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why do people buy two wheels at a time, AND put them in the back?

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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 10:44 AM
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Hey guys, i'm new to this forum and have always wondered the following: I often see people with just a pair of aftermarket wheels, and almost everytime, they are on the rear of the car. This doesn't make any sense to me, because most of these cars I see are front drive. I'd think that if someone got nice wheels, they'd match them with nice grippy tires, in which case, their car would understeer even more. That's the handling aspect. The drag racing aspect is, you should put the nicer, grippier, and (hopefully) lighter aftermarket wheels in the front, where traction is a major issue. I'm sure there's a good reason why about 90% of the people I see put their rims on the back... I just can't figure it out. Anybody know?
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 10:59 AM
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Default Re: why do people buy two wheels at a time, AND put them in the back? (carsaregood)

To give the illusion that u have a set of slicks for the front but you're not waisting them for the street
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 11:03 AM
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because they are dumb and suck. nah makbe they do alot of ricer burnouts.
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 11:32 AM
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fwd cars with stocks takes less power to rotate than heavy rims. People that I know usually do have all rims, but tend to run this way on the track.
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 01:45 PM
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They do it cuz they like to pretend that they have Bogarts with M&H 13*22-9 slicks for they times that they can't get traction, they normally have an intake, lots of stickers, and an annoying exhaust. Just don't try to race them cuz their car is probably hella fast (Riceboys). j/k laterz
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 06:37 PM
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Default Re: why do people buy two wheels at a time, AND put them in the back? (carsaregood)

they don' have camber kits
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 07:17 PM
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They only had enough time to steal two rims. haha
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Old Dec 25, 2001 | 07:22 PM
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Because they're retarded!
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Old Dec 26, 2001 | 09:47 PM
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Nice avatar. Thats was my last one!!
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