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Old May 30, 2002
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I ahve a sedan and i mostly want for show, but i dont want a rough bouncy ride either what do u guys suggest
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18's im not happy with my 17's
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IMO it depends on what style rims.... but i say go for 17, if yo roads are not nice...
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I'm a fan of 17 but if your car is only for show go w/ 18's. Remeber if your car is a daily driver you face denting or bending your rim the greater the size is when driving on bad roads.
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The ride is going to be fairly rough with 17s. If you are worried about ride quality, I wouldn't even think about 18s. You will roll over a dime and feel it.
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18s, 17s are just too small
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i would say go with 17.
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17's
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I'm thinking of some rh s7 or cp8, something along the lines of that style
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show car 18's...daily driver 18's....WHY DIDNT I GET 18's!!!!
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I say go with 19" Racing Hart C3's...Check out this ride to see them
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I originally wanted 18's and I ended up with 17's and I am very
happy with them. I'm actually glad I didn't get 18's, cause the
ride quality would suc.
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I just put 17's on my sedan. Go with 215/45/17 tires and you won't lose much ride quality as long as you choose a smooth riding tire. This rules out ultra high peformance tires, but whatever else you choose will still make huge handling improvement.
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Dude get 18s just got mine put on and I thought the ride was gonna suck but I took it for a ride and was like ****!!! I think the ride is better then with the stock rims and tires I have hyper x 18s with 215/35/18 toyo proxys.
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I was worried on the start of this thread if it would be a mistake getting the 17 's but after hearing if you have 215/45 like I am going to get the ride won't be a whole lot worse I think I will do it.

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19's for show.. 18's for any condition.. personally, i think 17's are too small..but hey, thats just my opinion
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I'd get 17's....its just too much more money to go with 18's, plus its a little less practical on the street. 17's still look pretty damn nice IMO. Also, the guy that mentioned the 19" Racing Harts on D's ride probably doesn't know how exorbinantly expensive those are. I'm sure D got those out of a sponsor!
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Actually i believe that the link to the 19 inch harts was supposed to be a link to vuthy's ride, not to D's. The links to the members rides has been changed (go to the announcements forum and read the updates). D's are 17s i believe. But i would go with 17's they will probably give you the most comfortable ride day-to-day
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If you want show, the bigger the better
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