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[76lxhatch]

Aside from personal taste the problem with wheels that big is that they are significantly larger rolling diameter - we are used to 14" to 18" wheels which are all roughly the same size with suitable profile tyres and that simply isn't possible with 22".

As for the Hotwires they are awesome and one of the true muscle car wheels, the only thing better than 15" wide Hotwires would be 16" Simmons V5s.

Interesting comment about channelling a Torana, might require a bit of a chassis re-build (build?) first though!


I do agree with the comments about each to their own - I think its great that not everyone does the traditional thing, I can build a car that has the same old look and be unique because everyone else is trying to be different (but mine will look better)!

[Heath]

Each to their own... wheel size to me is measured in width, not diameter. That's just nigger g-unit-ness

[Heath]

WTF, why should a Jap car have to deal with mistreatment like that?

Just don't do it to anything, problem solvered.

[mitchg]

Its not about not 'living in the seventies', its about what actually looks good and practical on the car. Toranas need big tyre walls, it suits them better then any massive chrome or billet wheels and it actually looks like its practical. Especially with the torana being such a small car, massive wheels make it look like a toy and ridiculous. I even think 17s are pushing it with certain types of wheels.