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Decided to go racecar mode. (new wheels)

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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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Decided to go racecar mode. (new wheels)

Ordered some new wheels, got a hell of a deal from wheeldude.com. Decided to make the car look like how it sounds... racecar!

Went from this: 19" ADR Spartan Triple Chrome/ 9.5R x 8.5F
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To this: 18" Rota DPT Hyper Black/ 9.5 all around
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Need to take some better pics of the new wheels, this angle makes them look alot darker than what they really are.
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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Nice! Major improvement over what you had before.
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 03:11 PM
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^+1! What kind of suspension you have?
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 05:15 PM
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Looks way better. At first I thought the chrome ones were your new wheels and was kind of disgusted.
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 06:39 PM
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While it does look better. I don't think anyone with a racecar would want to run cheap poorly constructed wheels like Rota's...
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 06:51 PM
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Much improved!

Keep in mind though that the hardcore sponsored race car drivers around here give no love to us common folk with Rotas. I got bashed when I got mine. Some people, it would seem, think that Rotas are no better than a set of training wheels glued to a wooden dowel.
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 07:26 PM
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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Because "real" wheels don't break.

I read the whole story behind that Cor wheel. Who knows the story behind that poster wheel.

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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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You wouldn't wanna go cheap on anything that's safety related...stick with stock if you can't afford it. Period.
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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by TopGear8
While it does look better. I don't think anyone with a racecar would want to run cheap poorly constructed wheels like Rota's...
Some of the fastest and most powerful time attack cars in the country run rotas.

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Old Dec 20, 2012 | 09:52 PM
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Nice wheels! Not into chrome, good change...
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tza0001
^+1! What kind of suspension you have?
Powertrix Coilovers !
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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 02:34 PM
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looking good
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