Wheels and tires for tuners

[Ghoste]

Quick question and forgive my naivete, but in the tuner world is it a cool thing for the rims to be too wide for the tires?  You know, wide enough that the sidewall slopes noticeably inward towards the tread?

[Hemidog]

Definitely, I see it on a lot of german cars. There seems to be a competition on how narrow of a tire you can fit on a rim over here...

Mr Wheel, say hello to Mr. Curb 

[Cooter]

If they even knew how hard that was on tires/wheels/suspension/etc. they'd take them off..Not to mention the ROYAL PITA to mount. Ever tried to get a 70 series tire on a 10" rim? I have, and it sucks...

[Hemidog]

Not to mention the extreme negative camber guys, do they know that tires cost money?

[Ponch ®]

Quick question and forgive my naivete, but in the tuner world is it a cool thing for the rims to be too wide for the tires?  You know, wide enough that the sidewall slopes noticeably inward towards the tread?

Yeah, it's a new trend with the tuner/import crowd. Why? I have no clue. There's also the negative camber thing that a lot of them are doing (which makes no sense whatsoever in street car). But hey, whatever creams their twinkie...

It's a craze in Japan:

http://jalopnik.com/5918475/how-the-hell-does-this-car-drive

[Silver R/T]

Gotta love duct tape side skirts

[tsmithae]

Wtf???


Couldn't decide which emotion to go with.

[Indygenerallee]

I take it the cambered, duct taped flare piece of junk does not have to worry about air pressure in his tires!! wtf is so cool about looking like a rolling wreck!??  Oh well to each his own I guess...

[Ghoste]

Hemidog that is exactly the look I was talking about and it was a German car that made me ask the question.

[tan top]

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[stripedelete]

Wtf???


Couldn't decide which emotion to go with.

do they have one for "doom"?

[Ghoste]

Tan Top nailed it.    and

[1974dodgecharger]

that cant be real seriously you cant drive around like that without it effecting the peformance road handling.

Has to shopped....

Not to mention the extreme negative camber guys, do they know that tires cost money?

[Ponch ®]

that cant be real seriously you cant drive around like that without it effecting the peformance road handling.

Has to shopped....

Not to mention the extreme negative camber guys, do they know that tires cost money?

the performance / road handling are not as important to them as looks.

[Dino]

I didn't think it could get much worse with those guys.  Boy was I wrong.   

[Ponch ®]

Here we go.


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[Dino]

Here we go.


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Stunning...just stunning.  I'm speechless...

[1974dodgecharger]

Here we go.


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WTF

[JB400]

Let me guess, they are trying to see what their car would look like if picked up by a helicopter, took up 500 ft, and then dropped.  I'm surprised that 91 Caravan in another thread hasn't been given that treatment.

[Ponch ®]

I'm surprised that 91 Caravan in another thread hasn't been given that treatment.

well no, that would just be tacky.

[Fred]

Here we go.


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OMG!     I'd like to explore inside their heads to see if they have any brains.
Are these cars actually drivers? How can they possibly be road worthy!   

[FLG]

Its a stupid craze but yes sadly its big in the German world as well 

Basically they want the widest rim possible but need to camber it in to get the "hella flush" look, where the rim lip just sits inside the fender. Personally i hate it, i like rims that sit in the fender and that have a nice meaty tire.

I do run some negative camber on the e30 (-2.5 front and rear, would run more if i didnt drive it when im off) but its not for being hella flush, its for making sure on turns that im getting as much of the tire to be on the ground as possible.

[JB400]

Here we go.


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OMG!     I'd like to explore inside their heads to see if they have any brains.
Are these cars actually drivers? How can they possibly be road worthy!  

Air bags for air heads 

[Cooter]

As with many of the tuner crazes, this one seem to be stupid as well..Nothing new here, move along. We've already wasted WAY too much time on these tards. Those mods will get them killed one day and the rest of the God fearing automotive world will be done with them soon enough.

[Ghoste]

So the extreme camber thing aside, whats the idea with the rim too wide for the tire look like the photo in the second reply to this thread?  Is that just a variation on the theme?  They aren't trying to emulate something else with that look are they, its just something one niche of the hobby think looks cool?