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Old 08-13-04, 05:48 AM
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Has anyone put or tried to put on some 21 inch shoes on their GS? I'm wanting to put some on but don't know if it fits or not. Don't want to buy them and get stuck with them.............
Old 08-13-04, 08:13 AM
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The 21 inch Giovanna (5 star vers) have been put on.. but stick with a nice set of clean 3- peice 20's w/ a staggard set up... Will look alot classier.
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i have some 20"s on it already. look at my setup and tell me what you think? i just want something different.
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i have seen 21's on our cars before, didnt like it looked way too big. stick with 20's, i am sure it drive a lot nicer with your setup also
Old 08-13-04, 12:15 PM
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Originally posted by minnyminh
Has anyone put or tried to put on some 21 inch shoes on their GS? I'm wanting to put some on but don't know if it fits or not. Don't want to buy them and get stuck with them.............
No, don't do it. It will look like crap. Ride like crap. And you will look like an uneducated idiot.

if you want 21s buy a 745 or a 300C.....
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don't do it, it won't work, looks horrible, and you can't lower the car much at all otherwise it rubs like hell
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do you think this looks good ?????
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Old 08-13-04, 02:11 PM
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No, don't do it. It will look like crap. Ride like crap. And you will look like an uneducated idiot.

if you want 21s buy a 745 or a 300C.....




How do you know that it ride like crap? Have you been in a GS with 21s? Different people have different taste on their ride. I have the 21s Giovanna on my GS300 and I have more people breaking their neck with the 21s then with those ricer wheels. The ride are the same as the 20s. So minnyminh the 21s will fit with some 5mm spacer in the front.

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How do you know that it ride like crap?
1SICKLEX=LEXUS Lord. I know all..........
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How do you know that it ride like crap? Have you been in a GS with 21s? Different people have different taste on their ride. I have the 21s Giovanna on my GS300 and I have more people breaking their neck with the 21s then with those ricer wheels. The ride are the same as the 20s. So minnyminh the 21s will fit with some 5mm spacer in the front.
do you have any pics of your car ??/

id like to see how it looked ...
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i was also wondering about this... i wanted to put the giovanna drama's but they only come in 21" off of superbuytires.com

rubbing issues? pics of a gs with gio dramas?
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I will try to take some pic of my car soon. It rub a little in the front but the back is perfect. I thinking of selling my 21s soon for the right price.
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Shame on you CL regulars for not checking the gallery. I do recall seeing pics in the GS forum relatively recently of minnyminh's turbo GS.

minnyminh, I say 20" max on a GS. Perhaps wider rears to fit those fender flares. All in all, I think your car looks very nice. Personally, I would put the side moldings back on the doors. For some reason, GS's look bare without it, unlike cars like hatchback Civics which look great without the moldings. But I do understand that you were keeping with a smooth look, since you molded in both front and rear bumpers...

But hey, you were just asking about the wheels, right?


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woww... an uneducated idiot? thats a first. hahahah... i dont take home 5 best LEXUS & LUXURY CLASS at Hot Import Nights last week if I was retarded. I think my pics speaks for itself. 20"s do very well but you really don't see many with bigger rims than that. I just wanted to do something different for the next show. All the 21"s i have seen looks freakin ugly too. I just wanted an opinion and see if anyone has a good style to go with.....
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Originally posted by minnyminh
woww... an uneducated idiot? thats a first. hahahah... i dont take home 5 best LEXUS & LUXURY CLASS at Hot Import Nights last week if I was retarded. I think my pics speaks for itself. 20"s do very well but you really don't see many with bigger rims than that. I just wanted to do something different for the next show. All the 21"s i have seen looks freakin ugly too. I just wanted an opinion and see if anyone has a good style to go with.....
with all due respect though, winning trophies at shows (sorry, even HIN) don't really mean much to me. honestly the show is so corrupted already it's not about how good the stuff you put on anymore, it's about how "special" you make your car. anyway, that's OT and just how i feel about it.

with that, want to do something special, i think you should get 22s, raise up the car so it's like suv, put neons all around the car, put on some red tint on the windows, etc....

sorry i am not trying to be harsh, but just that i can't understand what special you referring to. and about what 1sicklex said, everyone who frequents the forum enough knows what kind of person he is and he didn't mean what he said. bottom line he just want to say 21s are completely stupid on the GS. for that matter i back him up 200%


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