Why do people like the "giant wheels wrapped in rubber bands" look so much?

Why do people like the "giant wheels wrapped in rubber bands" look so much?

People are stupid, it's a common theme that people only spot when over 25.

it looks better than offroad tires

problem is you have to lower the car too

It's a meme from their childhood.

Unfortunately it's such a thing now that it's hard to de-spec wheels down to reasonable sidewall sizes for durability / ride / safety.

I also blame niggers.

shit taste plebs fear the big fat meats

figures Veeky Forums would be contrarian

stick to your pickups boys

Fr all these oldfags think 13 inch wheels with intertubes actually look good. Its the same cucks who suggest buying corrollas enshit.

I'm not sure whether yours is supposed to be an example of how not to do it or how to do it, but it's pretty decent actually.

There is literally zero reason for a Mini Cooper to have 19" wheels.

Everything suffers - the acceleration, the handling, the ride, the price of tires, the life of tires, the winter traction, the durability against potholes and curbs...

It's just aesthetics.

Stock wheels (related) are 17x7 with 205/40 tires
Pic related is 15x9 with 225/45 tires

I think I'll go somewhere in between. 16x8 with 215/45 would be perfect I think.

Smaller wheels clearing the brakes and suspension geometry isn't always the case though. Good to know that on the Fiesta it is.

and they look terrible with 15s too
balloon tires are shit for performance too

>pickups
Who's right? Man children who's main objective is aesthetics or engineers who's main objective is fit for purpose?

>Why yes, of course ride comfort is irrelevant on daily drivers. Nobody cares about pot holes. Cornering at the physical limit is what matters.

Aren't wheel sizes limited to 15" in F1, so cars don't brake so hard they snap necks?

>stiff sidewall racing slicks
>13 inch wheels

irrelevant to street cars
Ill stick with what actual engineers know about the street

balloon tires ride like shit too

dont think theres anything worse to ride in than a softly sprung 2 ton shitbox with 80 aspect ratio tires

apropriate tyres and camber.

Tyrone called, your boipucci rides like shit.

>iz I a sports car naew?

>Ill stick with what actual engineers know about the street
okay, pic related

funny that nowadays race engineers tend to fit smaller wheels compared to the street car.
17 or 18 inches is fine for most purposes

was he calling to set up another date with your bitch lmao

>still posting stiff sidewall slicks
>another class thats limited in wheel size by rules

youre not very smart

I feel like the best way to size your wheels would be

>find the smallest caliper size that can cause the brakes to lock the wheels at 100% depression
>put on the smallest wheels that will clear the brakes

>still posting stiff sidewall slicks
sorry i only care about performance :^)

meanwhile Pro WTAC cars use a lower profile and can kick a GT3 cars ass

hell pic related was only a second slower than a Formula 3 car

lol

> 1:11.20 Red Bull RB7 Daniel Ricciardo Formula 1
>1:22.62 Mygale Mercedes Nick Foster Formula 3
>1:23.77 Tilton Mitsubishi Evo 9 Garth Walden WTAC Pro
>1:27.97 Mercedes Benz SLS GT3 Jack Le Brocq GT Sports Cars
>1:29.35 Cheetah Arthur Abraham Formula 2
>1:30.12 Holden Commodore VE Garth Tander V8 Supercars
>1:30.90 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Steve Richards Carrera Cup

WTAC can only use street tires
'stiff sidewall slicks' arent street tires otherwise theyd be used :^)
stay btfo

>uses street tires
>faster than race cars on fat slicks

btfo

Nah m8 a GT3 car would kill a WTAC car unless it's a some kart track

see

>Red Bull RB7
lmao, thanks for proving me right

>bbbut let me compare cars with zero power and aero restrictions to cars in a heavily restricted class!!

I know this barge can perform, but still why?

>not a real performance car
>not a real suv
>in no way practical

sorry the only thing faster are glorified go karts

safe to say fat slicks are shit for performance vs even street tires

balloon tires a shit

thats why we have 40 series sidewalls for cowards like you who"ll wont even ride on 35s

>uses 17 inch street tires
>slower than 1.5 litre car on 13 inch tires
absolutely devastating

When will stretched tires become the new norm?

go karts arent cars

It provides the ILLUSION of being sporty, practical, and safe, which is good enough for the idiots who buy them.

It performs worse than a car, is no more practical or safe than one, and has none of the benefits a proper SUV offers. But BMW will tell you it does, and consumers won't disagree.

>balloon tires a shit
thats why rubberband tire super time attack car with super fuck off crazy aero and engine tuned to only last three laps is OVER TEN SECONDS SLOWER than an oversized go-kart with full nappy tires
LMAO so pathetic

muh decadence
it's like the 1920s all over again

>has to have a million dollar steering wheel to beat a 10 year old gook economy car with a few simple mods

I mean F1 is the sad one here if anything

>trying this hard to damage control
balloon tires>rubberband tires

>no it's not fair it proves me wrong so that doesn't count ;_;
stay btfo

If it gains traction like low profile tyres did, manufacturers will ignore engineers advise and go with the "design" numales marketing
They'll just have to add more weight and electronic aids to make up for the compromise.

yall people are retarded, all of those cars and their respected racing series have rules and regulations regarding the size of their wheels and tires

not an argument but a nice ironic post

It's funny you even talk like this because the sidewall height isn't a set value, it's just a percentage of the width. That said, for everyday tire widths 50 or 55 a best.

hey you, shut the fuck up

That's not how braking works. Bigger calipers wont increase the braking ability past a certain point. Tire grip is what limits braking ability once the brakes are capable of locking up the wheels, which just about any car on the road should be able to do.

WTAC also has weight and aero rules but whatever you know

>numale
stop forcing this shit meme

yes it has lots of rules, what's your point?

you seem confused, thread is about tires

>bbbut let me compare cars with zero power and aero restrictions to cars in a heavily restricted class!!

lmao damage control

go karts that cost 3 million dollars cant beat a 15k economy sedan

>take away visibility
>add parking sensors, BMW surround view™ and then self driving

Who ever said the customer is always right was a fucking idiot.

Oh look, /pol/ is being retarded again

those go karts that have multiple rules limiting how fast they can go.
the only thing stopping the economy sedan going quicker is the shitty rubber band road tires

They will start selling pre-stretched tires from factory, kinda like those special cambered tires, or donk-... suv tires.

They like them for the same reason people modify honda civics, they have no taste and no fucken idea what the fuck they are doing they be like "sahhhhhhhhhhhhp duuuuude my car looks hella sick yo got me summ 22x15s for my mums accord yo lets go do donuts and pick up bitches *sucks vape* lets scrape bruhhhh"

>drives a stock Camry

lol

>Why do people like the "giant wheels wrapped in rubber bands" look so much?
Same reason men like wide hips thin waists and perky boobies

Lol i drive a barely modded r34 skyline and a modded gf8 wrx, try again

so youre no better than the people you criticise makes sense

Lel whatever makes you sleep at night mate

>buys wheels with bad offset to make the car appear to have thicc fitment

B-but I like fat meats

Those wheels are 2" wider than stock so it has legitimate thiccness