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What Looks Better When The Car Is Dropped? 18's Or 20's

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Old 06-09-08, 07:56 AM
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Default What Looks Better When The Car Is Dropped? 18's Or 20's

I WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING SOME CHROME RIMS AND EVENTUALLY LOWERING THE WHIP. I AM NOW STUCK WITH A DECISION OF 18 OR 20"S. I WANT THE FULL LOOK OF DUBS IN THE WHEEL WELL BUT WAS WORRIED ABOUT RUBBING WHEN I LOWER IT. pLEASE HELP BEFORE I SPEND MY WHEEL MONEY IN GAS. LOL
Old 06-09-08, 09:51 AM
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20s look good but ONLY if lowered.

You can kind of get away with not lowering on 18s, although I would lower this too.
Old 06-09-08, 09:55 AM
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It think either size can look equally as good. It all depends on a few factors, the style of the wheel, the fitment and tire size.

Anyhow, if you do get 20"s a drop is MANDATORY
Old 06-09-08, 10:06 AM
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Rubbing depends of the wheels offset in either size.
There a lots of factors to get you happy or unhappy when you make this change.
In my case:
cons:
more vibration, 3 times cracked wheel (always passenger front potholes)
expensive tires.
pos:
better look, better responsiveness. I feel happy.

I suggest you to get a tire wider than the wheel to protect the wheel. In my case the wheel is wider and exposed.
235.35.19 x 8.5 front 245.35.19 x 9.5 rear

Hence the 245.35.19 will fit better in the front and 275 30 or 35 in the rear.
I don't remember the offset very well but I think is 6" and a half inches rear and a half inch less in front.
Capiche?
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Old 06-09-08, 10:39 AM
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20'S ALL DAY
Old 06-09-08, 12:22 PM
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you'll end up getting 20's if you stick with 18's for now.
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19's or 20's are the best with a subtle drop or 18's slammed. And btw 18's look like **** in chrome most of the time. Please prove me wrong for your sake with photos of some nice chrome 18's.
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Why do all new members who ask about "dubs" type in all caps?
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Originally Posted by chrispy
Why do all new members who ask about "dubs" type in all caps?
LMAO!!!
slap me silly, why are they called 'dubs'?
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Originally Posted by 4ntvings
LMAO!!!
slap me silly, why are they called 'dubs'?
cuz homei get sheet straight aight check home dog. Dubs is slang for a 20 dollar bag of drugs yo. Hence the term dubs being used as a description of another item in the geed-up world of rap and thugs.
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Originally Posted by iGOTlexy
cuz homei get sheet straight aight check home dog. Dubs is slang for a 20 dollar bag of drugs yo. Hence the term dubs being used as a description of another item in the geed-up world of rap and thugs.

Well, actually a 20 bag of bud would be called a twamp. Never heard it called a dub before. I always thought dub came from duece, but who knows
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Originally Posted by iGOTlexy
cuz homei get sheet straight aight check home dog. Dubs is slang for a 20 dollar bag of drugs yo. Hence the term dubs being used as a description of another item in the geed-up world of rap and thugs.
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you guys should listen to rich boy's "throw some Ds on it" to get the definition of "dubs"
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i rather get 19s turthly..i have 20s now and with the drop and roads around here sucks..


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