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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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Talking New Rims & tires

picked up my car today from the shop

18 9.5 rear 245s 18 8.5 front 225s Sportmaxs ( i forget the model) The tires are Nitto NT 555s


Pics are way to dark atleast you guys get the idea of it, but i'll post some more pictures tomorrow morning


all i need now is my MS kit
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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Nice rims... pricey?
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:25 PM
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^^^ not at all..

I got into a Small accident so my insurance company gave me the money to get it fixed , i just payed the difference, Which was 500 out of my pocket for rims and tires!!


But if you want to buy them , it would cost about 1300
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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How much do they weigh?

Time to paint the rotors...
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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real clean looking, nice
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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How much do they weigh?

Time to paint the rotors...

Honestly I'm not 100% sure how much they weigh but there not that light.

Yeah , i do what to paint the rotors!! but not sure what color to go with


any suggestions on what would look good? or better yet Match the rims?


Thanks guys.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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rims look clean i like it. looks somewhat like ms rims. btw. wsup with the lugnuts? looks like u can put 8 lugs on there or something haha
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:08 PM
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when nemesis said paint the rotors, i think he really did mean paint the rotors. he was referring to the rust on the hub (does not come in contact w/ the brake pad). if you have a good dealership they should do it for free, or at very little cost to you.....

rims look good. im actually looking for rims for my titanium 8 right now...
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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looks clean, not bad for the price you paid..
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by zaglo6204
when nemesis said paint the rotors, i think he really did mean paint the rotors. he was referring to the rust on the hub (does not come in contact w/ the brake pad). if you have a good dealership they should do it for free, or at very little cost to you.....

rims look good. im actually looking for rims for my titanium 8 right now...

Yeah , i'll just have my mechanic do it, My dealership sucks.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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Dude what offset are those rims ?
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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get your rotor rust taken car of.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 11:56 PM
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Dude what offset are those rims ?

think it's a 30
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 12:32 AM
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Nice... I'm still currently on my rim hunt. I like the depth shown in this shot. I'm looking for something in a similar spoke design, staggered, but maybe with a polished lip and gunmetal or black spokes for my Whitewater Pearl.

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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 03:24 AM
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TENZO GT-05s..check em out they are cheap and look great and comply with what you asked..

BTw.. i think those look like KAZERAs
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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These arn't bad. Are they the same ones?

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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:38 AM
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^ i think these are different. his spokes are fatter and str8
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 12:48 AM
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Not sure if you want to know this or not man, but they weigh about 30 lbs each. Also, 225 and 245 seem kinda narrow for the width of your wheels.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 01:37 AM
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30lbs ike? wow really.. that's pretty heavy. Yeah i also have to agree about the tire size, at 1st when i thought about it it did seem very narrow. But hey i just took my friends advice about them.

I never would have thought it would have weighed 30lbs! but that's alright.

I was planning on going with a Nitrous setup, but from doing alot more searching n etc, i'm probably going to be going with the greddy turbo. So that should make up for it i guess. But hey thanks alot!! ike!

Oh and btw! what website did you get this info from?
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:55 AM
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any new pics? curious to see it under natural light
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by kw1k
30lbs ike? wow really.. that's pretty heavy. Yeah i also have to agree about the tire size, at 1st when i thought about it it did seem very narrow. But hey i just took my friends advice about them.

I never would have thought it would have weighed 30lbs! but that's alright.

I was planning on going with a Nitrous setup, but from doing alot more searching n etc, i'm probably going to be going with the greddy turbo. So that should make up for it i guess. But hey thanks alot!! ike!

Oh and btw! what website did you get this info from?
According to an e-bay vendor the 18x8.5 weigh 28.8lbs., they're also going for 500-550 a set shipped so I hope you got a price pretty close to that.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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^^ yeah i did.. thanks alot man!
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