>let's make our car drive worse and louder so that the lowest dregs of society can gawk and say "wow look at those wheels!!!"
you just don't understand what luxury is
>>28916751we need to bring whitewalls back
>>28916760They should bring back the cross cab, never seen someone driving one of those who didn't look like they were unhappy
i like it5 lugs = 10 spokesso 4 lugs should have 8 spokes
>>28916751I visited my dad a few weeks ago.He owns like 12 cars so I got to drive something different every day.Every car he has rides super good despite running on 100K mile shocks.His secret is running the tallest tire he can fit.The 84yr Marathon running man knows.
>>28916751>I like small, shitty, ineffective brakes
>>28917051Those brakes are small enough to fit in 16s
>>28917051I love my sidewall but this is the third set of rotors in three years
>>28917086Have you thought about getting spoked wheels or running ducting for cooling so you're not frying them as quickly?
>>28917086Take your foot off the accelerator if you know you have to slow down soon
>>28916802Love the look but it wouldn't work on modern cars. Too anachronistic
>>28917132NO!!!!!!!>>28917093I've thought about different wheels a lot, I just can't find a set of rims because facebook marketplace is the shittiest thing on earth.Ducting would be smart too, I just dunno how to do that.
>>28916751You wouldn’t last a day driving around my city with sidewalks so thin. Your tire would be blown on the first pothole>just drive around themThere’s sections so bad that that’s not possible
>>28916751Every time I get tempted about going to bigger wheels than my seventeens I just have to remind myself that I'll be paying more for tyres for the privilege of having a shittier ride.
>>28917086look into how much it costs to cryo treat your rotors then compare it with how many rotors you buy. cryo treating will increase their longevity by 3-5xyou can also do this for pretty much anything metal subject to wear and tear - camshafts, drill bits, even razor blades and sewing needles. just make sure you do it AFTER any machine work because it'll make it much harder to work with.
>>28917051materials science baby. even the smallest pads and rotors of today will stop better than the biggest brakes of 10-20 years ago.
>>28918327How the fuck do people fuck up brake rotors? I have duralast uncoated piece of shit rotors from 2021 and gold pads that I take to the touge and they're still not warped or thin after one resurface and pad slap, what are people doing with these things? Riding them and slamming till its red hot and warping? calm your ass down.
>>28918329i dunno but if you do go through a lot of rotors it may be worth treating them. would be useful for fleet vehicles that carry heavy shit all the time and do a lot of braking while they're at it.
>>28918332True, especially if you love in salty areas I would get at least a nice coated rotor, I live in beautiful weather and my rotors are still surface rusted at the hat.
>>28917051if you can lock the brakes, the stopping system in the car is tyre limited rather than brake limited. you're not a racing driver, you don't need ventilated carbon ceramics to slow down coming off the freeway
>>28917844>Ducting would be smart too, I just dunno how to do that.Back in the day we'd just run dryer ducting and zip tie it in place. Nowadays you could probably be fancy and 3D print something.
>>28918652Kek that's the irony of it all, these econo cuckoo Honda accords and camrees will come with 19 inch donks ad dinky little 12.3 inch brake rotors, which you could definitely fit inside a 17 inch wheel with some sidewall to it, or maybe even a 16 inch steelers, which would be ideal for an economy car.
>>28916751I would love to keep my 15 inchers but there's fuck all for quality tires in the size I need.
>>28918329Look at the size of those rotors compared to a fuckhuge panther sedan, you're used to modern cars with bigass brake rotors, those things are tiny compared to the size of the vehicle and it's also going to have drums on the back
>>28918942I have a very old 3500lb car with my fatass in it with 11.1 inch rotors and rear drums and there's still no problems, I can make my pads smoke from beating on em and get the rotor to glow a dark red at night and it's still braking smooth, you have got to be ignoring what the pedal is telling you as well as your nose that is probably smelling all kinds of nastiness which is telling you to chill out with the braking.
>>28918942>>28918951okay so I will admit maybe it was a bit of a dumb idea to beat on the brakes at the tail of the dragon and then stop at the end of it rather than keep driving to let them cool off
>>28919073Shit Anon, you gotta engine brake it
>>28918652It is needed for normies because they sit on the brakes when coasting down a hill, if they had adequately sized brakes they'd be cooking them all the time
>>28919405Kek you could give a retard fuckhuge brake rotors with semi metallic pads for the track and they'll manage to go beyond their temperature range because these people are so skilled at being the loose nut behind the wheel.
>>28917086based doer
>>28918328just imagine how good brakes the size of the old ones would be, with modern materials
>>28918733>maybe even a 16 inch steelerslate model camrys absolutely can fit 16 inch steelies over them. i got the v6 model and it just fits. i was able to go from 19" 45 profile to to 16" 65 profile and the speedo only shows you going slightly faster than you actually are. potholes are a meme now and tyres are even cheaper.
>>28918942>also going to have drums on the backnot really a problem, they hardly do any braking
>>28919439Based steelies, it's really a shame you can't get a Honda Accord or Camry brand new with 16 inch steelies because that's really the car people want, something big and nice and efficient, but doesn't shatter the wheel if you hit something in the road or a pothole, a steelie is great, at worst you put a bend in the wheel that can be hammered out, or just replace the steelie for less than $100, it just doesn't make sense how upmarket these fuel efficient cars are going, I don't think someone trying to save money at the pump is gonna be happy when they have $2000+ worth of LED headlights up front and $2,000 worth of alloy wheels, which are not only gonna chap your ass when it breaks, but will break your heart when it gets fucking stolen by nigs.
>>28919427you already can, kind of. disc conversion kits for old cars are everywhere. there's even one shop in the US that sells race-ready drum shoes, they have really good fade resistance, but they're super expensive.
AHEM.
>>28919407I'm ded just picturing some retard in an Element riding their chinky drilled and slotted brakes down a mountain without a care in the world while the rotor and pad materiel fall apart and then complain about noise kek
>>28919407>did this fuckshit to the pads and rotors without dying in a car crash>not happy with powerstop brakes
>>28919462https://youtu.be/S30z4UjerPg?t=244
>>28916751I cant hear you over the sound of my nigger rims
My brakes barely fit inside these rims what are my options bench racers?
>>28919600Your car is excused for having big rims due to actually having big boi brakes, but these pathetic economy cars with little ass rotors and single pistons need to fuck off with their donk wheels.
