<VV> supersize wheels, was: More Re: Brakes grabbing

[airvair at earthlink.net]

True, to an extent. That being what you point out. And since many of those vehicles that are presently subject to the owners putting humongous wheels with rubber band tires (tires that are only a little taller than a rubber band would be if stretched around the rim) aren't the kind that need such race-intended improvements, the result is laughable. What the owners in all likelyhood get is a vehicle that rides like a log wagon. And heaven forbid that they ever hit a pothole! Can we say "instant rim destruction?"

Saw a new Camaro today with wagon wheels and rubber band tires on it. I thought it looked a bit like what you'd get if you put ballet slippers on a sumo wrestler. LOL I think that even IF the vehicle could benefit (in the handling department) from them, they would probably never be driven to that kind of limit, and yet they STILL look rediculous.

-Mark

P.S. And you probably mean the FWD "psudo-Impala" (as I call it), as the RWD ('96-earlier) Impalas are REAL driving machines. Front drivers are not real cars. They are but major appliances.


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Sent: 8/6/2009 6:20:47 PM 
Subject: Re: supersize wheels, was: More Re: Brakes grabbing


In all fairness, big rims and low profile tires work GREAT for serious performance machines. Meaning NOT Escalades, RWD Impalas, ANY SUV, Civics, etc...

A set of 17s on a Corvair, with the PROPER tires and rim width, should enhance handling and cornering substantially. 



John Roberts




-----Original Message-----
From: airvair at earthlink.net <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Thu, Aug 6, 2009 6:13 pm
Subject: <VV> supersize wheels, was: More Re: Brakes grabbing


That's exactly why I call 'em "wagon wheels". Of all the stupid fads... I'm
hoping they don't stay around any longer than (for example) the portruding
"roller skate" wheel fad, if that.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: <VV> More Re:  Brakes grabbing
>
> History tells us that Chevy, Ford, and many others went to 14 inch wheels
for the 1957 model year.  
>
> I have to laugh at the new 20 & 22 inch wheels ... they make a sedan look
like a stage coach and a pickup truck look like a buck board wagon :-)
> Ken P


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