What Rims do You prefer?
01-05-2007, 10:35 PM
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What Rims do You prefer?
I am an old school guy. Deep dish 5 spokes on a (RWD) smaller offest on the front. No chrome, no spinners (terrible), no bling bling.
01-05-2007, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Razz1
5 spoke is played out.
There's a reason that 5-spokers have continuing popularity... They're the best choice, and as in many other things dictated by design, and the best endure.
Rule #1- You don't want an even number of spokes.
Rule #2- 3-spoke wheels are for faeries and old Vipers.
Rule # 3- You probably don't want more than 7 spokes, as they are usually too formal or "busy" looking.
Ergo- 5-spoke wheels are more gooder.
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01-05-2007, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
I prefer 5 spokes myself, played out or not. How about G-Games 99B? They look great, are lighter than OEM in 19", and are at the less expensive end of the Rays Engineering spectrum.
Only one guess allowed for what the "G" stands for in my mind....
01-05-2007, 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Sisco360
Those two rims are nice... Yet I don't agree with Diablo, we all have our own tastes, I personally like clean rims.
In concept I like the 5-spoke (though split-spoke) design pictured above, but the allen heads in the wheel rim ruin it for me.
01-05-2007, 11:09 PM
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While I'm not crazy about the brand name molded into the spoke, I'm not sure "rice" is the appropriate term for it. Besides that, I really like the actual design of the spokes and the finish is a very cool silver (not very evident in the pic I posted, but search for forum member bigOLundh's car, he's got them and they are quite nice looking.
01-05-2007, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
While I'm not crazy about the brand name molded into the spoke, I'm not sure "rice" is the appropriate term for it. Besides that, I really like the actual design of the spokes and the finish is a very cool silver
Worse than the fact that the logo is there, somehow, is that the logo is quite annoying to me. It would be bad enough if it were "BBS" or something, but the "G-Games" thing really rubs me the wrong way.
01-05-2007, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Aipex8
Oh, and I have seen pics of them without the G-games molded in too on the Discount Tire website
01-05-2007, 11:16 PM
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Yeah "rice" may not be the right term...The design is real nice. As for the allen heads, if it is a true two piece rim (not a fake one) than it is fine with me. Even if they were one piece I still like the look of them.
01-06-2007, 11:05 PM
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Rims with TPMS?
I haven't done a search yet, but are any of the rims mentioned here compatible with the TPMS? Are there any out there at all besides the stock rims (and maybe Mazdaspeed rims)?