In reply to eastsideTim :
I picked up a set of soft 8's in 17 because you can't get wide rubber in smaller sizes. They are a bit heavy but they are really growwing on me. The centre caps really made the look IMO.
In reply to eastsideTim :
I picked up a set of soft 8's in 17 because you can't get wide rubber in smaller sizes. They are a bit heavy but they are really growwing on me. The centre caps really made the look IMO.
I love my 17" Minilite style on my Cougar.
I think a design needs a certain ratio of metal to rubber to look right. Wheels with large, wide spokes visually work best when they're paired with tall sidewalls and meaty tires. American Racing Torque-Thrusts generally make sense in 15", but a 17" one is only going to look right with truck sized tires. Thin spoke, meshy wheels look best with low profile rubber - think most BBS designs, or Kosei K1s.
Disc wheels with no spokes - whether they're the steelies or something like Center Line Auto Drags - are a bit harder to fit into a metal to rubber ratio rule.
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