yakuza151

anyone doing this now? i would honestly rather not deal with lowering my car... wondering if anyone has a stock suspension set up and is running an 18 inch wheel set up. if yes, what kind of tire specs do you have? i want the larger wheels but without the obvious wheel gap. i saw this on craigslist for sale and the guy said he had a stock suspension set up...
any advice would help. thanks.

Blizzy

iTrader: (-1)

18's on the stock suspension looks better than 16's or 15's on the stock suspension. 18's on a dropped suspension just looks uncommonly good. A big car deserves big wheels. You get too big on the stock suspension, you risk looking like an SUV. Nevertheless, look at the picture: the car looks good. Would it look even better with a drop? Of course. If you changed nothing about the suspension, would your car still be admired by many a motorist? Absolutely.

Obviously, this is subjective and entirely my own opinion. There is no gospel on the proper wheel size for an SC at stock height. But, it is almost universally agreed upon that the SC will only look breath-takingly good when dropped.

markesc

iTrader: (2)

I have toyo proxies T1R's 245's on the front and 275's on the rear...works great! Sometimes my car looks lower because it's white, so it just depends upon the lighting of the day and such, I say if you can afford, then go for the drop!

I'm doing the lower control arms before I lower the thing.

BLK13X

Firstly it helps if your car is darker as the gap is less visible (except to those that own a dark coloured car).

Secondly, 18's and stock suspension = You can get a set up that will still allow for similar comfort levels with a reduced ride height. I currently only have lowering springs in my Soarer (as I have no need for a complete adjustable set up... yet ) and it looks a lot nicer while retaining most of the ride comfort of stock. They're custom made too.


Don't get aftermarket wheels and keep the stock suspension, the car will look like it's on stilts and the rest of the funky bunch

Luxor

iTrader: (15)

18" on my stock SC, still has an ugly wheel gap, I can't wait til I lower it..

habitat

I have 18x8 on all 4 corners w/ 245/40 series tires all around. I have a 93 5 spd sc300, and the cars got more grip than power.
The gaps is pretty large, I would lower it. Almost a 5 finger gap.

Sc400on20s

AGREE!

tmf2004

iTrader: (15)

Still looks great without the car being lowered.. Doesn't look to bad like the GS's do with 20's

angyll20

I am running 18x8/18x9 staggered setup with 35 offset front and rear on my Tork Imagines, tires are 225/40 front and 265/35 rear. There is still an obvious wheel gap but mostly in the front. The rears look about like I want them to but I think my suspension is just worn out. I am going to lower it as soon as I can get the time...going to use Tokico HPs with Tanabe NF210s, but with the wide rears I may have to roll the rear fenders depending on how much it actually lowers it.

TT6SPDSC

18x9 245/40/18
18x10 275/35/18
Rears are bald DR's. I now have a 285's back there. Stock suspension with no intentions of lowering. I want this car to hook unlike my last one that was lowered.

yakuza151

the cars look good, although to be honest i guess i might have to consider lowering... hmmm
oh well, i can always just remain stock i suppose

SC_coupe

Stock suspension with 18's (how the car came).The gap from the fender to the tire at the front annoys the hell out of me. I need to go lower, but I'd rather get rid of the pie-plates first.

Rigger

Heres a couple pics of mine with 19's. I know I know Moteigis they came with the car. Not 18s but you kind of get an idea, I dont think it looks too too bad.
Dont know how to post pics haha so heres the link

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2106952165

Luke_in_SD

do what you guys wanna do. but personally I think putting on bigger wheels without lowering your car is fugly. The Fitment is ugly and the monster truck heigh is even more present than stock

so

Sc400on20s

AGREE