Gee, I just thought the cars with those wheels were owned by morons who
didn't know better than to put say, Supra wheels on a FWD Corolla sticking
out about 4" from the wheel wells!!!!!!
I always cringed too knowing the load on the bearings and the horrendous
handling the cars must have.
Mike
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" There has been a popular trend among some groups called low and
> wide. Wheels are built that actually put most or all of the tire and rim
> outside the body using a super reversed wheel center section. They tend
> use older style 78 or 80 series white wall tires mounted on rim widths
> that are too wide for a given tire width, but I've seen some with low
> aspect ratio tires, too. I shudder when I see one. All-in-all not the
> smartest things to do, individually, much less in combination. How do
> they turn? Very carefully I'd say. Then there's the decidedly
> asymmetrical load on the wheel bearings and the wheel mounting surface.
> Don't know if this has ever appeared in Europe, but it's been made
> illegal in many places here."
>
> FWIW, Ron
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