Big and Littles (tire sizes)

[Big Jon]

Someone did that to their infeno red with chrome smoothies, can't remember a name & I think I saw it on another site. Sorry about my poor memory but it did look GREAT.

[taikuchin]

Originally posted by Lars1776


The running of skinny VW bias ply tires on narrow rims in the front of your roadster and on the back a set of STEEL wheels you got from yer stock car buddies and hadda cut out the inside of the rear wheel well so they could fit!!!!!

When there is an epidemic of hang on chrome goodies going about, no need to consider FUNCTION here !

YeeeeeeeeeeeeeHAH!

640/15s front, 820/15s rear

[JOEM]

Originally posted by Lars1776

When there is an epidemic of hang on chrome goodies going about, no need to consider FUNCTION here !

I don't know, Lars. Back in the old days, we also had a term--"boy racer." Remember that?

[jrs2002 ronjon]

lars1776 I have it done that way I have no problems I love the look

[Lars1776]

(intro with musical notes...) bout boy racers
but do know there wuz a lot of bench racin goin on......

And for the FWD cars using big and littles is not particularly useful except looks. Rears wider and more grip meaning more oversteer. Car probably neutral to oversteer rather than biased towards understeer which is safer.

[2-tone]

On a V8 powered '32 roadster it looks totally right..but on a PT, that everybody and thier brother knows is a FWD car..with a semi-anemic 4 cylinder..it looks a little strange. No offense, but it's not much different than the people who put fake blowers on their hood. One way it might look OK, is if the car is lowered down around them, and not all jacked up. Just my personal opinion.

[Mark29]

Originally posted by 2-tone
On a V8 powered '32 roadster it looks totally right..but on a PT, that everybody and thier brother knows is a FWD car..with a semi-anemic 4 cylinder..it looks a little strange. No offense, but it's not much different than the people who put fake blowers on their hood. One way it might look OK, is if the car is lowered down around them, and not all jacked up. Just my personal opinion.

I'm with you, 2-tone. It's not nearly as ridiculous looking as the monstrous spoilers on tuners, but like you said everyone knows it's a FWD. The other thing nobody mentioned is extra weight. Don't bigger wheels and more rubber weigh more? I would think that has an adverse affect on acceleration. Maybe it's not enough to make a difference.

Mark

[Lars1776]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Different strokes for diff folks.....

And we ALL are driving a retro vehicle, in looks anyway, they sure as H _ _ L werent FWD jobs.......

So we ALL are working in a phase of retro, others are trying to make the PT into a smooth street rod, others into a kustom.

There is evidently room for ALL.



PS- Dont recall that I EVER said I was going to go to this option.... we are BRAINSTORMING here gang.......

another big Yeeeeee HAH!

[Gary C]

Which is the beauty of a PT cruiser. It's the perfect blank canvas for one to purchase and modify to suit their own tastes and make it a fitting extension of their personality.
I'd like to go with a big and little setup, but I have ABS, and I'm working on a little bit different look currently.

[StOnEwHiTePt]

what they all said