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SpeedR 09-23-2012 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by boredom.is.me (Post 300327)
Everyone says that bigger wheels look stupid. They will most likely reduce performance, but I don't see what makes "you" qualified to say that these "look" stupid. I'm pretty sure many people where drooling over the concept, which happened to have 20" wheels...

Respect the opinions and decisions of other people. There is nothing wrong with saying that you don't like "it", but at the same time, there is nothing saying that "it" is wrong. Nasty comments are not called for so please just quit. If anything, state why "you" would not apply them to "your" car.


I'll admit that that "NO dove" above is funny.

Over 20 years design experience and 10 years as a performance driving instructor.
They look like shit and are very bad for performance.

boredom.is.me 09-23-2012 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeedR (Post 455828)
Over 20 years design experience and 10 years as a performance driving instructor.
They look like shit and are very bad for performance.
Well not everyone has a track in their backyard. You completely missed my point...

quik1987 09-23-2012 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeedR (Post 455828)
Over 20 years design experience and 10 years as a performance driving instructor.
They look like shit and are very bad for performance.
Everyone has the same taste? Oh.

Entropy 09-23-2012 03:19 PM
Meh... 17s are still my favorite size.

Ravenlokk 09-23-2012 03:33 PM
I can understand putting big heavy wheels on a new civic or something... but it really makes no sense on this car. It will pretty much ruin the good things about it, and make the lack of power even more obvious from a start. Plus good luck going over bumps, or construction zones without bending a rim with that little rubber...

SpeedR 09-23-2012 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by quik1987 (Post 455969)
Everyone has the same taste? Oh.
While not everyone has the same taste there is such a thing as bad taste.
Bad proportions = Bad aesthetics = Bad taste.
When the classic rule of thumb “form follows function” is distorted beyond reasonability things don’t look correct. Prodrive is an excellent company but they should know better than to put rubber bands on a FR-S

typericey 06-04-2013 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DarrenDriven (Post 298301)
Prodrive Japan - GC-012L
20x8.5J+50 Face 1
Sorry for resurrecting this thread but I can't help but share that I saw this car in person while I was on vacation in Osaka back in June '12. Here's a photo of me "drooling" over it (I was BRZ-less back then). Note the license plate number and the rear window decal. Obviously, it was prior to the wheel upgrade.

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The world is indeed smaller than we think it is. And yeah, I look stupid in that photo, whatever. :drool::laughabove:

Ryuu0u 06-05-2013 10:29 AM
There is no way that he can even turn properly with out rubbing or ripping up something plastic lol

the_butcher 06-06-2013 01:19 PM
The wheels aren't bad looking, its the tires he's running. I bet he's bent one or two already. 19s max!

Hill 02-05-2018 06:01 PM
Not bad.

Leonardo 02-05-2018 06:25 PM
The tire calculator says that a 215/30/20 is only 2% larger diameter than the stock primacy's. And you can get a set of 4 of them for $241 shipped from ebay!






Hell, a 275/25/20 is basically the same size as a 265/35/18; a very popular size tire.


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