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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 08:58 AM
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New (To me) Wheels

Once again, big thanks to Roach for hooking me up

Finally got some new tires (Dunlop Direzzas) and fitted the new wheels.

What do y'all think?
(This is just a quick pic from the window)





And a bit closer....

 

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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:01 AM
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Very nice
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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I think those ROCK
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:03 AM
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Thanks

I forgot to add that they're 17" Kazera KZ-S's with std size (205/45/17) tires.

Oh, and now I think I need to paint my calipers since you can actually SEE them now What do y'all think, black or see if I can find a dark blue?

Oh (again) and they're about 7lbs per wheel lighter than the S-Lites AND I'm going on run with some of the Rocket City MINI guys in about 5 minutes so I'll have some comments on how the non run-flats compare tonight
 

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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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Hmmm. Black calipers would look good. At one point I was thinking about mixing a custom color (purple/blue) of the G2 paint for Blimey - I asked them and they confirmed that would work with no issues - so you COULD get a black kit and a blue kit and add a little blue to the black and I bet it would rock... it's just twice as expensive to do it that way - but it would be you-nique.

Of course - red calipers look good with ANY color - and they go faster.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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I like the wheels! and black for the calipers. But BlimeyCabrio has a good idea, just as long its really dark
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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Great looking wheels. I vote for Blimey's idea -- pretty cool
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 11:09 AM
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ooOOOOOooooo looking goood!
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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hmmm I wasn't a fan of those wheels. but they go great with your car. They really match your roof color and hood swoop. Nice look.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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I think they look awesome!

But I'm a bit biased...



 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 05:19 PM
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Thanks guys I'll have to look into the caliper paint, if I can get something close to Astro Black I'll do it for sure

I even managed to get the new wheels dirty today

 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 06:08 PM
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sweet tires, sweet ride. mm very nice.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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Sweet wheels. I really like my white ones, but....... Those look really good....Hmmmmmmm........ :-)
jason
 
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