Shoutbox

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Originally posted by blade

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That wheel looks the worst but its the best out of all three, it would be amazing for handling in sunny weather, but if that baby hits some water then it'll slide cause there will be nowhere for the water to go ...

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Originally posted by Pipish
police car o still would look ok  as long as it isnt like a real police car just the kind they use

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Well, I don't really know, police cars are a little bit dodgy to be honest, it may look good or it may not, 50/50 chance really .

All those shown wheels are illegal to drive with on normal roads! If some cop catches you with that you can be sure that you have to pay a huge fine... And with such wheels your car will even be sacked if you need to go to the motor vehicle inspection.

NOS and neons

n wtfs all this about not making your car look like a bit of rice?! :/  if you want a car to look uber nice, put neons on, and like, a vinyl... if you want it to go fast, NOS, if you want a normal car, then none of the above

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Originally posted by traxor
That wheel looks the worst but its the best out of all three, it would be amazing for handling in sunny weather, but if that baby hits some water then it'll slide cause there will be nowhere for the water to go ...

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yeah thats a risk I'd take.  Like cookie said, the only place you'd see a car with those tires on it would be the track, and no one would even bother racing if it was raining out. 

HERE are some great tires...

And...


They pwn your tires Blade...

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Originally posted by Pr0xY

They pwn your tires Blade...

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Mine was a quick 1 minute google search tos how you tires can look good

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
All those shown wheels are illegal to drive with on normal roads! If some cop catches you with that you can be sure that you have to pay a huge fine... And with such wheels your car will even be sacked if you need to go to the motor vehicle inspection.

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The race tires yea. I really wanna get a set of these:

Some replies to what you've been talking about here...

Thinner tires give a better grip. Thicker tires are better for performance, fuel consumption and ride comfort (less noise too). "thinner/thicker" refers to the ratio between the base width and side width (I don't know the English terminology). Every tire is a compromise, there's no perfect tire.

The rim size by itself doesn't mean anything except for aesthetics (it will mess up the speedometer tuning though). Lightweight rims will slightly decrease the car's unsupported weight, which has some small advantage I forgot. In road cars though, they're mainly for aesthetics reasons too.

What's more practical is the tires' air-pressure. Higher pressure (in the allowed scale!) gives better grip, performance and fuel consumption, while lower pressure gives better ride comfort.

Spoilers increase the tires' friction as speed grows, to slightly improve performance, fuel consumption and grip. However, they're only effective in high speeds. But they are also mainly an aesthetics thing (in America at least), just like those body kits that decrease the car's drag for the same purposes...


Anyway, as I said before, I think this stuff is silly... If you want a faster, better-gripping car, get a Miata with a big engine (or if you can, a Boxster or a BMW 3). If you want a better-looking car, well, get a French car. (see examples below)


Peugeot: classic aesthetics.






Renault: wonderful creativity.




IMO, those simple, clean designs are much more aesthetic than all those mumbo-jumbo "sportive" mods, and creative body shapes are much more attractive. OK, that's all.

* .blade// thinks the Renault looks like a Ford focus that needs ass lyposuction

Anyways, WJ, have you got  the pic. yet?

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Originally posted by blade
* blade thinks the Renault looks like a dor focus that needs ass lyposuction


Anyways, WJ, have you got  the pic. yet?

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agreed about the renault dude .. I hate the renault megane, the peugot 206 is a young womans car and the other peugot is just ugly to be honest .

I prefer cars like the mitsubishi evo 8:


Check out that spoiler, the rims.. 4 wheel drive.. the colour

Nissan Skyline:


Check out that beast.. For some reason, I just love done-up cars thats are sort of like salloons but not if you know what I mean

Wj, get some pictures, that way, we could advise you easier .

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Originally posted by traxor
the peugot 206 is a young womans car

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lol, define "young women" then....

Peugeot 206 reacing model (RC car model, but in real it looks the same)

btw, this RC car model has an inbuild camera

Peugeot 206 (cabrio)


Peugeot 206 (cabrio, some other model)


Peugeot 206 (5 doors)


Peugeot 206 (3 doors) <= maybe you meant this model


My point, you can't define a car by its type only...

Also, Peugeots (French cars in general for that matter) are know to have a very robust chassy and body. They are build for long term use and don't go all rusty after a year. If you had an accident with a  Peugeot, chances are that your car isn't total loss and can be fixed and it will drive like before (unlike some other brands which go rusty relative quick and are ready for the scrapyard after even the smallest bumb).....

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Originally posted by sock
IMO, those simple, clean designs are much more aesthetic than all those mumbo-jumbo "sportive" mods, and creative body shapes are much more attractive. OK, that's all.

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I can't agree more with sock. All those "mumbo-jumbo" mods are major sillyness and waste of money, and most of the time they look awfull, only the "Johnny-level" of the car will sky rocket...
(dunno if "Johnny-level" is an international term though, lol, people from the Benelux will know what I mean)

eg: modded cars (or models like Traxor have shown) are nothing more then looking "good". Performances? pfff, like you will benefit of the performances on a normal public road. Go to the racetrack or roadshows if you want such cars.