StangDreamin'
Founding Member
Who gives a rat's aaaaa... BACKSIDE about the scoops; larger wheels and the (more likely) better tires FTW!
With all due respect to the concours guys; 14" wheel are among the hardest for which to find good tires - even only going up to 15" wheels is gonna help.
Yes, I admit to liking the scoops, and yes I admit that they would be even better if they were functional and getting more airflow over your rear brakes. I also think the car would look good without the side scoops.
Put it this way.... if you were asking whether you should put on side scoops or go for the bigger wheels/better tires; I'd in turn ask you WTH you were thinking, wanting to put big ornaments (which is all that non-functional scoops are) on the side of your car while continuing to trust those tires holding your car to the road.
Put it another away: Good quality tires (and quality rims to keep them in place) are a safety item; non-functional scoops are painted BLING. If you were to lose traction (due to less than current design tires) and slide into the back of my F150; those scoops (or the lack thereof) aren't gonna do a blessed thing for the big-azz hole in the middle of your radiator made by my trailer hitch!
Capisce?
EDIT: Just went back and re-read this pose - D**N, I'm getting grumpy in my old age! Must be because of my having to witness two wrecks on my way home; one rear-ender and one t-bone. In both cases, there was lot of tire squealing before the first guy who didn't see the red light (wreck #1) slid into the back of the guy who did; while the second guy who didn't see the red light ( Wreck #2! Two different wrecks at two different traffic signals in less than a mile) slid into the front door of the soccer-mom-car that was trying to pull out of the other road - at her green light). Dry pavement, inattention, and crappy tires; both times.
(But the cars all had lotsa bling!)
With all due respect to the concours guys; 14" wheel are among the hardest for which to find good tires - even only going up to 15" wheels is gonna help.
Yes, I admit to liking the scoops, and yes I admit that they would be even better if they were functional and getting more airflow over your rear brakes. I also think the car would look good without the side scoops.
Put it this way.... if you were asking whether you should put on side scoops or go for the bigger wheels/better tires; I'd in turn ask you WTH you were thinking, wanting to put big ornaments (which is all that non-functional scoops are) on the side of your car while continuing to trust those tires holding your car to the road.
Put it another away: Good quality tires (and quality rims to keep them in place) are a safety item; non-functional scoops are painted BLING. If you were to lose traction (due to less than current design tires) and slide into the back of my F150; those scoops (or the lack thereof) aren't gonna do a blessed thing for the big-azz hole in the middle of your radiator made by my trailer hitch!
Capisce?
EDIT: Just went back and re-read this pose - D**N, I'm getting grumpy in my old age! Must be because of my having to witness two wrecks on my way home; one rear-ender and one t-bone. In both cases, there was lot of tire squealing before the first guy who didn't see the red light (wreck #1) slid into the back of the guy who did; while the second guy who didn't see the red light ( Wreck #2! Two different wrecks at two different traffic signals in less than a mile) slid into the front door of the soccer-mom-car that was trying to pull out of the other road - at her green light). Dry pavement, inattention, and crappy tires; both times.
(But the cars all had lotsa bling!)
