New & Proud Owner 93 Supra Baltic blue 5 spd n/a

[Unknown]

Thanks for the reply guys, I actually did some research and am planning to do as much service maintenece I can by myself with my limited tools and nice looking ride Cody. I am planning to get new rims for it soon as the stock 16's seem to cause my car to scrape on speedbumps outside my house =(

[pwpanas]

Originally Posted by Unknown

...as the stock 16's seem to cause my car to scrape on speedbumps outside my house =(

FYI: Your car is scraping because of the "lowered on gravity spring", and not the oem 16" rims.

Note that the oem suspension geometry is designed for either 16" or 17" rims, and the oem ride height. A lowered stance with bigger rims will provide a somewhat lower performing suspension: for example, it will have less travel (since it rides closer to the low limit bump stops), and it will be harder to get the correct alignment (esp. camber).

Of course, taller rims do look more trendy given the state of current automotive 'fashion'. If all you're going for is looks (and that may be the case since you're starting with an n/a), getcha some skinny dubs (20") and you'll def have one dope-phat-fly, tight-kickin' hooptie. I hope you don't mind me kidding around a bit for fun here.

[Unknown]

Originally Posted by pwpanas

FYI: Your car is scraping because of the "lowered on gravity spring", and not the oem 16" rims.

Note that the oem suspension geometry is designed for either 16" or 17" rims, and the oem ride height. A lowered stance with bigger rims will provide a somewhat lower performing suspension: for example, it will have less travel (since it rides closer to the low limit bump stops), and it will be harder to get the correct alignment (esp. camber).

Of course, taller rims do look more trendy given the state of current automotive 'fashion'. If all you're going for is looks (and that may be the case since you're starting with an n/a), getcha some skinny dubs (20") and you'll def have one dope-phat-fly, tight-kickin' hooptie. I hope you don't mind me kidding around a bit for fun here.

Good info, thx and i just thought if I went with 18 inch wheels my car will raise up and avoid as much speed bump scrapes as possible. But I guess Ill just go with 17 inch and hope for the best

[pwpanas]

Originally Posted by Unknown

Good info, thx and i just thought if I went with 18 inch wheels my car will raise up and avoid as much speed bump scrapes as possible. But I guess Ill just go with 17 inch and hope for the best

18s aren't that bad (only about 6% difference for the suspension geometry to handle). My main point is that you might also consider different springs (ones that don't lower your Supra as much) to solve the speed bump problem. After that, if you still want bigger rims, then get them ...but only because you want bigger rims. Make sense? There are several spring options to choose from - please let me know if you'd like some recommendations.