| Re: Rims for c4 |
Subject: Re: Rims for c4 by SJW on 2011/5/15 18:16:13 Whether or not they'll fit (doubtful) is only one of the questions you need to ask yourself. Another is whether or not you'll like the look of them on the car. I suggest you either get somebody who's good with Photoshop to fake them into a photo of your car for you, and/or prop them up alongside of your car and take a look/photo from an angle that places them where they'd be, and see how you like the look. Obviously everybody has their own preferred aesthetic, but a 22" rim on a C4 is not a look that would appeal to me. A third question is whether or not you can get tires in the size that you'd need for this application. A fourth question is whether you really want a tire profile that is as low as you'd need it to be in order to fit these rims on this car, if they can be made to fit at all. Installing a tire that has so little sidewall is a heinous bitch of a job (I had a minor wrestling match just installing the 40-series and 45-series Pilot Sports on my LT4 car recently), and each increment lower you go in profile introduces an increasingly harsh ride, as well as less impact tolerance. Super-low profile tires on a street cruiser can be punishing to the occupants, and potholes can be lethal to both the tires and rims. A 40-series tires is as low as I'd ever want to go on a street-driven vehicle. Going any lower in profile, there's just so little to be gained in terms of handling, and so much to be lost in ride quality and hazard forgiveness, that, IMHO, 40-series is the tipping point in this trade-off, unless it's a track car that won't see road hazards. Finally, would these rims become a tempting target for thieves who sell into the ghetto markets? Live well, SJW |
