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Old Dec 1, 2001
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need help....ppl w/ 17" rims

does it look ok w/ 17" rims and no drop?
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Check out the member's rides section... I think it loooks okay, but a drop kinda evens things out. The back is way too high IMO.
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looks fine to me... a guy from a club even asked how much my car was dropped and was amazed when I told him it wasnt
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If I were you I would go ahead and drop it. It looks bad!
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I've seen cars with 17's and no drop looking fine with 45's on them. Mine looks tall with 40's. Definitely needs a drop.
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<< does it look ok w/ 17" rims and no drop? >>



Hey whats up, this is Mike from South Hills...I'll have my 17's on soon, but I have Ground Control coilovers. In my opinion, you should work on your suspension first then worry about what wheels to get.

Mike
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if you like the look and you crave the ability to still smoke jeeps when they want to take the racing off-road than yeh, i would leave it
if you enjoy the fact that the suv driving in front of you had to swerve to miss a pilon left in the middle of the road, while you had no problem clearing it than yeah, i would leave it
if you find it useful when on camping trips your buddy's always want to take your car because if your tent blows away in a rainstorm you guys can always fit under your car than yeah. i would leave it
hey, iam not trying to be an a$$hole, iam just having a little fun[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]
seriously, i would drop the car 1.5 inches, it would handle better and look more aggresive...i can't figure out why they keep building cars higher and higher and higher and...well you get it![IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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not really...i got 17" and 1" drop should go for 1.5" but oh well
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What about dropping for 205/55/16? Do you think it is necessary?

Is there anything that can drop 1" out there besides coil overs? Everything seems to be over 1"? If I drop 0.75-1.00" will it blow out my shocks?
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Yeah it looks good with no drops but man does it look alot better mmmDRROOOOOPPP!
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yes it looks ok, but a drop will make it even,and look a lot better.The back sits higher.Look in members rides you'll be able to tell which is which
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