10-12-2019, 06:22 PM | #1 |
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How come so few put fancy wheels on their camaros and why no 21"?
I see vette owners put larger wheels on all the time and tons of aftermarket looks...yet extremely few Camaro owners. Why is that?
Does anyone have a 21" wheel setup? I'd like to see how that looks. |
10-12-2019, 06:30 PM | #2 |
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I think many here would tell you the 21 inch and 22 inch tires/wheels on this gen Camaro is too much a wagon wheel look....
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10-12-2019, 07:06 PM | #3 |
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Exactly, plus with that big of a wheel you’d have the same sidewall tire thickness as a stretched rubber band... one pothole and you’ll be buying a new wheel & tire. The 20” wheel size seems to be great IMO, just enough sidewall to look and perform well.
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10-12-2019, 07:58 PM | #4 |
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Think most agree that 21 and 22 looks tacky. Plus most SS owners buy their cars for performance and a heavier wheel defeats the purpose.
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10-12-2019, 08:15 PM | #5 |
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Yet I've seen plenty of vettes with 21" wheels. I had 19's on my R32 (much smaller car) and the sidewall was thinner than it is currently on my camaro and I never bent a wheel, and the roads here aren't great.
I dunno, maybe it's the muscle car culture, but even some factory cars come with 21" wheels (Audi A/S/RS 6/7's for example). They run thinner tires than out camaro's do (barely). |
10-12-2019, 09:00 PM | #6 |
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10-13-2019, 01:10 AM | #7 |
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What, dipsh*t cartoon wheels that diminish the performance? Well, because I bought the car for performance, not for cartoon wheels.
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10-14-2019, 11:09 AM | #8 |
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i have 20s on mine and that is big enough lol if anything i would go smaller
21 is hard to buy tires for and wheels lol
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10-14-2019, 11:18 AM | #9 |
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B/c the stock 20s on my '19 SS look awesome as it is. I'm not wasting a bunch of $ to replace them with something bigger that make me look I manage a bunch of street walkers.
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10-14-2019, 05:42 PM | #10 |
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10-14-2019, 06:50 PM | #12 |
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old guys in vettes buy wheels to look cool, not old guys in Camaros buy superchargers, prochargers, cams, heads, headers to go fast.
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10-14-2019, 07:07 PM | #13 |
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18's is where it's at.. performance and many affordable performance tires.
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10-14-2019, 09:01 PM | #14 |
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20's are pushing it on a car imo. 17 & 18's look the best.
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