If all you care to do is roll around the streets, then cheap rims are fine. Rotas are cheap knockoff rims, but they're made in sizes that fit properly. As long as you aren't looking to put the car on a road course, taking turns at 100mph, then Rotas will be just fine. They fit properly, and the functionality is suitable for the purpose.
These XXR rims that people are all about are ONLY popular because they come in idiotic offsets. The point is to capture a specific look. A look that, until now, suggested that a car was extreme, and rolling on high quality wheels. There's nothing extreme about cheap wheels that every ricer wannabe on the block has. When the ONLY function is to make your car stand out, where's the uniqueness in something inexpensive and common?
mcdizzle, the difference between the XXRs on your car and the XXRs that adorn stupid "stanced" Hondas is that your wheels actually fit properly! They're not a crazy incorrect offset. They aren't sticking out sideways. They fit like wheels should fit. On your car, those wheels are nothing more than that... a set of wheels. On your car, those wheels fall under the same argument that I made for Rotas. On your car, I can respect them, and I agree that they look good.
It's not so much the XXR brand that annoys me (and others), it's that everyone that wants XXRs seems to want them for that trendy "stanced" look. What makes me laugh is that half the people that do that want to do it on their $1000 car with body damage and faded paint. They want to slam the car on cheap coilovers. They choose XXR wheels partly because they're trendy, and partly because they're affordable (a set of BBS wheels in a similar size would be twice the price, even used.) What they don't consider is how quickly a "stanced" car will chew through very expensive tires!
The term "stanced" still makes me want to fart.
These XXR rims that people are all about are ONLY popular because they come in idiotic offsets. The point is to capture a specific look. A look that, until now, suggested that a car was extreme, and rolling on high quality wheels. There's nothing extreme about cheap wheels that every ricer wannabe on the block has. When the ONLY function is to make your car stand out, where's the uniqueness in something inexpensive and common?
mcdizzle, the difference between the XXRs on your car and the XXRs that adorn stupid "stanced" Hondas is that your wheels actually fit properly! They're not a crazy incorrect offset. They aren't sticking out sideways. They fit like wheels should fit. On your car, those wheels are nothing more than that... a set of wheels. On your car, those wheels fall under the same argument that I made for Rotas. On your car, I can respect them, and I agree that they look good.
It's not so much the XXR brand that annoys me (and others), it's that everyone that wants XXRs seems to want them for that trendy "stanced" look. What makes me laugh is that half the people that do that want to do it on their $1000 car with body damage and faded paint. They want to slam the car on cheap coilovers. They choose XXR wheels partly because they're trendy, and partly because they're affordable (a set of BBS wheels in a similar size would be twice the price, even used.) What they don't consider is how quickly a "stanced" car will chew through very expensive tires!
The term "stanced" still makes me want to fart.
You have to think outside the box to get IN the box!
Comment