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

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 First of all, ALL of the cars I have EVER owned have been either RWD, 4WD, or AWD. I have NEVER owned a wrong wheel drive car. NOT EVER!!! Nor will I, if I can help it. Alas, hybrids and hypermilers tend to be all in the wrong wheel drive class... 

Yeah, I call tires like that rim protectors. Basically, paint a coating of rubber on the aluminum, and away you go! Porsche had to make a wheel mod early on. The air volume in these ultra low profile tires was so low, it killed the ride quality. Their solution? Hollow out the spokes! Interesting... 


 


John Roberts

 


 

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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?"


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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.


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-Mark


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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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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








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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



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> From: kenpepke at juno.com <kenpepke at juno.com>

> Subject: Re: <VV> More Re:  Brakes grabbing

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> History tells us that Chevy, Ford, and many others went to 14 inch wheels

for the 1957 model year.  

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> 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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