The secret is to make your super-tall aftermarket wheels thin, the better to allow your whip to, you know, turn left and right:
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Conestoga Wagon Wheel Fever – Catch It
Posts Tagged ‘dubs’
Outrageousness: Eighth-Generation Buick Riviera on Conestoga Wheels – What are These, Twenty-Eight Inchers?
Thursday, November 15th, 2012The Biggest Wheels You’ll Ever See on a Camaro – Market Street, USA – Rolling in My Aught-Four – Is This Real Life?
Thursday, November 1st, 2012Hurry! It’s Halloween 2012 on Market Street, so grab your camera and go click:
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Yes, that’s a real car.
Oh here it is, gliding over the MUNI Metro grates of Monkey Station:
Thank you, drive through.
If Tout Le Monde Can’t See Clear Across the Street Underneath Your Aging Toyota Soarer, Then You Need “Pimp My Ride”
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011See?
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(What I don’t get is how it’s possible for this vehicle to turn left or right…)
The Absurdity of 21-Inch Ice-and-Snow Tires on Your Audi Touareg 4WD Station Wagon
Monday, February 28th, 2011I don’t know, you see all kinds of wheel set-ups in the Western Addition but this rig, an Audi Q7 owned by a NoPA yuppie on Divisadero, takes the cake.
1. The ginourmous wheels have interlocked rings, so that goes to show that Audi made these ridiculous things just for this vehicle. These aren’t aftermarket wheels or nothing.
2. And the low-profile, 295/35 tires say “ICE & SNOW” right on the sidewall, so that shows that Pirelli made some ridiculously-wide tires just for the snow.
So the owner didn’t make any great customizing effort or anything on his/her own, but the result is, if anything, more absurd than what you’d see on Pimp My Ride or whatnot.
Sure, 295/35-21 = 29.1″ tall but things still don’t add up:
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Is this a “premium” set-up? No.
Is this a “performance” set-up? No.
But did it cost a lot of dough to buy and maintain? Yes.
And is it only really useful for leaving a pair of foot-wide-plus tracks in the snow? Yes.
But do your expensive wheels mean that, at some point, you will:
“need to get towed off wet grass?”
Oh well.
When oh when will the absurdly-big wheel craze come to an end?
This Aging Lexus SC400 Coupe in the Western Addition has been Revivified with 24-Inch Wheels
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010I’ll tell you, there was never anything too much wrong with the Clinton-era Lexus SC400 / Toyota Soarer. The 1UZ-FE engine inside these rigs was built to last so there’s nothing stopping these vehicles from rolling into the future, excepting for the small stock wheels they came with.
The owner of this ride is saved from that embarrassment by a set of aftermarket wheels, 24 inchers if I had to guess.
See? You can’t say these wheels are too small, that’s for sure.
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This car is totally ready for the twenty tens, certainly.
(But don’t go crazy and try to use 26 inch wheels. You want to make sure your car still can turn of course.)
How to Roll Through North Beach in Your GM B-Body on a Saturday Night
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010The first thing you need to do with your General Motors [1908-2009, R.I.P] B-Platform [1959-1991, R.I.P.] is a lift (some people use stacks of hockey pucks) so you can fit your twenty-something inch wheels beneath. And then you need to tint the windows in violation of the California Vehicle Code. Now, you’re done.
Get your friends inside and you’re ready for a slow roll down Columbus. (Menancing stares through half-closed windows optional.) Thusly:
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Of course, you can just go out and buy a B-Body if you don’t have one.
Choose wisely:
- 1959-1985 Buick LeSabre
- 1959-1962 Buick Invicta
- 1991-1996 Buick Roadmaster
- 1962-1970 Buick Wildcat
- 1971-1973 Buick Centurion
- 1959-1972 Chevrolet Biscayne
- 1959-1975 Chevrolet Bel Air
- 1976-1979 Chevrolet Bel Air (sold only in Canada, as a rebadged Impala)
- 1965-1985 Chevrolet Impala
- 1965-1996 Chevrolet Caprice
- 1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS
- 1959-1985 Oldsmobile Delta 88
- 1967-1969 Oldsmobile Delmont 88
- 1958-1966 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Bonneville
- 1966-1969 Pontiac Grande Parisienne (Canada only)
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Parisienne (Canada only)
- 1983-1986 Pontiac Parisienne
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Catalina
- 1959-1966 Pontiac Star Chief
- 1960-1961 Pontiac Ventura
- 1962-1981 Pontiac Laurentian (Canada only)
- 1959-1970 Pontiac Strato Chief (Canada only)
- 1967-1970 Pontiac Executive
- 1971-1975 Pontiac Grand Ville
- 1962 Buick Wildcat
- 1965-1969 Chevrolet Impala SS
- 1961-1966 Oldsmobile Starfire
- 1964-1965 Oldsmobile Jetstar I
- 1962-1968 Pontiac Grand Prix
- 1964-1967 Pontiac 2+2
- 1964-1965 Pontiac Parisienne Custom Sport (Canada only)
- 1966-1970 Pontiac Parisienne 2+2 (Canada only)
- 1971-1975 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe
- 1977-1978 Buick Riviera
- 1959-1963 Invicta Estate Wagon
- 1959-1964 LeSabre Estate Wagon
- 1970-1976 Buick Estate Wagon
- 1977-1979 Buick Estate Wagon (with LeSabre trim)
- 1977-1979 Buick Estate Limited (with Electra trim)
- 1980-1989 Buick Electra Estate Wagon
- 1980-1989 Buick LeSabre Estate Wagon
- 1990 Buick Estate Wagon
- 1991-1996 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon
- 1966-1968 Chevrolet Caprice Estate
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate
- 1973-1996 Chevrolet Caprice Estate
- 1962-1968 Chevrolet Impala
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Kingswood
- 1973-1985 Chevrolet Impala
- 1962-1968 Chevrolet Bel Air
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Townsman
- 1973-1975 Chevrolet Bel Air
- 1976-1979 Chevrolet Bel Air (sold only in Canada, as a rebadged Impala)
- 1962-1968 Chevrolet Biscayne
- 1969-1972 Chevrolet Brookwood
- 1959-1964 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 Fiesta
- 1959-1963 Oldsmobile Super 88 Fiesta
- 1971-1992 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Bonneville Safari
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Parisienne Safari (Canada only)
- 1967-1969 Pontiac Grande Parisienne Safari (Canada only)
- 1983-1986 Pontiac Parisienne Safari
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Catalina Safari
- 1959-1981 Pontiac Laurentian Safari (Canada only)
- 1987-1989 Pontiac Safari
San Francisco’s Best Imported Vehicle of 2009 is an Aging Lexus SC
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Now, if you look in the book, it’ll tell you that the biggest wheels that can possibly fit on your aging first-generation Lexus SC300 (or SC400) measure 20 inches in diameter.
But you, you don’t let that hold you back. So how big are these dubs? Twenty-something inches, anyway. They’re the primary reason this 4-seat (sort of) coupe, straight outta of the Higashifuji Technical Center, is San Francisco’s Best Imported Vehicle of 2009.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Motorcade Rolls on 22-Inch Dub Wheels – Is That Safe?
Friday, April 25th, 2008That’s right, Conan the Destroyer has a posse and they’re all rolling on dubs. Check out these 22-inch monsters being used in an official gubernatorial motorcade:
And check out those balancing weights – do you see how much it takes to keep these massive rims rolling true? These wheels are about twice as large as what Vanilla Ice’s Five point-oh Ford Mustang had way back in the 1990′s.
There’s no good reason to have wheels this large on your vehicle. Some think them dangerous. Others don’t like the way they ride. Of course, sometimes you might be like Senator Don Perata and end up with a set of duece dueces because they come with the car, but not usually.
If you want to show off your wheels, why not keep them a little smaller and then load up on some bling bling? Diamond and ruby studded wheels from Asanti only cost $2,000,000 per set – will this be the next trend in fashionable wheels?
Arnold Schwarzenegger might be your role model, but don’t try to copy him with his huge wheels.
Asta la vista, baby.
Can Your Chevy Impala SS Handle 26 Inch Wheels? Well, This One Can
Monday, April 21st, 2008Of course, a few adjustments were necessary…
