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Originally Posted by dkx64
Not a bad choice on the wheels. I always recommend replica wheels. Unless it's a race car just buy any wheel you can afford that you hunk looks good.
I will never understand why people stretch their tires. I don't need to remind you how unsafe it can be. And honestly I think it looks terrible. I'm not bagging your setup but it seems to me to be the cheap way out. Running tire sizes 3 or more sizes lower than you should and running ridiculous camber makes it look like you couldn't afford to buy the necessary parts to make it look and handle correctly. 235 on a 9.5 wheel is too small and 225 is the same size as stock lol. Why would you want to keep the Prius width tire?! I was considering 235/35 for my 8.5 wheels at one point and I honestly would never go any smaller than that. Maybe I'm just more about the American muscle sense that wider tires look 10x better, regardless of the power you're running, and performance aside. If you check my build thread I have nothing that gives my car better performance only appearance. Stock power on these cars is more than adequate and that's coming from a guy with a 340 hp evo ix mr so don't tell me I don't know what fast is. Anyone that says this car needs more power is clearly ready for f1 and should be buying a different car. Plain and simple. If you can't afford a better car buy a steering wheel for your pc and play grid 2 or Mario kart.
While I understand there is a huge community that stretches their tires for the "look". I'll never understand why they think it looks good. I think it just looks cheap
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New to the forum. Relatively new to the tuner type car modding scene(used to be alot more into lowered trucks-late 90's.) This is incredibly off topic and not trying to pick anything.
I love your fitment and flush look. Perfect tire size on your wheels IMO. I too think stretching and retard cambering look RIDICULOUS. Not a big fan of the wheels personally but I like thinner spokes on my wheels, and again just my preference.
BUT. The 86 is slow. Having had an 06 GTO, that was only 5K more than this car, that would absolutley smoke it everywhere but a corner. And I've got several buddies with other 4 bangers that are as quick as this car for not nearly the price. Hell my 2000 Maxima will walk the dog on the 86. To say that this car DOESN'T need more power is insanity. The torqueless wonder has been thrown around more than enough.
Now I know a GTO and even a Maxima are comparing apples to crayons here but the 86 is VASTLY underpowered. There is no thrill in this car WOT. This car, as we all know, shines in curves. Not a straight line drag car at all. Even FI wouldn't make this car THAT much faster in a straight line due to it's weight(too light to hook up.)
Brand new car, suspension, wheels, beefier tires, FI and tune and you're looking at $40K. Line up on a 10 yr old stock Vette that you can pick up for $18K and you'll still get smoked.
Thoroughly not trying to start anything here. But I, and alot of other people probably, whole heartedly disagree with the "stock power is more than adequate" comment. If anything "adequate" is a serious dillusion for the 86's power.