IMHO having big rims look similar to, if I wore shoes that were size 16 when really my feet are size 9's . Looks like bozo the clown walking around. Anything over 16's should be for mounting a tractor tire IMO
madmaxstyle said:IMHO having big rims look similar to, if I wore shoes that were size 16 when really my feet are size 9's . Looks like bozo the clown walking around. Anything over 16's should be for mounting a tractor tire IMO
87Cutlass442 said:patmckinneyracing said:Excuse me for stereotyping, but the g bodies are very popular among hispanics and african americans. Hence the donk rims. Never see a white guy doing that cause we'd look stupid as hell. And those rims just don't look good on our cars but it's a matter of opinion.
No, you wouldn't...what you like is what you like.
Stereotypically, all the Black guys would be driving cars on big *ss rims, White guys would either have tuners or street rods/hot rods, and hispanics would all be hittin switches in their '64 with Kandy Paint...
BUT, it's not that way...and that's what makes it great. I'm Black, and I'm an avid Import tuner as well...given, I stand out in a crowd, but it's what I like to do.
This car belongs to the guy you see in the background...he's white, and THAT is a Donk...it's a '75 Caprice on 26" DUB Esinem SL's. He's also owned a '77 Impala on 28" DUB Bellagio's with Air-Ride. He's VERY respected in our city...everybody knows him on all sides of town
cdg1984 said:Personally i think 20s and 22s can look good if the wheel wells get altered and the car can sit at a normal or even lowered stance. I think putting big rims on a car and not doing anything to lower the car to counter act the look, is ugly and tacky as hell, espically when a lift kit is added. IMO the whole big rim craze is todays equivelent to fuzzy felt all over and stuff like that of the 1970's ( picture a 1970's pimp's car ) And by the way, im no old fart...im 25. A lot of people i know are into that stuff but its just not my taste. Even when i was into rap and had subs and stuff in my car, i still didnt really like that.
Qdub24 said:87Cutlass442 said:patmckinneyracing said:Excuse me for stereotyping, but the g bodies are very popular among hispanics and african americans. Hence the donk rims. Never see a white guy doing that cause we'd look stupid as hell. And those rims just don't look good on our cars but it's a matter of opinion.
No, you wouldn't...what you like is what you like.
Stereotypically, all the Black guys would be driving cars on big *ss rims, White guys would either have tuners or street rods/hot rods, and hispanics would all be hittin switches in their '64 with Kandy Paint...
BUT, it's not that way...and that's what makes it great. I'm Black, and I'm an avid Import tuner as well...given, I stand out in a crowd, but it's what I like to do.
This car belongs to the guy you see in the background...he's white, and THAT is a Donk...it's a '75 Caprice on 26" DUB Esinem SL's. He's also owned a '77 Impala on 28" DUB Bellagio's with Air-Ride. He's VERY respected in our city...everybody knows him on all sides of town
Thank you for knowing what a Donk actually is, as most of these old farts don't have a clue. That Donk and Box look good too. There's no such thing as donking, donk rims, donk'd, or any of those corny a** names that most of them come try to attach to our car culture. And it's true that most cars on big rims (26"+) are owned by white guys or are custom shop's cars(like the one pictured). Most black people can't afford those sizes unless they're used or hot.
And that Cutlass in the first post doesn't fit in anywhere. We don't like the big lifts anymore either, that's just a waste of a good car. And they had to cut the car up to get those ugly wheels on, that's not the style anymore. That's why the tire companies came up with skinny tires, so we wouldn't have to lift and be sky high.
and at least one hispanic dude that thinks that sh*t is rediculouscdg1984 said:patmckinneyracing said:Excuse me for stereotyping, but the g bodies are very popular among hispanics and african americans. Hence the donk rims. Never see a white guy doing that cause we'd look stupid as hell. And those rims just don't look good on our cars but it's a matter of opinion.
Hahaha...they're are tons of white dudes who think that stuff is cool.
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