wheels

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (Mtl-Marc)]

It is always amusing to look at these small Japanese cars with their huge
17" or 18" wheels, with tiny front disk brakes, and their minuscule rear
drum brakes, which are often as small as the mag's hubs themselves...

Funny.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'97 A4 Q

> Objet?: Re: wheels
> 
> On 8:05:06 pm 11/03/05 Phil Boeye <gooddane66@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Didn't want to lead on it, but I agree completely.
> > Too much.  Both from a mechanical aspect as well as
> > aesthetic.  Now the former is my opinion.  They just
> > 'don't fit' in scale with the rest of the vehicle.
> >
> > But, YMMV.
> >
> 
> I'd agree, I'm of the "stock plus one" camp, which puts 17s on my daily (
> A4 platform, stock was 16s) and 14s on my Roccs, so far only 13s on the
> MkI, but eventually 14s. I could see 15s on a MkII, but not much more. But
> see what looks you get if you go shopping for new 14" aftermarket rims.
> It's fun, they look at you like you're an alien. So what profile tire can
> you put on 17" to maintain outside diameter, like 30 series? Performance
> tire options are more limited in 14s, but I like the look.
> 
> Cathy
>