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Old Jun 25, 2007 | 04:42 PM
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anyone have these on our car? i would like to know how it looks
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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They're only 15s or 16s, right? Would look really small, IMO. Unless they were really light weight and you wanted to use them for racing or something. But even then I imagine they're not as wide and you'll lose some surface area.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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16's, i dont know about weight tho i just wanted it for looks, same offset and everything i didnt think it would be a problem
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 05:07 PM
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Well they would probably fit. But I don't think it would look very good or drive well. The rolling diameter is probably off by a bit, so your speedo and mileage will be messed up. And like I mentioned about the width, I don't know how they would handle... probably not that great.

Then again, if you have a set available. no harm in putting them on and taking it for a ride.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 05:14 PM
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ok thanks for you input, i do have a buddy of mine that would give it to me and if it looks/drives good i was actually also thinking bout painting it gold haha since i got a SW......i dont wanna fork out the $$ for some gram lights / TE-37's
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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Well if you try them out, be sure to get some pics and post em up so we can see.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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heres a picture of my buddys car with the rims that he painted bronze https://www.scionlife.com/profile/fl1p_tc
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damn thats actually pretty nice, do you know if it drives well with no problems? 16's would make my TRD drop lower too
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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its more comfortable than my 17s on tein coilovers but his tires are a little thicker, its like 205/55/16 or something like that, but either way, performance is better also i believe...
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 08:11 PM
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great that is good to know, looks freaking sweet
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Ya, doesn't look that bad. And ya, you're going to have a little more comfort b/c there's more sidewall (about another 15mm, give or take). It'll probably ride nice, but I don't think you'll really get the same performance and cornering ability with the taller sidewall. But you won't notice that too much in daily driving. Maybe only in autox or something would it make that much of a difference.
Old Jun 25, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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should be fine for DD anyway right?? im not a cornering type of guy anyway because of bad experiences with my previous car
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yea what up er'body! that's my car... i personal think as performance wise..it's a little quicker due to the smaller rim size..as for the comfort ride..its quite comfortable but that has nothin to do with the rims itself but the tire... i bought the spec 07 and came with steelies and i had a celica before i decided to swap rims...looks way better ....for now..
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