17 inch wheels with stock suspension

[slow.yaris]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Dude, you drive a sedan....'nuff said!

Its cool, ignoring my points is as good for me as you saying "I'm wrong and can't refute anything you said, my rims are goofy and make my car slow"

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by slow.yaris

Its cool, ignoring my points is as good for me as you saying "I'm wrong and can't refute anything you said, my rims are goofy and make my car slow"

Well, since I have to spell it out for you...you didn't make any points, so there was nothing to refute!

But you can continue to believe you "schooled" someone who has probably been driving longer than you've been alive! Now go away and let the adults talk!

Brendan, I really like your car; and would much rather drive it than some lame sedan!

And 33OH, I don't think that's correct, as if you compare the picture of the car with 15" wheels to mine you will see that the gap is significantly smaller on my car. It has more to do with offset than it does wheel size.

[slow.yaris]

Originally Posted by MadMax

And 33OH, I don't think that's correct, as if you compare the picture of the car with 15" wheels to mine you will see that the gap is significantly smaller on my car. It has more to do with offset than it does wheel size.

The ignorance continues. Offset and wheel gap are on different planes. Wheel/tire size and wheel gap are on the same plane.

[xbgod]

You guys are brutal to each other. If the dude likes the gap...........Who cares? it's his ride. There are so many combinations to achive a certian look out there and that's what makes us all different. You can virtually run what ever tire/whell combo you want with the right suspension set-up.

I don't know mabey one of you should do a killer JDM set-up with some killer camber-offset and tuck those wheels a little as well.

Oh, but you'll need more than some cheap ass springs. Perhaps some Double adjustable coil-overs and camber plates. Now were talking about getting a real agresive look. Mabey get some JIC Majic , Megan, K-Sport or some other bad ass way to truley adjust your ride height. And then hey, run what ever tire you want...........because it won't matter, you can adjust it to your likeing.

But hey this is just my opinon.

Enjoy arguing

XBG

[33OH]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Well, since I have to spell it out for you...you didn't make any points, so there was nothing to refute!

But you can continue to believe you "schooled" someone who has probably been driving longer than you've been alive! Now go away and let the adults talk!

Brendan, I really like your car; and would much rather drive it than some lame sedan!

And 33OH, I don't think that's correct, as if you compare the picture of the car with 15" wheels to mine you will see that the gap is significantly smaller on my car. It has more to do with offset than it does wheel size.

The gap is more significant because the tire size is smaller than yours. 195/50/15.

[33OH]

Originally Posted by MadMax

Well, since I have to spell it out for you...you didn't make any points, so there was nothing to refute!

But you can continue to believe you "schooled" someone who has probably been driving longer than you've been alive! Now go away and let the adults talk!

Brendan, I really like your car; and would much rather drive it than some lame sedan!

And 33OH, I don't think that's correct, as if you compare the picture of the car with 15" wheels to mine you will see that the gap is significantly smaller on my car. It has more to do with offset than it does wheel size.

And it has nothing to do with offset, which is how far the hub mounting surface is from the face of the wheel. Aka backspacing.

[xbgod]

Now this looks BAD-ASS

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by xbgod

Now this looks BAD-ASS

Really? I think it looks ridiculous, but I live in the land of Mexican lowriders and there's nothing more amusing as watching them bottom out when going over a speed bump! That thing would self-destruct if driven like that on roads around here!

And Soni, I had thought about lowering mine for a while now, but I just don't see the need. I like the way my car looks as it is, it handles great and if anything, I am concerned about rubbing. Dropping it a inch or so really won't make that much difference, and I suspect the handling gains are nominal (and imaginary in some cases) if at all.

Cheers! M2

[slow.yaris]

Originally Posted by MadMax

And Soni, I had thought about lowering mine for a while now, but I just don't see the need. I like the way my car looks as it is, it handles great and if anything, I am concerned about rubbing. Dropping it a inch or so really won't make that much difference, and I suspect the handling gains are nominal (and imaginary in some cases) if at all.

lol ya, the stock yaris handles great, for a tuna boat.

How you have almost 2000 posts here, and haven't seen the hundreds of people from casual drivers, to those who race in auto-x, to professional racers(see jason@sportscar) all post about how much better the car handles with lowering springs, is beyond me. But then again you still don't understand offset...


@xbg - my cheap ass springs and shocks/struts are almost as much as a megan coilover set, and I've seen more people resell their megans in less than 6 months for "whatever reason" than keep them.. Not everyone needs a spine compressing ride on a DD - I'm sure you got mad money flowin fo' the chiropractor though.

[xbgod]

Hey, I don't really care how you have your car look. I get more amusement out of watching you guys argue over something so ridiculis.

My car is very stiff and handles quite well. As far as the Megans go there are only so many ways to skin a cat. I think you find more people get rid of that kind of suspension because they cant find the right person to set up such an adjustable set up. You can't just drop off a car like mine to a local allignment rack and say here you go. They'll never get it right. And unless you've been a machinist like me and understand metals, you'd realize the Megans are made out 6061T-6 just like K-Sport, Tein and so fourth. Also most of your springs are made by Eibach and they supply most of the strut companies anyways. If it wasn't for such a great deal from the guys at Megan and there Customer support I would of more than likely held out for JIC Majic. But no matter most of the trick to any coil-over is in the valving and have been manufacturing double adjustable struts and shocks for Aerospace Components for quite some time I can tell you that the Megans are made quite well and can take the abuse. Should they fail then I'll cross that bridge. But since My car set up perfect with them I doubt I'll have issues anytime soon.

And if your worried about your shitty roads and pot holes (if this applies to you) then move the fuck-out of the gheto and move to a place where you can drive something nice. OH Shit I forgot you drive a Yaris and it's more than likely your D/D. Mind you I'm not knocking the car I'm knocking the cheap ass that can't get there head out of their ass. "Shit I use a XB to go fast in"

Go to the Chiropractor ? Is that the best you can come up with? Don't hate the player as they say, hate the game. My car is a toy, I don't need to drive it. I don't make car payments on my hobby. Your goals and mine are completely different.

But hey it's amusing to watch you get so heated over rims and ride heigths

XBG