Thread: 18" or 19"
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Old 11-21-2007, 04:01 PM   #5
efahl
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Location: San Clemente, CA, USA
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How smooth are your roads? I'm already paranoid about my 18s here in Michigan, and would be scared to navigate a lot of roads if I had 19s...

Funny story (to me anyhow): Nephew buys a US spec VW GTi in Germany while stationed there, comes back to Michigan and brings his car. First upgrade is to put 17" wheels on it. I told him, "Do NOT get 17s, the sidewalls are just too short for local roads..." Well, you know kids, he has the 17s shipped to my house because I've got the jacks and air wrench and all that. We put them on and I give him one more warning to be careful about rough roads. He drives off and not 15 minutes later he calls me, "Go*#@# mo!#($^ sonofa*#*$, I just bent one of my wheels and the tire is flat." Not even 10 miles...
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