why skinny wheels

I have seen lotsss of cars lately with mag wheels on the front and steel stock wheels or skinny wheels on the back why????

For the look. Usually seen on 10 plus year old Falcons and Commodores with a P plate stuck to the back window. They would be in the top ten list of cars that you would call 'Cop bait'

Burn outs .. No point flogging the shit out of your expensive tires and rims when you can have the same fun on stockies.

Skidders bro.... 🙄

benjicon wrote:Burn outs .. No point flogging the shit out of your expensive tires and rims when you can have the same fun on stockies.

Bingo

stolen from car boots at shopping centre car parks

because they do burnouts on the good ones before they relize they can't afford to replace the scragged tyres 🙅

ian.mezz wrote:I have seen lotsss of cars lately with mag wheels on the front and steel stock wheels or skinny wheels on the back why????

Nothing like that in the country.. I hope...

Maybe they buy used wheels and tyres at wreckers cheap..??

about 8 years ago, a local car testing Mechanic lost His licence to pass cars... as some of the cars He had passed were pulled up a couple of days later with balding illegal tyres on their cars.

The cause was found later on ---

Turned out... the youngsters were hiring good wheels and tyres from the local wreckers for a day... lol

then putting the old ones back on.. lol

LEE

hellbugged wrote:because they do burnouts on the good ones before they relize they can't afford to replace the scragged tyres 🙅

Now that is seriously funny ... and the most likely story.
The other one is that they don't have enough power under the bonnet to turn the grippy tires 😂 (not true for most)

vassy66T1 wrote:The other one is that they don't have enough power under the bonnet to turn the grippy tires 😂

MMM that must be it.....





The front ones never wear out cos they're never on the ground 😂

there are many reasons as listed but one very main reason is the burnouts.... cheapies on the back, just pop her in 2nd and have no tires in under 1 minute 30.... hehehe.... its a young and stupid thing... last time i did it was 6 yrs ago... must be getting old :P

Hi

Beside looking like cop bait its actually illegal to have smaller wheels on the back than the front.

Steve

Its a look some go for now, or cause they cant get their hektic rims to fit.

If you have rims on the front and stovkers on the back you get pulled over all the time around here, but tis the look im going for with my next car, rims on front stockers on back, to give the impression i skid everywhere

Illegal I can understand if it's rear wheel drive, if it's front wheel drive I would think the opposite, but then I'm an old fart and just can't see the sense in it either way.

donn wrote:Illegal I can understand if it's rear wheel drive, if it's front wheel drive I would think the opposite, but then I'm an old fart and just can't see the sense in it either way.

You're not allowed different sized wheels front to back. You can't legally have 14s on the front and 15s on the back.



Smiley 😎

donn wrote:Illegal I can understand if it's rear wheel drive, if it's front wheel drive I would think the opposite, but then I'm an old fart and just can't see the sense in it either way.

FWD
handbrake induced sideway-ness

Smiley wrote:You're not allowed different sized wheels front to back. You can't legally have 14s on the front and 15s on the back.
Smiley 😎

Show me the law which says so! Plenty of cars have staggered tyres and are engineered with compliance plates, even many factory cars use different sized tyres front to back.

waveman1500 wrote:

Smiley wrote:You're not allowed different sized wheels front to back. You can't legally have 14s on the front and 15s on the back.
Smiley 😎

Show me the law which says so! Plenty of cars have staggered tyres and are engineered with compliance plates, even many factory cars use different sized tyres front to back.

if its factory then its legal, if no then you have to get it engineered to be legal. from memory you can't go anymore than 15 wider than standard on up one size but they both have to match! i used to get pulled over when i first got the baja on the road and the first thing they looked at was tyres, i have 10'5's on the rear(15) and 235(15) on the front. i have to carry a copy of my report with me at all times to show tham its all good. they don't bother anymore as all the local cops know me and the car and know its 100% legal but when the out of towners come in over the holidays i always get at least one pull me over and throw the tyres size law at me.


steff..........

The latest craze here the Fxxkwits get up to-out to the industrial area with heaps of bread crates in their front wheel drive heaps-put a bread crate under each back wheel,pull on the hand brake and go crazy.They eventually wear thru the crate and end up with big flat spots on the rear tyres-Tyre sellers here just love it.

Tray drifting nothing new.

Me and mates used to do that nearly 10 years ago with maccas trays under the corolla before they started making them outta plastic

Ah the days of being young and irresponsible 🤪

Joel wrote:Tray drifting nothing new.

Me and mates used to do that nearly 10 years ago with maccas trays under the corolla before they started making them outta plastic

Ah the days of being young and irresponsible 🤪

Haha. I used maccas trays with my corolla too. I think everyone with a corolla had some spare maccas trays in the back of their car. Good times.

On the coast here you see heaps of vans and utes with the big chrome wheels/low profile tyres on the front and stock 14" wheels on the rear, not only is this for the burnouts but also it is harder to get "load rated" low profile tyres for the bigger diameter wheels. The front tyres of utes have a different load rating to the rear as that is where all the weight is.

Smiley wrote:You're not allowed different sized wheels front to back. You can't legally have 14s on the front and 15s on the back.



Smiley 😎

You are wrong in saying that statement.

mitchellgolds wrote:On the coast here you see heaps of vans and utes with the big chrome wheels/low profile tyres on the front and stock 14" wheels on the rear, not only is this for the burnouts but also it is harder to get "load rated" low profile tyres for the bigger diameter wheels. The front tyres of utes have a different load rating to the rear as that is where all the weight is.

so its not just in Newcastle, its all over the place.
would they feel a bit over steery?

I love seeing people doing it to front wheel drive cars too. Makes me laugh so much 😂

Pollywaffle: Their excuse would probably be that it gives them better traction on the front and less rolling resistance on the rear. Bahahaha

Demonstration:



hth

I have got maccas trays in the back of my charade.

They dont last long at all on the road but grass they are good for ages.

It is to make it look like you do burnouts, even if you don't.

Burnout is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary (or close to) and spinning both of its big wide wheels using heaps of torque and horsepower, if your car has the real grunt to do it, causing the tires to heat up and smoke resulting from friction. Weak cars use oil or skinny tyres or one wheel only

Skid is what a locked up brake or push bike wheel does. Not a good way to describe what a burnout really is.

burnouts, drifts... they're art
but it's called hoon when you do it on public road

there's a japanese proverb "life should be spent sideways"
... i have no source for that

helbus wrote:

Smiley wrote:You're not allowed different sized wheels front to back. You can't legally have 14s on the front and 15s on the back.



Smiley 😎

You are wrong in saying that statement.

Unless it's like that from factory or you have it engineer approved and plated it's not allowed.
At least not in Queensland. I can't speak for the other states, as I am unfamiliar with their laws.


Smiley 😎

modulus wrote:Demonstration:



hth

Nah, look like the same size wheels to me.🤪

Smiley wrote:

helbus wrote:

Smiley wrote:You're not allowed different sized wheels front to back. You can't legally have 14s on the front and 15s on the back.



Smiley 😎

You are wrong in saying that statement.

Unless it's like that from factory or you have it engineer approved and plated it's not allowed.
At least not in Queensland. I can't speak for the other states, as I am unfamiliar with their laws.


Smiley 😎

Ok, what if you have the same size rims but different profiles giving you different over all diameter of tyre?
I have 14 " rims with 235/60 on the back and 195/65 on the front, never been challenged in the years I've had it.

Different tyre sizes are allowed. There's a percentage difference you are legally allowed. I can't remember what it is.

I'm not saying that it's ever enforced or that the cops even really care. They don't where I am.
Hell I've got 14s on the front and 15s on the back of my Baja.
I'm just saying if they wanted to they could pick on you for it.


Smiley 😎

We seen a P plate today driving a Honda civic with mags on the front and skinny steel ones on the back🤪
Whats the go there,? as Honda's are front wheel drive😂

Did you see both sides ? Probably one of those little spares they use for flats. More than likely. :P