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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:02 pm 
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Hey I was wondering what everyones opinions on different sized wheels are, ie. 17s front 18s rear?

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:09 pm 
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:34 am 
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Reasoning?

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:37 am 
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lukey wrote:
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because it looks better plain and simple also its unroadworthy to have two different sized wheels

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:55 am 
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there are plenty of cars will 2 different size wheels floating about, EG the street machine VU had 18's frnt and 22's or somethuing like that rear,

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:34 am 
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Considered unroadworthy by the police, so far as I know. Though sometimes it looks better.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 10:38 am 
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lukey wrote:
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because it looks better plain and simple also its unroadworthy to have two different sized wheels


I don;t think it is unroadworthy, you should be able to have different size wheels front to back, but i don;t think you can have different from side to side. I reckon different size wheels can look good if done right, i have seen a fair few cars done this way and it looks pretty damn good.

Only thing i can see wrong with the setup your suggesting is that 17" looks a little small compared to an 18" whereas the difference between an 18" and 19" isn;t so great and would look less outta place. IF you do it then go for 18"-19" combo...
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:20 pm 
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Its a falcon not a penny f@rt.. it'd look gay imo.
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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:22 pm 
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i have seen this done before, but its very hard to make it look good.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:39 pm 
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the two door au arrow coupe had a 17 18 combo i think

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:43 pm 
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Bought new tyres instead :D

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:37 pm 
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do not go different sizes across front or rear - it can be diasterous! i've seen first hand the result from having a 19" mag and a stogie on the rear - the different sizes cause the diff to lockup at 100km/h. the bloke then took out 3 street signs and hit 2 trees :shock:

 

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