Tom Ngo's wheels at SEMA 2002...
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Ghost Ride the Whip
I'm going for a certain "look" with my car. The engine is almost entirely aluminum, some polished, some "raw" billet. I want billet wheels (or something similar) to set off the car and give it a purposeful appearance. I may just take the ADR Sterlings to Boyd and have them whittle me a set from billet.
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Super Snuggles
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Originally posted by 1FooknTiteFD
FYI, in case you didn't know, ADR rims are just poor quality in my opinion and are cheap wheels. Rishie is right, they are made in taiwan and distributed by golden apple (the same guys who sell a lot of other ricer ****). I know someone who had ADR rims on their car before and bent the wheels after going through some bumpy roads. You may want to consider a stronger/forged wheel unless the vibration from the steering wheel as a result of a bent wheel doesn't bother you.
FYI, in case you didn't know, ADR rims are just poor quality in my opinion and are cheap wheels. Rishie is right, they are made in taiwan and distributed by golden apple (the same guys who sell a lot of other ricer ****). I know someone who had ADR rims on their car before and bent the wheels after going through some bumpy roads. You may want to consider a stronger/forged wheel unless the vibration from the steering wheel as a result of a bent wheel doesn't bother you.
BTW, The last sentence of my paragraph you quoted above was "take the ADR sterlings (the design, at any rate) to Boyd and have them whittle me a set from billet."
#28
Super Snuggles
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Originally posted by saxyman990
Would you be going with the 19" rim? I've seen a couple of 19ers on some FDs before, and I must be honest, I don't really like em. For some reason, thats just way too much rim for my liking.
Would you be going with the 19" rim? I've seen a couple of 19ers on some FDs before, and I must be honest, I don't really like em. For some reason, thats just way too much rim for my liking.
The front wheels on my Z06 were 17s, and the 40-series tires looked too thick compared to the rim, and especially when compared to the 18 in the back with the 35-series tire. There's not much difference between an 18 and a 19, and all of the supercars run big wheels these days. I think the combination of a 19 and a 30-series tire is just about right, when the tire is a P285 or P295. I'm not looking for a slammed look like Tom's car, but the proportion of tire to wheel and wheel to car seems about right to me if the car wasn't lowered so far.
Anyway, good luck on the never-ending project Jim
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