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Old 06-24-06, 03:58 AM
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Heres some crappy pics of my rims at night but the most suprising thing when i installed them was that my tps light didnt even come on inside the dash =P Pictures in order are 20x8.5 F Rim then the lip and stretch and then same for the rear =P hope you guys enjoy. Cant wait to go more aggressive tho!






Old 06-24-06, 04:13 AM
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They look good. Let's see some pics of the entire car.
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Nice rims. Shiny tires, but 2nd pic from the top, what's with all the swirls? I know it's a black car, and it's hard to keep clean, but I think it's time for a coat of wax.

How's the ride quality and braking? Any rubbing?
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ride is like still smooth but like usual when you put rims and tires you feel the smaller bumps a little more .... but still rides nice yea actually i cleaned my car the other day and it rained that night it seems that whenever i wash my car it rains and it gets dirty..pisses me off. swirls are from previous waxing before i figured that i should go one way when waxing and washing etc. =( yea ill put some more pics up of the whole car...just sorta dont like showing my car tils its done lol...
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i was so happy with how it turned out on these rims actually wasnt expecting it to be almost flush with the fenders...so that really made me happy =P just gotta fill the gaps with a drop but still deciding on what way i wanna go...
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hope you don't blow a tire bead - stretching tires is bad news.
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[QUOTE=lexy250]the most suprising thing when i installed them was that my tps light didnt even come on inside the dash =P

Drive about 20 miles and it will come on.
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what kinda rims?
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im not too worried about blowing the bead unless i hit some massive pot holes which i dont cause i look like a drunk driver on the dam road haha..but yea i know what you mean about stretched but thats the risk we take for sexyiness =P the rims are nad4's they are my temporary rims until i can re think things about stretches and widths to put even more agressive rims on. im gonna go with 19's because i can get more agressive stretches. but for now this is it =/
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your right about the tps also lol i was like noOoo lol but i already expected it seein gthat i didnt even bother worrying about the rims being tps compatible. its really not that bad doesnt really bother me. well see tho hahah.

o yea the rims arent really known quality rims but they arent bad they are for looks mostly. they are very heavy also suprisingly they were about same weight as my stocks so throttle response isnt as bad as i thought it almost feels the same...so doing all the research benefited... i dont see myself needed really expensive rims yet
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Originally Posted by lexy250
whenever i wash my car it rains and it gets dirty..pisses me off.
Ever think of looking at the weather forecast before washing your car?
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Originally Posted by Flipsonic
Ever think of looking at the weather forecast before washing your car?
ever heard of murphy law? most of the time when it says it rains i don't wash my car and it doesn't rain. when it says no rain, i wash the car and it freaking rains.

that's me
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Originally Posted by rominl
ever heard of murphy law? most of the time when it says it rains i don't wash my car and it doesn't rain. when it says no rain, i wash the car and it freaking rains.

that's me
CA during summer, this shouldn't be a problem since it doesn't rain. However, outside of summer, I know what you mean.
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Originally Posted by Flipsonic
CA during summer, this shouldn't be a problem since it doesn't rain. However, outside of summer, I know what you mean.
oh yeah definitely, now summer time you can almost always go out and wash your car happy.

winter time though, it's nothing but frustration to me
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unless you washed your car last nite, thunder and lightening in LA. im sure someone got pissed last nite...


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