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New class, new wheels, old tires

Old 01-13-2009, 11:00 AM
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New class, new wheels, old tires

I'm looking forward to STX in 09. Just received my new wheels today. WedsSport TC005 17x9's, 15 lbs. A friends old RE01R's will suffice for the first few events. I'm excited about 2009!! Tire Rack just lowered the price on these wheels to $169 IIRC. I think there is only 1 set left so hurry up guys.





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$169? Seriously?

What's the offset?
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Offset = 42mm Tire Rack Part # TC5165LG

Miles is correct, 4 left in South Bend.

Chris H......resisting temptation myself....
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So your gonna be in STX this year? Cool stuff, I'll be making my way into STU with all those STi's
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damn thats a nice looking wheel for 169!!
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Wow, I thought I got a killer deal when I paid $239 a couple months ago.
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I bought 'em. That was too good to pass up.

I had been intending to buy the Kosei K1-TS, but out of nowhere they raised the price on the 17x9s by $100 a wheel. These are apparently lighter and even cheaper than the Koseis were before the price hike. Win.
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^ Congrats Nick. Awesome purchase. If I can't find a used set of these in a year, I'll probably go with 17x9 Enkei's RPF1's which are 15.6lbs iirc...

Edit: They're 15.9lbs per Edgeracing.

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white text tires are out

white text rims are in

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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
white text tires are out

white text rims are in

Ha, indeed. To tell you the truth, they could be bright green and I would have bought them. I drive an RX8, so obviously I'm not terribly concerned with how my car looks. :p
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
white text tires are out

white text rims are in

I dunno, the brake dust should cover up the letters on the wheels pretty quick. If I get some F1 inspired Potenza stencils for the tires I can get a totally out of style wheel and tire package



In reality, I had a set of 16x7 of these on a Civic a number of years ago and I really liked them. When I saw that they were on closeout and fit the STX rules really well I couldn't pass them up.
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