wheel help

[quackmandude]

hey guys, i need help choosong wheels for my SL. i have a 94 pearl white sl. im torn between 17s and 18s, black or bronze, everyone have black, so i might be leaning towards bronze. any pics would help out a bunch. but 17s or 18s?? would it hurt my time if i went with 18s? thanks.

frank the tank

[Igovert500]

Yes it would hurt your times if you went with 18s. More rotational mass = more parasitic loss. I'd stay with 17s, and drop it if the wheel gap bothers you.

I personally think bronze rims would look ugly on most colors, so...what color do you have?

[AutostradaVR4]

Originally Posted by quackmandude

i have a 94 pearl white sl.

sorry Igo, couldnt resist.


bronze on white....you might be able to get away with a simple 5-spoke wheel. All a matter of personal prefrence though. I think something sort of like the ones in my sig. only bronze.

[Igovert500]

Yeah I missed that somehow. Sad, I even reread it to check if he mentioned it. Guess it's time for a coffee! White is one of hte few colors you could get away with bronze. Might be cool. A nice feature tirerack has, is it allows you to enter your car, and then try different wheels and colors on it. You probably wont find the exact wheels you want, but you could at least use it, or even photoshop to get an idea of how it would look.

[xXxRocker5150]

don't go with bronze man, your car'll look like a caramel sunday (ewwww). Blink's got some nice Black cobra replica's and I love the cobra replicas that I have on my z, I say go with something along the lines of that. If you go for black or bronze though, go black, there's a reason why alot of people have them.

[quackmandude]

thanks guys, ill stick with the 17s idea, i think itll satisfy. but wheres a good place to getem?? i mean, i found tons of stuff on ebay should i go that route?

[Morphius289]

Bronze 5zigen FN01CR or whatever. They look good on Slagehammers car(some 3si guy)

[sLADe781]

I'd personally go with 18s. We have a pretty decent size wheel gap and even when dropped, 17s don't really cover everything. But I guess if you're worried about performance than I could see why you'd go with 17s. Here are the ones I love and want so bad but they don't have 18s, only 19s and 19s are definitely too big for me: http://www.forperformance.com/rays/w...gressivte.html
oohnoo and tfw a-ok over at 3si has 'em and they look awesome!!!!! Gosh I wish they made 18s...

[AutostradaVR4]

Originally Posted by Morphius289

Bronze 5zigen FN01CR or whatever. They look good on Slagehammers car(some 3si guy)

i think that looks damn good!

[Igovert500]

I love those 5Zigens. Plus they are only like 17lbs!

[xXxRocker5150]

They look nice, but I'd like to see a closer up pic.

[liquidPunk]

alot of times the bronze rims just look dirty to me ... thats my only complant about them and really only when seen from far away... but i dig them hard when they are close up!

[vkhasat]

today i was sitting at my desk at work doing nothing as usual and thought about putting white wheels on my white 95 3000. anyone think that would work out well at all? im really liking those 5spoke bronze wheels though...

[Igovert500]

Originally Posted by vkhasat

today i was sitting at my desk at work doing nothing as usual and thought about putting white wheels on my white 95 3000. anyone think that would work out well at all?

It works awesome. I personally think it is the reason Matt Monett has put so many cars in teh 10s and even broke into the 9s...his white wheels
In all seriousness, it can look good. I'm not a huge fan of white wheels, but if you are going to have them, I think they only work on a white car, my friend has white wheels for his black jetta, and I think they look stupid. Then again, it's a trekstar with a roofrack...white wheels might not be the problem

[vkhasat]

Originally Posted by Igovert500

It works awesome. I personally think it is the reason Matt Monett has put so many cars in teh 10s and even broke into the 9s...his white wheels
In all seriousness, it can look good. I'm not a huge fan of white wheels, but if you are going to have them, I think they only work on a white car, my friend has white wheels for his black jetta, and I think they look stupid. Then again, it's a trekstar with a roofrack...white wheels might not be the problem

haha ok good, so im not alone on this. I am really considering putting white wheels on. one thing i have found is that you have to get just the right wheels in order to keep that nice sporty look to the GT. If anyone has done this already or has found some relatively cheap white wheels please let me know!