Originally Posted by nate_man
Absolutely,
you obviously have good tast in cars, and the color (the same as my roadster) so you must be making some sense!
It all comes down to preference and I like a larger diameter wheel just a little over stock to give that aggressive stance. And while the staggered look does not make it easy to find options, I am really appreciating it for the look that it gives with the lines of these cars.
So while I think that your wheels look pretty good, I instantly noticed the little rear wheel and its high sidewall. Stock even looks better IMO, but thats the perfectionist in me wants that awesome look for my wheels. But hey this is your car right so I like it for Latana! Just not for me.
I view wheels as similar to shoes. If someone wear sneakers with a suit it totally changes the look. Now some poeple like that look and for me it has gotta be a real classy set of shoes to make that suit look amazing. Its all in the preference so to each his own and thats what makes all of our cars have their own looks.
But your ride looks good nonetheless!
I am also a perfectionist and have been racing, building restoring and showing cars for years, but we just disagree on what perfection is. To me class isn't Bling Bling of 19's or 20's on a very small car. To me, class is understated elegance and performance is also very important to me. The bigger the wheel the more unsprung weight which hurts performance and ride quality. On car that isn't much larger than a Miata I think 18's are plenty big. the SLK which our cars are based on come with 16" or 17's and ride better than our cars with the exact same suspension. I also don't like worring about hitting a pot hole and bending a wheel. I hang out with a lot of road racers and auto cross racers and we all laugh at the kids who put giant wheels and tires with very little sidewalls on their cars. it may look good to some, but it is not the way to go if you are looking to improve performance and ride quality.