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Old 06-26-2008, 07:21 PM
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question about buying rims

So I was looking through my super street magazine and was thinking about buying some tires and wheels. Anyways, I've never bought some before so my question is; What's the smallest rims that I can buy that would look normal on a 2dr cobalt. Right now I have the stock 16' rims on it..which doesn't look too bad..but would it look bad if it were 15' wheels????
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Why would you go with 15's? That would be a step down IMO.
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Id say if your going just for looks than get 19's...



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Cobalts only look good with 17' wheels or bigger
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yeah, that's what I figured. I was going to go wth 17' wheels anyway. I just wanted to ask anyway. Is there a website out there shows what the car would look like with the wheels on'em or no??
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go big.....for a few bucks more the 20's fill up the fender well.

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17's is where its at
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17s look too small sometimes depending on your drop, 18s or bigger will never do you wrong.
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take a look at my pic in my garage....its not too good of a pic..but they are 15's..got for them for winter because i live in northern maine, and wanted car to still look decent
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Originally Posted by finhead
go big.....for a few bucks more the 20's fill up the fender well.

fftopic: Nice ride...havent seen pics of yours before

:back on topic: At least go 17s, if you have an LS (4lug) there are about a million wheels out there because it is a way more popular pattern than the 5x110 on SS's. eBay is a good place to look
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thanks.....you can find me on "Finhead Show Car Project"
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take a look at my pic in my garage....its not too good of a pic..but they are 15's..got for them for winter because i live in northern maine, and wanted car to still look decent

i don't know, they look like baby wheels
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Originally Posted by InitialG
So I was looking through my super street magazine and was thinking about buying some tires and wheels. Anyways, I've never bought some before so my question is; What's the smallest rims that I can buy that would look normal on a 2dr cobalt. Right now I have the stock 16' rims on it..which doesn't look too bad..but would it look bad if it were 15' wheels????
look in my gallery. the rims i have in there are 16's but the lip makes them look smaller and the low profile tires give it the rolling diameter of the stock 15's
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