now THIS is a LIP
07-23-04, 05:58 PM
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Originally posted by V8_Aristo
So is this considered too big of a lip for a GS? Since the GS is a smaller car and doesn't have a widebody like the LS in the other pic.
So is this considered too big of a lip for a GS? Since the GS is a smaller car and doesn't have a widebody like the LS in the other pic.
That is one reason that I now note whether a lip is "interrupted or un-interrupted". If the spoke of that wheel did not curve it would only have a 1-2" lip. The face of this wheel is covering approx 50-60% of the lip. That is the reaon that other wheel looks so audacious, it has about the same lip size, without the wheel protruding over the lip.
Take a look at a wheel like a Bluelex's Zauber Gettin for reference, it has a 4" lip in 20", but about .5-.75 of that is interrupted by the face, which is just fine, it has balance, and looks very nice. Rominl's front HRE 540 is another good example. But when you exaggerate that, it's just not the same. Kinda like cheating, IMHO
No offense to those that may have or like the wheel, I am just not a fan of going to those lengths to have a lip.
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07-23-04, 08:08 PM
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Now, there's no cheating here whatsoever with my buddy's car with 19x12 0 offset Estatus D2 wheels. No barrell effect, no nothing. Just straight up big phat deep wheels fitted under IMC flares.
07-23-04, 08:30 PM
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Originally posted by jtanoyo1
Now, there's no cheating here whatsoever with my buddy's car with 19x12 0 offset Estatus D2 wheels. No barrell effect, no nothing. Just straight up big phat deep wheels fitted under IMC flares.
Now, there's no cheating here whatsoever with my buddy's car with 19x12 0 offset Estatus D2 wheels. No barrell effect, no nothing. Just straight up big phat deep wheels fitted under IMC flares.
07-23-04, 08:42 PM
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Originally posted by NT2SHBBY
I don't get it...big lips just look "hooptie" to me. They scream out "no taste" or "drug dealer"
I never understood the fascination.....anything past 3" is overkill IMO
I don't get it...big lips just look "hooptie" to me. They scream out "no taste" or "drug dealer"I never understood the fascination.....anything past 3" is overkill IMO
07-23-04, 08:46 PM
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I'm also not a big fan of "cheater lips". It's just that when I saw these wheels posted, all I heard from the thread was praises. And I automatically assumed that people on this board (except for a few) doesn't really care about what I would call a "true lip".
jtanoyo1 - I absolutely love your friend's ride with the big lip, flares and all. But then again, I might be a minority. And yeah, he didn't cheat on the wheels but he did on the body. LOL J/K
BTW, I think this is the LS in question.
jtanoyo1 - I absolutely love your friend's ride with the big lip, flares and all. But then again, I might be a minority. And yeah, he didn't cheat on the wheels but he did on the body. LOL J/K
BTW, I think this is the LS in question.
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07-23-04, 10:12 PM
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Originally posted by V8_Aristo
I'm also not a big fan of "cheater lips". It's just that when I saw these wheels posted, all I heard from the thread was praises. And I automatically assumed that people on this board (except for a few) doesn't really care about what I would call a "true lip".
jtanoyo1 - I absolutely love your friend's ride with the big lip, flares and all. But then again, I might be a minority. And yeah, he didn't cheat on the wheels but he did on the body. LOL J/K
BTW, I think this is the LS in question.
I'm also not a big fan of "cheater lips". It's just that when I saw these wheels posted, all I heard from the thread was praises. And I automatically assumed that people on this board (except for a few) doesn't really care about what I would call a "true lip".
jtanoyo1 - I absolutely love your friend's ride with the big lip, flares and all. But then again, I might be a minority. And yeah, he didn't cheat on the wheels but he did on the body. LOL J/K
BTW, I think this is the LS in question.
V8_Aristo is a cheater
hehe j.k
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07-23-04, 11:28 PM
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Originally posted by V8_Aristo
So is this considered too big of a lip for a GS? Since the GS is a smaller car and doesn't have a widebody like the LS in the other pic.
So is this considered too big of a lip for a GS? Since the GS is a smaller car and doesn't have a widebody like the LS in the other pic.
