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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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OK, I sold a set of 19"s I never got to put on my car, decided on a wheel that has a lip, so now my suspension, im on teins CS, do you guys think I should go with 19"s or 20"? Im looking for no wheel gap or barely none, I dont mind a harsh ride since I drive slow, but dont want 19"s and end having a wheel gap and dont like a fat setup neither I have no aero kit except a tte lip which I might sell. Looking at the work's wheels. thanks for your input.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 04:16 PM
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personally, I don't care for 20's in any case...

BTW, I'll buy the TTE lip
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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19's if you want to be slammed

20's if you want your rims to not look small.

It`s a toss up depending on how low you want to be. 19's slammed looks good. 20's might be too big
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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with the CS you can't really be slammed unlike the SS series thats what im affraid, not to be able to drop enough to cover the wheel gap.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 04:36 PM
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On 20's the car would be higher with less gap where as 19's the car will sit lower with a bigger gap

I have 20's with about a 1" inch gap
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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19s.......
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by GS-F
19s.......
+1.

19's, mold the lip but keep the badge, and DROP THAT B**CH to the dirt!

besides, then she won't run like a cadillac
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 08:11 PM
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get some Tein SS and sell me me your tein CS...seriously. We will both be satisfied.
you get your slammed/tucked look, i just get better suspension than stock...
pm me or something..
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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19's w/o a kit and 20's if you have a kit.

I'm on 19's with CS v1's all the way down to give you an idea.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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I would personally go with 19's thats what I got. 20's would look too big.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 09:05 PM
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You can tuck your tires much easier with a set of 20s without having to be as low. If you want to be low then cop a set of 19s.

Here's my car with the 20s before I sold them:



I don't know how much of a drop I have on them, but I'm getting -2.7° and -2.8° on my left and right rear wheels, respectively.

They were 20" x 7.5" with 225/30s all around.
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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 09:17 PM
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Sounds like your going through what I am going through... IMO stance is everything. So I feel you on shooting for perfection... I think gdot nailed it bout 20w/a bodykit and 19 w/o.
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by KNEXX
Sounds like your going through what I am going through... IMO stance is everything. So I feel you on shooting for perfection... I think gdot nailed it bout 20w/a bodykit and 19 w/o.
are you aware that in your sig you have JZS161?

unless you have a RHD, GTE vertex edition aristo, it should say JZS160....
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by jcat_GS3
are you aware that in your sig you have JZS161?

unless you have a RHD, GTE vertex edition aristo, it should say JZS160....
doesn't have to be vertext edition....there are non-Vertex Edition V300 too.

but anywho, I say go with 19"s if it's a wheel that has spokes that goes to the lip. If it's a deep lip wheel, 20"s might look better.

But I personally like 19"s with deep wheels and dropped to the ground than 20"s. It just looks right proportionately.
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Coco-bun
doesn't have to be vertext edition....there are non-Vertex Edition V300 too.

but anywho, I say go with 19"s if it's a wheel that has spokes that goes to the lip. If it's a deep lip wheel, 20"s might look better.

But I personally like 19"s with deep wheels and dropped to the ground than 20"s. It just looks right proportionately.
ah true, good call coco. haha
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