24's are for wimps...

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Those cars are retarded!!!!!

[57sailplane]

this looks much better

[Shane]

no, it doesn't

[boraxman]

LMFAO...Nuff said....laughing some more

[LONGHAIR]

That's a PhotoShop job............and not very good either

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by LONGHAIR

That's a PhotoShop job............and not very good either

Yeah, but it's good enought to know those wheels are just wrong...

[75Chevy90Kawi]

that would still be ugly even if it werent raised. people are retarded.

[7387chevys]

as a rule of thumb....on a truck dont go more than an inch above stock wheel height and sometimes (20s)scale id town by 4-5

[XXL]

Originally Posted by 7387chevys

as a rule of thumb....on a truck dont go more than an inch above stock wheel height and sometimes (20s)scale id town by 4-5

So your "rule of thumb" would have 16" wheels on 90% of the trucks from the 1990's and older. That may be a bit restrictive. The key (or so I think) is to balance the visual cues on the vehicle. 15's didn't do that on many vehicles, but that's all the marketplace offered the OEMs without spending a small fortune on special castings and selling their souls to the tire manufacturers. So... 15's it was. The marketplace has taken a pendulum swing with the advent of more effective (and cheaper) casting techniques, thus allowing anybody with $50k in their pocket and the ability to draw a circle and then stay inside the lines to make a wheel. With pressure from the growing wheel market (and simpler tire carcass production methods), the tire companies have kept pace. Now we have the OEM's on the other end of the deal, able to pick and choose among wheel vendors... so new vehicles have gone bigger and bigger-- again, not so much because of styling cues, but because that's what's being offered. (Of course, the marketing departments get involved and make big hay about the jumbo wheel "style"...).

OK, my dissertation is running dry. That's all.

[7387chevys]

Originally Posted by XXL

So your "rule of thumb" would have 16" wheels on 90% of the trucks from the 1990's and older. That may be a bit restrictive. The key (or so I think) is to balance the visual cues on the vehicle. 15's didn't do that on many vehicles, but that's all the marketplace offered the OEMs without spending a small fortune on special castings and selling their souls to the tire manufacturers. So... 15's it was. The marketplace has taken a pendulum swing with the advent of more effective (and cheaper) casting techniques, thus allowing anybody with $50k in their pocket and the ability to draw a circle and then stay inside the lines to make a wheel. With pressure from the growing wheel market (and simpler tire carcass production methods), the tire companies have kept pace. Now we have the OEM's on the other end of the deal, able to pick and choose among wheel vendors... so new vehicles have gone bigger and bigger-- again, not so much because of styling cues, but because that's what's being offered. (Of course, the marketing departments get involved and make big hay about the jumbo wheel "style"...).

OK, my dissertation is running dry. That's all.

Yeah ....I know that that would be only putting 16s on many vehicles,I dont care for large wheels (17+)on most vehicles some it looks good on. I'm just partial to 15s

[>X<]

he meant HIS thumb, not your thumb ken, hahah

[pissonNOS]

someone fill me in what donk means? i guess im out of the loop also that is just plain wrong making 30 inch rims

[7387chevys]

Originally Posted by >X<

he meant HIS thumb, not your thumb ken, hahah

Yeah thats what I ment
Shane

[XXL]

Originally Posted by >X<

he meant HIS thumb, not your thumb ken, hahah

There is only _1_ thumb!

[watahyahknow]

Originally Posted by XXL

With pressure from the growing wheel market (and simpler tire carcass production methods), the tire companies have kept pace.

if this is so they might just as well make low profile tires to fit 22.5 alcoa truckrims i like to fit thosre on my dually pickup.
there's a texan company that make these rims into 22 by turning them down in a lathe
the special tire would be a better idea than making the rimedge thinner.

i like those lighting wheels too btw , i wouldnt put those on my truck though .
think the next trick will be watching tv in those rims

30 inches on that truck is just too big , if you want that wheel to look right you might need to redesighn a truck around it

[N2TRUX]

Originally Posted by pissonNOS

someone fill me in what donk means? i guess im out of the loop also that is just plain wrong making 30 inch rims

DONK: '71-'76 Chevy Impala or Caprice




BOX: '77-'90 Chevy Impala or Caprice




BUBBLE: '91-'96 Chevy Impala or Caprice



G-Body:
'78-'88 Chevy Monte Carlo
'77-'87 Buick Regal
'78-'88 Oldsmobile Cutlass
'78-'87 Pontiac Grand Prix

[watahyahknow]

that just plain dont look right , would love to see one of those cars drive intoo a parkinggarage though

[pissonNOS]

thanks for clearin that up for me why dont they go back to 13 inch daytons

[timcos]

non proportional is ugly.

[7387chevys]

They have wheels now that you can light up and put different designs on them (cant seem to find pictures this time)anyone want to try to find them (A lighted wheel rim system is provided for illuminating the wheel of a vehicle by projecting visible light through decorative openings disposed within the rim of a tire. The lighted wheel rim system includes a plurality of individual lights or lamps, which, together, form an arrangement which is stimulating and aesthetically pleasing to the human eye. The lighted wheel rim system has two major parts, including a light housing assembly and a lighting assembly. Flange portions on the light housing assembly are configured for mounting to the brake rotor splash guards or brake shield of a vehicle. The flange portions are dimensioned to correspond to the outer curvature, shape, and size of the brake shield and to hold the light housing assembly in spaced apart relation therefrom. Each wheel of a vehicle is configured with a ring of individual lights as an integrated electrical system.)

[watahyahknow]

they allready have linked movies of those rims in this thread 7387chevys

[panhandler62]

I don't know.. kind of made me want to try one...

Here's mine ... what'chall think?

[kylejamers]

mentally disturbed

[ed455]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

that just plain dont look right , would love to see one of those cars drive intoo a parkinggarage though

I'd love to see them drive into a crusher. They're just butt-ugly.

But then, that's just my opinion, albeit the correct opinion.


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