Serious Lip Action! maybe too much lip :-)
03-01-04, 09:12 AM
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20x14 with an 8" lip? That's a neat trick... the biggest "Reverse" type lip currently available is a 6"...
It looks like they have actually welded the rim-halves together- hopefully, they haven't distorted much!
Also- a 20x14? With what tire? The prototype 20" wheels we built for the Saleen S7 were 20x13.
Steve Saleen and I agreed that the 345/25-20 Pirelli tires looked too 'stretched' on a 20x13.
Ultimately, through some discussion with John Clancy at Pirelli Tire NA, we decided to narrow the wheels to 20x12 (we kept the same frontspacing, to the wheels are still flush with the body).
The 345/25-20 looks perfect on a 20x12, in fact, I used this on the rear of our SEMA show Ferrari 575M last year. The sidewall squares-up perfectly. Too bad nobody told this BMW guy that the 345 will look like butt on a 20x14 !! Low-Rid-er
It looks like they have actually welded the rim-halves together- hopefully, they haven't distorted much!
Also- a 20x14? With what tire? The prototype 20" wheels we built for the Saleen S7 were 20x13.
Steve Saleen and I agreed that the 345/25-20 Pirelli tires looked too 'stretched' on a 20x13.
Ultimately, through some discussion with John Clancy at Pirelli Tire NA, we decided to narrow the wheels to 20x12 (we kept the same frontspacing, to the wheels are still flush with the body).
The 345/25-20 looks perfect on a 20x12, in fact, I used this on the rear of our SEMA show Ferrari 575M last year. The sidewall squares-up perfectly. Too bad nobody told this BMW guy that the 345 will look like butt on a 20x14 !! Low-Rid-er
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