Just throwing this out there.........

**KI11Z** · 15-11-2012, 10:40 PM

Can our mk3's look "bangin', dope, fresh, wicked, ****yeh, hella awesome..." at legal or near legal height?? starting to wonder....

Few cars can really pull it off, i.e. evo's, wrx's, muscle cars....

getting a lil tired of feeling like ****s gonna break off when I encounter crappy roads..... let alone "mission speed bump".......

post up some examples of well done cars at a non-slammed height

**Ben J** · 15-11-2012, 11:00 PM

I have no photos but I'm thinking 16-17" OEM+ looking wheels without tiny tyres and car lowered to 100mm, would probably be the way to go to get rid of a bit of that wheel gap. After looking at these cars sitting on the ground, they look funny at normal height haha.

Interested to see what people post up too though.

You must be growing up Alex

hahaha.

If you still have those bbs bugattis you could probably pull them off without being slammed

**KI11Z** · 15-11-2012, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by Ben J

.......If you still have those bbs bugattis you could probably pull them off without being slammed

probably not such a bad idea......? I almost see it as a shame to use them but maybe I should bite the bullet....

**ffoff** · 15-11-2012, 11:13 PM

For some reason in my eyes, these cars just look better the lower they are haha. I've got no hope really..

**Ben J** · 15-11-2012, 11:26 PM

A couple random mk3's on 17s that aren't low low I found on the 'tex quickly. With 17's you can sit higher than with 16's and it looks okay, but then again the lower you go the better they look ofcourse, so the temptation would be there to just lower it until its impractical again haha

Maybe you should do a dodgy test fit somehow and see if you like them

There is another solution to wanting to drive without breaking things, but still looking good when you park.... Put the thing on bags. haha

**decksla** · 16-11-2012, 05:26 AM

this was my old car (now current car again!

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i didnt think it looked too bad on 17's. it's got different wheels on atm, but im putting the old ones back so itll look like this again.

had enough issues with the po-po in my foz to want to fly totally under the radar.

plus underground city parking bars are hungry for front lips.

**HaydEn** · 16-11-2012, 06:23 AM

Doesn't look to stupid.

**Jarred** · 16-11-2012, 07:49 AM

if those were actually wider wheels it'd look ok hayden.

alex, I think you can. I'm around a 100mm atm (at my sills not including front lip) and with a 205/45/16 it does look nice in terms of tyre to arch gap. then you just have to get a nice wheel say 16x7.5 and with like a +30 offset, and it'll look great. Tim's car is an example of this, (when it's clean) it really does look great.

Having said that, If I could legally engineer a notch, I'd be using it!

**Tim** · 16-11-2012, 07:52 AM

So long as the wheel gap is smaller than the tyre profile a car can look awesome.
Totally slamming a car does nothing for it unless the wheel fitment is bonkers. Then it starts looking cool.

**Water Boy** · 16-11-2012, 11:53 AM

Tim, Jarred and myself would all have our sills at 100mm here. Front lips are all a bit lower but its looks fresh.

Dont get me wrong I loved slammed cars but I like some decent tyre and height. Id like mine to sit bang on 100mm with some 16x7.5 et25 and id be super happy.