Just Got My New RIMS! DO I need a WHEEL ALIGHNMENT?

[TheAudit]

Originally posted by: aldy402

Camry is a family car. *shrug* Doesn't make it bad, just weird to put rims on it.[/quote]


actually your right, it is kinda weird but i've been checking out the camrys on cardomain.com and they look great with rims

also my car is black so i think gunmetal rims would look pretty kool. Im going for that slightly clean cut blacked out look without ricing it out[/quote]

Gunmetal wheels do look good on black cars, post some pics when you can.

 

[nitsuj3580]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580
if the rim size is different, you should get your speedometer recalibrated. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I know my friend got pulled over a couple times when he put bigger rims on his Jeep and the cop asked him if the were stock rims/tires.

WTF does a cop care if the wheels are stock?

because he was trying to be helpful to my friend. When my friend, said no they are not stock, the cop informed him he should get his speedometer recalibrated because he was obviously going faster than he thought he was if the speedometer was calibrated for the stock wheels and now he has bigger wheels.

 

[aldy402]

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580
if the rim size is different, you should get your speedometer recalibrated. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I know my friend got pulled over a couple times when he put bigger rims on his Jeep and the cop asked him if the were stock rims/tires.

WTF does a cop care if the wheels are stock?

because he was trying to be helpful to my friend. When my friend, said no they are not stock, the cop informed him he should get his speedometer recalibrated because he was obviously going faster than he thought he was if the speedometer was calibrated for the stock wheels and now he has bigger wheels.

hmmm very interesting, makes a whole lot of sense

 

[aldy402]

here are some pics! and umm i acutally do need an alighnment, it leans a bit to the right

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9348/minidsc048376ep.jpg

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1971/minidsc048404lb.jpg

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8525/minidsc048419ul.jpg

 

[PHiuR]

do you have any pic of your full car from the side?

 

[Turkish]

those are 18"??? they look much smaller... oh well, not my cup of tea but happy driving

 

[Nebor]

Haha, you're monster truckin' now! You have to lower it, because it looks ridiculous.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: aldy402

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: nitsuj3580
if the rim size is different, you should get your speedometer recalibrated. I'm not sure if this is true or not but I know my friend got pulled over a couple times when he put bigger rims on his Jeep and the cop asked him if the were stock rims/tires.

WTF does a cop care if the wheels are stock?

because he was trying to be helpful to my friend. When my friend, said no they are not stock, the cop informed him he should get his speedometer recalibrated because he was obviously going faster than he thought he was if the speedometer was calibrated for the stock wheels and now he has bigger wheels.

hmmm very interesting, makes a whole lot of sense

Except that wheel size doesn't really matter. Tire size does.

My speedometer reads ~7% slower than I'm actually traveling -- stock wheels, but larger tires.

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Haha, you're monster truckin' now! You have to lower it, because it looks ridiculous.

yeah, the rims are nice, but you need to drop it a little...

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: aldy402
here are some pics! and umm i acutally do need an alighnment, it leans a bit to the right

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9348/minidsc048376ep.jpg

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1971/minidsc048404lb.jpg

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8525/minidsc048419ul.jpg

those look like the wrong offset.

that said, they don't look nearly as bad as i thought they would.

 

[imported_Trippin315]

When you get a tire rotation; do you have to get the tires remounted and rebalanced? The only reason that I ask is the third pic that shows direction or rotation

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8525/minidsc048419ul.jpg

 

[Baked]

Riced out Camry? YTMND.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: aldy402
thanks for the quick responses guys, i feel more comfortable now


actually everybody has this misconception about the camry, thinking its just a family car.
Im actually 22 years old and its a great car for me. I tink after about 2003, they started making the move from midsize sedans to a full size sedan(my model). Its quite nice, and ill put pics maby later on tonight or tommorow. I have the car in black and it looks great and even if it doesnt, Enkei rims have great resell value anyway.

Thanks again

........

/head asplodes

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: aldy402
here are some pics! and umm i acutally do need an alighnment, it leans a bit to the right

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/9348/minidsc048376ep.jpg

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/1971/minidsc048404lb.jpg

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8525/minidsc048419ul.jpg

Those look nice but are you sure the offset is correct? They look like they're sticking out a bit too far.

Here's a pic of the rims I got this week!

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Trippin315
When you get a tire rotation; do you have to get the tires remounted and rebalanced? The only reason that I ask is the third pic that shows direction or rotation

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8525/minidsc048419ul.jpg

Just rotate front to back. No remounting required.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Trippin315
When you get a tire rotation; do you have to get the tires remounted and rebalanced? The only reason that I ask is the third pic that shows direction or rotation

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/8525/minidsc048419ul.jpg

You can't rotate them side to side. Only front to rear. My Maxima is the same way.

Our IS250 you can't rotate the tires at all. They are unidirectional and the rear wheels are wider than the fronts.

 

[aldy402]

hey Jules those are really nice rims on your 250, how much?