View Full Version : just put the decals on my rims


SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 01:08 AM
After having these rims since either late November or early December of 07, I have finally put the decals around the red lip of my rims. Decided to do it while I had the wheels off when I was rotating my tires this weekend, so that I could lay them down to line the decals up the same on each wheel.

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq343/scionSHANE/scion/IMG_1341.jpg

This next pic was later that night, it was the only wheel in the light and I saw it after I got out after getting home. I would've moved the car so the center cap was straight but it wouldn't have been in the light anymore.

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq343/scionSHANE/scion/IMG_1357.jpg

curtislo9
09-03-2008, 01:09 AM
Wondering how this really looks in person.....it seems too bright..

lil_will
09-03-2008, 01:11 AM
Should have left them of IMO.

tCtCtC
09-03-2008, 01:12 AM
errrr drift competition series on a tc? :doh:

Murbyrne
09-03-2008, 01:18 AM
drift competition.....FWD..... :doh:

Metro273
09-03-2008, 01:22 AM
Not bad looking!

oo0oolala
09-03-2008, 01:28 AM
oh my...

SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 01:40 AM
Yeah that's right, put me in the rice & taters thread :P

It's the wheels guys, not the car...relax. I know you can't drift a fwd, and I even thought about leaving them off cuz of the whole fwd thing.

tCtCtC
09-03-2008, 01:40 AM
you should have.

looks retarded

SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 01:46 AM
looks retarded

Your face...

tCtCtC
09-03-2008, 01:49 AM
ur trying to dis me for something YOU even thought about leaving off?

UR FACE

SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 02:09 AM
touche

SuShIxFiSh
09-03-2008, 02:11 AM
Yeah that's right, put me in the rice & taters thread :P

It's the wheels guys, not the car...relax. I know you can't drift a fwd, and I even thought about leaving them off cuz of the whole fwd thing.

if you put MC DONALDS trays under you rear tires with e-brake on it might help you drift a bit haha :rofl:

NotJonGreco
09-03-2008, 02:19 AM
It's not like he put a giant ___ DRIFTER sticker on his windshield...it's the rims, it's what they're called. He's clearly not trying to pose as a drifter. I think it looks cool man, and if you like it, rock it.

SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 02:21 AM
Yeah that's right, put me in the rice & taters thread :P

It's the wheels guys, not the car...relax. I know you can't drift a fwd, and I even thought about leaving them off cuz of the whole fwd thing.

if you put MC DONALDS trays under you rear tires with e-brake on it might help you drift a bit haha :rofl:

I've seen a vid of that with a civic haha. It actually worked too lol. Although I guess it's still not "drifting" technically.

Murbyrne
09-03-2008, 02:28 AM
i guess it is the rim "series". Heck, my rims are the MB Drifters!

lil_will
09-03-2008, 02:36 AM
I could care less what the stickers say. I just think they would look better without them.

emokid158
09-03-2008, 02:37 AM
it's possible to drift in a FWD vehicle.
never said it was really that easy though :P

you have to cut the angle early and the drift
doesn't last very long. possibly the most
dangerous vehicles to drift in.

SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 02:49 AM
it's possible to drift in a FWD vehicle.
never said it was really that easy though :P

you have to cut the angle early and the drift
doesn't last very long. possibly the most
dangerous vehicles to drift in.

"Drifting" and "sliding" are not the same thing...imo, and I'm sure most would agree. And technically all you can do in a fwd is slide.





/argument

emokid158
09-03-2008, 04:21 AM
from d1gp.com


"As a practical description, drifting is a high-skill, high-energy display of car control in which drivers slide their vehicles from side to side at high speed through a marked course or section of a permanent circuit. It looks somewhat similar to a tarmac rally stage, but is done on a closed, paved course and judged on execution and style rather than just who finishes the fastest. Drift cars are typically smaller, lightweight, and rear-wheel-drive. The goal is to apply enough power to the rear wheels to break the tires' traction and initiate a slide, or "drift". Once a drift is initiated, it must be maintained through the turn using a precise balance of power, braking and steering."


I understand your argument...but here it is.
The only reason you may not see it as drifting is
because the FWD doesn't allow for a longer drift.

Anyways, nice wheels man. :)

Hyghgynx
09-03-2008, 05:49 AM
Less decals = less clutter = nice rims.

krazyscion
09-03-2008, 03:38 PM
not looking bad

Carlanga
09-03-2008, 03:57 PM
i think it looks cool/different, I say do ur thing and don't follow the crowd. There's not only one way to do things, u know.

SCIONshane
09-03-2008, 07:48 PM
from d1gp.com


"As a practical description, drifting is a high-skill, high-energy display of car control in which drivers slide their vehicles from side to side at high speed through a marked course or section of a permanent circuit. It looks somewhat similar to a tarmac rally stage, but is done on a closed, paved course and judged on execution and style rather than just who finishes the fastest. Drift cars are typically smaller, lightweight, and rear-wheel-drive. The goal is to apply enough power to the rear wheels to break the tires' traction and initiate a slide, or "drift". Once a drift is initiated, it must be maintained through the turn using a precise balance of power, braking and steering."


I understand your argument...but here it is.
The only reason you may not see it as drifting is
because the FWD doesn't allow for a longer drift.

Anyways, nice wheels man. :)

Yeah I see what you are saying as well. And I guess I can't have a winning argument with the actual definition. I just wouldn't call it actually drifting because you don't really have a way to maintain the drift.

emokid158
09-04-2008, 05:17 AM
and that....is where i agree with your argument :)