Large wheels - good or bad?

[DrTre]

I know, I know, I'm old school but am I alone in thinking large diameter wheels (I'm thinking 18" and above) actually look pretty crap, on the whole?

I realise there are inherent advantages to minimising tyre wall depth* but simply on aesthetics, I think a wheel completely filling a wheel arch makes it look like the vehicle is on stilts. It invariably looks awkward. That's not to say there aren't cars that don't suit it, but on the whole they're a pretty clumsy device.

• although quite how useful those dynamic differences are on the road (as opposed to track), I question, not to mention the negative impacts they have on ride and I would think, by extension, handling or faith in pushing a car...