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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 10:46 AM
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19's and no drop?

I just ordered some Iforged Seneka's polished for an 02 C32 that I will be getting in 2 months. Size is 19x8 and 19x10. First what size tires and second how do 19's look with no drop? I am going from an IS300 where I had coilovers and had it droped 2" all around because of the fender gap. Do C32's look silly at stock height?
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 12:40 PM
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19's with no drop will look like a 4x4. You can always put a "4Matic" badge on the back and tell everyone it's a rallye car...
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 01:03 PM
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Re: 19's and no drop?

Originally posted by IS1
Do C32's look silly at stock height?
IMO any car looks silly at stock height, specially one with bigger wheels, just drop it!
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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You could do a modest 1" drop and still look good. You don't have to slam it.
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Old Mar 20, 2004 | 01:54 PM
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a car that can't do the throttle reset.
definitely drop it.
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 04:29 AM
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i have to say that pretty much any car with 19" rims with NO drop will look like a damn tractor. DROP the car =)
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 08:32 AM
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depends on the weather
I have seen many MB's on 19's with no drop and they didn't look bad at all ..... the lowered cars do look more aggressive but, lowering isn't for everybody and isn't required
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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Originally posted by Luke@tirerack
I have seen many MB's on 19's with no drop and they didn't look bad at all ..... the lowered cars do look more aggressive but, lowering isn't for everybody and isn't required
Luke, maybe some benzs look okay w/o a drop, but he has a C class, and i've seen C-classes w/ big rims and no drop and it straight up looks like crap.
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Old Mar 23, 2004 | 04:06 PM
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depends on the weather
not all of them and appearance is very subjective ......
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Originally posted by Luke@tirerack
not all of them and appearance is very subjective ......
and plus he's talking about a c32 which is already lowered
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C's with 19' wheels, not lowered, look like crap (SUV look). If you're gonna do that then might as well leave the wheels stock. I've even seen M3's that had 19's and looked strange, because they didn't lower it. And M3's already come lower than C32's.
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depends on the weather
Originally posted by oggle
And M3's already come lower than C32's.
and with larger fender openings and tire diameters .... compare apples to apples ... and we are talking about opinions not facts
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Originally posted by Luke@tirerack
and with larger fender openings and tire diameters .... compare apples to apples ... and we are talking about opinions not facts
If an M3, which is lower, can look goofy with 19's, imagine the C32 without being lowered. That was my point.

And I've not stated anything I've said as facts. Everyone has their opinions. I'd venture to say most would think 19's on a C32 without lowering would look a bit goofy.
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