Aggressive wheel fitment thread/stance

[BecauseMotor]

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=gusta

Pssssh. Didn't spell it like that lol

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[burgerkong]

Some HDR to hell and back shots!

 

[A41.8QTM]

Offset?

19x9, 255/30 all around

 

[Frank Reynolds]

I don’t want to offend anyone, as there are a lot of nice photos of nice wheels. But, I don’t know that many of them qualify as “aggressive”.

 

[flipflp]

I don’t want to offend anyone, as there are a lot of nice photos of nice wheels. But, I don’t know that many of them qualify as “aggressive”.

At this point in the thread, anything beyond 8.5" wide, ET45 is good to go haha

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[blaqsheep]

I don’t want to offend anyone, as there are a lot of nice photos of nice wheels. But, I don’t know that many of them qualify as “aggressive”.

"Functionally aggressive" is what I like to call it.

 

[Frank Reynolds]

Guess I’m just old school...

 

[NopeR]

Til 2004 is old school.

I'm personally glad the whole stretched tires with fucked up camber broken suspension is gone.

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[Frank Reynolds]

Til 2004 is old school.

I'm personally glad the whole stretched tires with fucked up camber broken suspension is gone.

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Same. I never did the camber/broken suspension thing but certainly did have a few sets of wheels with stretched tires. The “euro look” was the style back then. At least with most mk3’s. 16x9 was the popular size and many folks pushed how wide they could get.

However, the bagged/tucked thing I see so often with mk7’s is just as bad in my opinion. But at least they can lift it up and actually drive it. Back in 2001-?? The airbag technology (for mk3’s at least) was not developed so people just messed with coilovers and pulled fenders and all kinds of stuff. Anyway, didn’t mean to derail the thread.

Edit: yes, 15 years ago is a bit old school. At least compared to the mk7. And the wheels were actually aggressive.

 

[NopeR]

I get it. I had 15x9 on my old weekend racer Miata. Loved that wide meat.

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[madface1]

I don’t want to offend anyone, as there are a lot of nice photos of nice wheels. But, I don’t know that many of them qualify as “aggressive”.

I think aggressive is kind of a relative term, although I don’t disagree with what you’re saying. Aggressive fitment the way you’re thinking is different than a functionally (I guess?) aggressive setup. I would still consider 9” wide wheels with 255s or 265s under the umbrella of “aggressive”.

Comparing a mk3 that can fit wheel offsets in the 20s or even teens to a mk7 where a wheel with that low of an offset would have 2” of tread outside the arches.

You also have to take into consideration the body style/lines, poke on mk7s just wouldn’t look right. The fenders and quarters don’t bulge out like they do on earlier generations, so it wouldn’t have the same flow.

 

[THEREALVRT]

I think aggressive is kind of a relative term, although I don’t disagree with what you’re saying. Aggressive fitment the way you’re thinking is different than a functionally (I guess?) aggressive setup. I would still consider 9” wide wheels with 255s or 265s under the umbrella of “aggressive”.

Comparing a mk3 that can fit wheel offsets in the 20s or even teens to a mk7 where a wheel with that low of an offset would have 2” of tread outside the arches.

You also have to take into consideration the body style/lines, poke on mk7s just wouldn’t look right. The fenders and quarters don’t bulge out like they do on earlier generations, so it wouldn’t have the same flow.

Agreed. If your wheels aren’t 9 in wide and your tires are 255 or larger they aren’t “aggressive “

 

[sean.mason.75873]

I get it. I had 15x9 on my old weekend racer Miata. Loved that wide meat.

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255's on 17 x 9" on my old Miata too. Nothing grips quite like a Miata on fat stickies.

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[El_bigote_AJ]

Oh so we just talking fitment on anything now, great- I ran 315 in the rear and 295 on the front of my trans am, and 295s on a 8” rim on the back of my 1970 with BFG Raised white letter tires for that bulge sidewall look.

Which is all quite irrelevant to this thread considering the title, hahaha

 

[Tooly]

Found some used wheels and I'm wondering what do you guys think of the fitment of the following wheel specs?

Front wheels:18x8, et35
Rear wheels: 18x9, et30

Would be with 225/40/18 Michelin PSS tires. The front would be no problem but the rears I'm not sure on.