tires and rims....

[Guardiannknight]

Well, I do not know if this should be in appearance or if it belongs here in handling. I guess it would kinda go in both. :rolleyes: Well, let me get to my question. I'm tring to decide if I should get 17" rims for my car. I currently have 16" with the standard hubbies. [img]smile.gif[/img] I get a lot of good comments out of the hubbies surprisingly(maybe it's where the hubbies are silver and they match the color of my camaro). But, there are a few of my friends that think that I should get real rims. I know rims would be a nice feature on the car but, I'm going for the sleeper look. And I fig. that there is no better cover up than to have those hubbies on my car instead of rims. Ok, if I did go to rims i would get 17" rims with 275/40 tires. If I stay with my 16" hubbies I'm going to go to 245/50, both of the tire selections are speed rated for 148+. So, I'm stuck wondering. If I did get the 17" rims then my car would not really look like a sleeper(would it??). If I did stay with the current rims with the hubbies it would be a total sleeper car. I'm just worried when I start pushing high amounts of HP that the poor hubbies will fly off(is that possible??). :eek: All comments are welcome, I need some help on deciding what I should get. I'll be making the purchase about the middle of Feb. Also, I'm fearing that the 17" rims with the 275/40 tires would make me lose more HP than the 245/50 due to all the friction they would create since they are so wide.

2000 V6 Camaro(bought brand new)
5 speed
Project: Unreal
Will give details when fin.

[John D.]

If you want to retain the sleeper (factory) look then just get some factory rims. This way you don't have to worry about any hubcaps.

[Amped96]

The hubbies are definately not going to fly off. They are "deluxe bolt-on wheels covers." Atleast that is what they said on my window sticker, LOL. I always thought about keeping the hubbies for the sleeper look, but i just HAD to get new wheels and I definately don't regret it. Wheels totally make a car. They give it the stance and stance is everything!