Re: Those Germans are getting bad influences

["Josh Able" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>]

one reason to run tires like that is to limit rub.

If you had a full sized tire on the wheel, it would rub allot in many cases.


Josh Able

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
To: "Shawn Rader" <s_t_rader@excite.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Those Germans are getting bad influences


> It's not the width of the rim I'm talking about, it's
> the width of the tire on the rim that just isn't right
> with this car. Take a closer look at the picture on
> the left, you see the rim lip too much. It's like
> having 9 inch wide rims with 7 inch wide tires, just
> like the American low rider pimp mobiles with gold
> wire Dayton's!
>
> Don't get me wrong, the rim design looks OK, kind of
> reminds me of Delorean rims. Although I'm not very
> sure how our bearings stand up with 9" rims.
>
> Later...
>
>
> --- Shawn Rader <s_t_rader@excite.com> wrote:
> > I agree!  Nothin wrong with wide wheels.  The best
> > vw autocrossers run 13x9
> > inch rims with 225 series tires!
> >
> > On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 03:31:47 -0500, Josh Able wrote:
> >
> > >  awesome wheels!!!!!! nothing wrong there!
> > >
> > >
> > >  Josh Able
> > >
> > >  ----- Original Message -----
> > >  From: "Jeffrey Lowe" <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
> > >  To: "scirocco-L" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> > >  Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 11:27 PM
> > >  Subject: Those Germans are getting bad influences
> > >
> > >
> > >  > Look at the wheels on the Scirocco. This is
> > bordering
> > >  > on goofy, looks similar to the idiots here in
> > the
> > >  > States with the wide retarded rims and
> > undersized
> > >  > tires.
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >
> >
> http://home.arcor.de/andreas-pfeiffer/pages/pictures/sonstige/gallery2.htm
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