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Old 04-18-10, 01:19 AM
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Im thinking to get hre wheels.
Just wondering how they fit? Dont want to drop it .
Old 04-18-10, 02:04 AM
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They will fit fine. There is a pic from a member back in the day who had a set of Auto Couture wheels (21"). I thought I had a pic but cant find it.
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21in and no drop i think it might look kinda funky dont you think?
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It will look funny if your not going to drop the car. Go with 19" and a conservative offset if you wont lower the car. We have way to much fender gap from the factory and it will look like a 4x4.
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if your AWD your have to put up with that stupid *** idle vibration and take off wobble....
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Originally Posted by passnu2
It will look funny if your not going to drop the car. Go with 19" and a conservative offset if you wont lower the car. We have way to much fender gap from the factory and it will look like a 4x4.
Are you talking about a stock offset..what would be a conservative offset??
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You can do it and it will work fine. Talk to MC3 Wheels, he was going to build a set for me but I decided not to due to the set up I want. It will work with the right knowledge and people.

PM him or me if you need more details.
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Originally Posted by Bambigular
Are you talking about a stock offset..what would be a conservative offset??
Yes, stay within the stock specs if your not going to lower the car. I wouldn't go over 19" either so you have some tire to show.
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Originally Posted by passnu2
Yes, stay within the stock specs if your not going to lower the car. I wouldn't go over 19" either so you have some tire to show.
um... I would think if you want to stay on stock springs to go over sized a little to fill in that gap. But then again... I wouldn't bother getting wheels if I'm on stock springs.
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^ thats one heck of an oversized tire to fill our gap:P But I agree I wouldnt put aftermarket rims on our car because of the gap. Audi or BMW I would all day long.
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Originally Posted by lexusgs450
Im thinking to get hre wheels.
Just wondering how they fit? Dont want to drop it .
21's fit fine on your car. i did my boy Dre's car back when I was with Autocouture N.A. and it came out sick. He had the car dropped on tein coilovers and it didn't rub anywhere. 21x9 Fronts w/ 255-30-21 and 21x10.5 rear w/ 295-25-21. I could build you a sick *** setup if you'd like.
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^ the OP doesn't want to lower his car. 21" rims will fit but with out lowering the car it won't look right.
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Originally Posted by passnu2
^ the OP doesn't want to lower his car. 21" rims will fit but with out lowering the car it won't look right.
Actually the car looked sick as hell
These Are the Auto-couture Dynasty 21". I wish I had pics of the car on My MC3 Wheels but most people get scared of the setup and just end up running 20's




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^ that GS is lowerd.
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The point is that with those tire sizes on the 21s it's oversized by like an inch overall diameter. Same thing as running a 245/35 and 275/30 on 20s


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