting a bit smaller lately, although on all the ricers rides they just keep growin... [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Sun, 05 June 2005 03:50

BOCKA wrote on Sat, 04 June 2005 16:46

time2play - good to see you got some sense in wheel choice. i dont hold anything against 18's (or over)they just have to be in good tase. as for the 1600 15's with sweet dish is where its at! Surprised

I test fitted some of my low offset 15*7 watanabes on my mates 1600, they sat about 1 1/2 inch out the guards, looked tough!!

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 03:07

most of the time wheels bigger than stock look great. but not heaps bigger. I've got 16's on my celica that came with 14's from the factory. I wouldn't go any bigger cuz it would look kind of wierd. But having said that does anybody remember the video to the song "goodies" that car she was sitting in/on had massive wheels and i thought that looked good. [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 04:16

I run low offset so i want same deep dish with fat tires. so 15's would probably do. but i don't like those million spoke ones (which i sorta have now) which seems to be all that is around. But hey, i wouldn't say no to 17's or 18's i just think that for what i would spend on 16's it would be worth keeping them small. and you can drive off road. take 20's somewhere with a bit of gravel and see what happens... EDIT: Oh and i loved my 1974 mazda 929 with 13" dragways at 215!!! they looked sweet [Updated on: Mon, 06 June 2005 04:18] [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 07:34

Yea they're on the way out. Just today I saw a skateboard up on a couple of bricks and a silvia driving away with the skateboard wheels on it. [Report message to a moderator]

rthy
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 08:11

14"s are cheap [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 08:16

Worst wheels eva= 13" 3 spoke that they used to "option" up on the excels As for big rims on old cars I like the look of 17s on old celicas infact I think they are the best size for the car. The smallest id go on an old celica is 16s,as for 18's as ive said before check out Jeries white TA22,they are chrome 18s and I think they look hot!! [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 08:26

17s or 18s on the supra would look good 18s if you get 330mm brakes [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?

Mon, 06 June 2005 10:09

Apollo wrote on Mon, 06 June 2005 17:34

Yea they're on the way out.

Just today I saw a skateboard up on a couple of bricks and a silvia driving away with the skateboard wheels on it.

are you sure? im pretty sure they dont have the same stud pattern Confused

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rthy
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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 10:15

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Mon, 06 June 2005 10:59

meh gimme 16" wheels for the rolla anyday, don't lose all the ride comfort.... only about 80% i'm really tempted to get my simmons put out to 7" for more dish [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Tue, 07 June 2005 23:50

I hate it when people get a car with sorted handeling, and ruin it by putting huge wheels on!!!! It seems a waste to me!!! [Report message to a moderator]

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Re: are BIG wheels on the way out?	Fri, 10 June 2005 03:41

give me dish or give me death. having said that though i will admit that i do have 18's on the celsior. I have a sick fascination with 13/14" wirespokes with huge whitewalls.. [Report message to a moderator]