Wheels have grown, quite steadily, in both diameter and width since this site’s inception. To be honest, it’s pretty hard to deny the appeal of large diameter wheels. Their physical size makes them hard to ignore, and done right there’s no question they look great.
A drift car with 18 x large wheels hucked sideways dragging kit through a corner looks phenomenal. As does a minitruck skating by on 22s.
But small diameter wheels have their place too. When paired with a restrained exterior, smaller diameter wheels help complete a “clean” aesthetic for lack of a better term.
I’ve never done a small diameter wheel Theme Tuesday before, but 2018 seems like the year to start.
Santi went from big wheels and a large kit, to small wheels, and honestly I think it was a good switch upIt doesn’t look like he’s going back anytime soon, now owning two sets of smaller diameter wheelsThe Work Equip 40 wheel is a great new, small diameter wheel
Elvis of Stance Nation recently used them to great success here
These wats might be bordering on standard size, but I think with the chunky sidewall I’ll slide them in here, also because 2+2Ditto can be said for this set, on a work in progress Datsun in the parking lot of Fitted a few years agoThis Fiat looked pretty god on these BBS RS wheels, they were a little too wide, but from a profile view they looked great, these wheels were later switched out for much taller Rockstar wheelsHas anyone seen this car within the past two years or so? – Photo: The Scraped CrusadersOriginally built for a Ferrari I’m not sure where these 15″ Campagnolo wheels ended up9 times out of ten the ae86 looks best on 15s or smallerCase in pointThis post is incomplete without some Miata love
Hard to do wrong with classic Japanese tin and small wheels
These wheels were actually legitimately golf kart wheelsThese mini wheels, while still small in diameter, are actual car wheels@prkbkr is perhaps the small wheel content king on Instagram
Trucks
Don’t worry truck guys, I didn’t forget you guys with this one! Big wheels are totally in style now, but don’t forget the little guys.
The small billets on the Mazda on the left has always been fittingIt suits the look of the truck overall very wellI’ve never seen this hardbody again, but it was oh so right at Imporfest in 2012Wires on a clean s truck is another great retro lookA bit more modern, the Black Anvil Garage truck combines several stylistic elements to make a killer looking truck
Thanks for this post. I really like the smaller wheels/more sidewall look myself.
Original Mini’s came with something like a 10×4 wheel so even though a 13″ wheel is small, it still looks massive on them.
Damn I didn’t know they came with 10s!