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Stupid. The ONLY cars that should have really short tire sidewalls are RACE cars that are driven only on a race track. It's utterly ridiculous how so many street-driven cars have those stupid short sidewalls that cannot deal with the irregularities of the road.
They look stupid and the car rides like s#!t.
But everyone thinks their car (and truck) is a race car....
Stupid. The ONLY cars that should have really short tire sidewalls are RACE cars that are driven only on a race track. It's utterly ridiculous how so many street-driven cars have those stupid short sidewalls that cannot deal with the irregularities of the road.
They look stupid and the car rides like s#!t.
But everyone thinks their car (and truck) is a race car....
Even race cars don’t have the stupid short side walls but manufacturers keep pushing them and bigger rims. I hate how limited the choices are for our cars.
I guess somebody likes that look, but it isn't me. And good luck with all the potholes prevalent almost everywhere in the US these days.
I'm with you. It might grip the road amazingly well, but there's a definite trade off in looks. I think extreme low-profile tires just look bad.
What is the advantage to bigger and bigger wheels? When I bought a Firebird in 1990, 16" wheels were considered big, and the 245 tires were huge. Now, even basic family cars have 18" wheels. Why? Do they improve ride quality or handling? Or maybe is it because cars generally ride higher now than they did 35 years ago?
Now, even basic family cars have 18" wheels. Why? Do they improve ride quality or handling? Or maybe is it because cars generally ride higher now than they did 35 years ago?
my assumption is this might have something to do with these two items:
1. higher federally mandated gas mileage requirements. if you have a larger diameter wheel, then your car travels slightly farther on one rotation of said wheel.
2. larger wheels allow for larger brakes. with today's cars making more horsepower, they need better braking systems
these are just my guesses and i could be wrong. maybe it's as simple as people like the aesthetics of larger wheels.
Obviously larger brakes require larger wheels, but 17s & 18s clear those brakes just fine.
Where does the big wheel fad end. 24s? 28s? 32s? 40s? A street car needs some sidewall. You don't want it too stiff OR too flexible. There has to be a happy medium.
I look at the size of the wheel arch on a car and use that to determine how big the wheels & tires should be. Modern Camaros, Mustangs, & Challengers have far bigger wheel arches than a thirdgen F-body. Anything bigger than 18" is too big for having a tall enough sidewall, and I actually prefer 17s...
My 2010 Camaro RS had 20" wheels with fairly low-profile tires. The look fit the car I think, but 20" did seem unnecessary. I think the stock wheel with that Camaro model was 19" and the RS package moved that to 20".
Still a pretty nice car. I might have still had it, but a deer jumped in front of it on I-79 in November of 2012 (day before the election, making for a really horrific week). Over $13,500 in damage and I was very surprised it wasn't totaled. I didn't trust all those repairs, and I actually traded it while it was still in the repair shop on a CTS Coupe. The Camaro repairs took three months before the Chevrolet garage released it to the Cadillac dealer where I traded it.
Plus that aftermarket rear spoiler is butt ugly and it is the 405 tbi.
Wondering if this is a real IROC as I know some IROC's came with 305 tbi engine. My cousin had one.
Eish they had a pic of rpo sticker.
Plus Gateway classics always prices their cars at least 25% when they first list them.
That's NOT an aftermarket spoiler. It is the RS spoiler from about 88-90. It also has the flat hood and RS grill and tail lights and not the IROC items. Looks like someone just rebadged/stickered it as an IROC to try and get more money out of it. This is an 88 RS with a 5.0 TBI 1988 Camaro RS
Screw that. I don't think it looks particularly good and I'm sure it rides even worse. Plus, I've seen rims like that get bent from hitting small potholes. It also looks like the wheels rub for minor turns.
I ran staggered corvette wheels on my 92 for a while. Man I don’t miss them. Even being 17 and 18’s they felt rough. Im sure if I didn’t run spacers and had them backspaced like a real wheel they would’ve been a little better, but going back to stock was refreshing. I now have a 85 t/a sitting on 15’s and it rides very smooth. It all depends on the car, but I’d never go bigger than those corvette wheels, and I don’t think I’d go as far to put them on this car.
22K for an IROC sticker and badge? No mileage listed? I am surprised GCC is advertising this as an IROC. It's one thing for a private seller to push a clone as the real thing but for a Classic Car Dealer to do this, they should be called out for false advertising. This car is worth less than 1/2 of what they are asking. I mean it's an 88 RS with stupid wheels and tires....Geeeezzzz
This car is worth less than 1/2 of what they are asking. I mean it's an 88 RS with stupid wheels and tires....Geeeezzzz
You're being too kind.
Who know WTH that car is. I see a repaint and a rusty undercarriage. And as far as classic car dealers go, I don't trust any of them; I consider all of them to be little more than carpetbaggers, same as I see B-J, Mecum, and their ilk, all of them to be viewed with much suspicion.
