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Old 06-16-2006, 02:41 AM
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SRT8 Charger stealing our wheels

Look at this crap:



I am no fan of the new charger, but it looks stupid with those rx8-ripoff rims.
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It makes it looked like a badly designed 8 - sort of deformed...
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i like the charger in black. but those wheels suck.
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Looks like a Hotwheels(tm) car.
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They look like OEM Z and RX-8 wheels lol
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i was gonna say, they look like nissan wheels
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the new mustangs stole our door handles.. =(
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the wheels look fine. the look goo don the "other " RX too

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Looks pretty crappy. But, IMHO, 5 points are far too plentiful. I don't even give 'em a second look anymore.
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Saw a lovely set of chromed 5 points on a red 8 with all the silverware at SLO - Valley Mazda - Now Mom wants some but then she also wants rhinestone frames for the plates...
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Honestly, folks.. the 8's wheels have been seen before, long, long ago...

They were the Cragar S/S. Our wheels are toony versions of those. Ours look better and won't rust/pit, either

The rx-8's wheels were one of the 'eye-grabbers' for me. Hot Wheels indeed! Reminds me of a Big Wheel, too...
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the cragar's were actually "MAGS" tho- magnesium alloy
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I hate that car. There's a Dodge dealer here in KC that has 9 of those nasty *** yellow monstrosities on their lot. I'm sure they told Dodge "sure we'll take as many as you'll give us" when they ordered them and then when they got there they were like OMGWTFHI2UBBQ...
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They look too boxy and hard like a bad hybrid between an 8 and a Hummer - they look like they might be made for sport, but they don't shout sportscar! Do they have anything under the hood that would be worth a peak?
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Originally Posted by Winfree
They look too boxy and hard like a bad hybrid between an 8 and a Hummer - they look like they might be made for sport, but they don't shout sportscar! Do they have anything under the hood that would be worth a peak?
6.1 V8 with around 425 hp.

Would much rather have the SRT8 300C

and give it up everyone with this looks like ours, that is ours blah blah blah. Could probably take any single appearance portion of a car and match it to another car. However when put together they look nothing like each other. And wheels! OMG all wheels have the same basic design, so don't even try to compare different wheels of cars.
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Originally Posted by REMillers
and give it up everyone with this looks like ours, that is ours blah blah blah. Could probably take any single appearance portion of a car and match it to another car. However when put together they look nothing like each other. And wheels! OMG all wheels have the same basic design, so don't even try to compare different wheels of cars.
I can see that yur apparently neutral on the issue
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Originally Posted by Winfree
They look too boxy and hard like a bad hybrid between an 8 and a Hummer - they look like they might be made for sport, but they don't shout sportscar! Do they have anything under the hood that would be worth a peak?
They are not sportscars, they are sports sedans. The SRT-8 Charger has 425 horsepower canhit 60 in under 5 seconds, and run the quarter mile in the low 13's. That is one ugly color in the original picture, I saw one in black the other day and it looked pretty nice.
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personally I don't know why you would get a Charger with 4 doors and no option for a stick shift
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youve been rob!
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Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons
youve been rob!
you fail at spelling
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
personally I don't know why you would get a Charger with 4 doors and no option for a stick shift
You live in So. Cal., Chicago, Dallas, New York or any other place with traffic.
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Originally Posted by Razz1
You live in So. Cal., Chicago, Dallas, New York or any other place with traffic.
well, in that case i recommend killing yoursel
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Originally Posted by BlueRenesis82
you fail at spelling
DAMNIT! you got me... lol @ youve been rob... you've been robbed*
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I saw a black srt8 charger... that thing looked awesome

(this coming from a person that hates the regualr charger)


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