hey everyone i need some NAM opinions .....i have a liquid yellow black roof top black stripes and black boot protector strip and joey modded heads and smoked tails ....smoked markers and reflectors ...and soon a nice tint .....anywho im in the market for replica rims or cheaper rims whatever you wanna call it and the black on polished lips ive found all look kinda weak ...the lip rounds out rahter than having a nice sharp finish of the lip and making the offset look nicer ....but ive found some polised and anthracite rims with the nice sharp lip im looking for ...the offset is not as deep but it looks good regardless....what im asking though is opinions on all my scheme of black and yellow ...would smoked rims look right ?...or should i go with polished so accent the existing chrome trim all around ...here are pics of both rims ....please negative or positive comments i want all i would like to see what everyone thinks ...

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=14948 ( smoked rims )

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=17511 (polished)



here are links of the ones i love the design of but hate the curved finished of the lip

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=15796

http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=14474

 

i love the smoke ones! They'd be awesome in flat black too!

 

hey i used to live in katy ...anywho would they look good on my yellow with black roof and stripes and lights with chrome trim car ( wheewww)

 

Black with chrome is my choice

 

My only comment has to do with the dealer. Wheelmax is not a great quality product. The finish of the wheels tends to be a bit lacking. I've got a set of the gun metal wheels and the finish is wearing bad. If you frequent motoring/underground.com ask them how they feel about Wheelmax. Have you tried any of the other dealers, like www.1010tires.com or www.tirerack.com?

 

for your car, I'd go black w/ chrome as choice 1
http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=14474

#2
http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=15796

#3
http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=14948

#4
http://www.wheelmax.com/product.asp?ProdId=17511

But you know the saying about what opinions are like... everyone has one.
HTH.

 

hey everyone thanks for the opinions and long story short i think scottinbend hit the nail on the head ive been researching lots and found the general concensus is that wheelmax has poor quality but i found tire rack has these asa's in 17 inch .... do u think 17s will be too small ? lol and also what tire size would u recommend ....




i think im def leaning on buying these asa rims

 

M20 BLACK

 

man i wish we could have a better depiction of rims on minis on the NAM site because everytime i see i rim that looks nice and then search online for a pic on a car the rim looks like SH*t ...i want a nice sharp lip edge no curve....im thinking i may need to suck it up and buy BBS lol 620 a pop though doesnt sound nice lol

 

Hold on eddie i have an idea for you

 

http://www.edgeracing.com/wheels/5zigen/

the FN01r-c

 

i like them and 5zigen isnt bad but i really want a mesh design because im not keep on spoke designs showing off my lack of a brake upgrade lol what about black bbs rg-r's lol

 

Buy what you like. I have the same color combo and I went with the SSW Cynik wheels. Black with polished rim, not rounded.

 

do you have a link

 

I looked on their site, they must not carry them anymore.

 

You just had to ask.........

http://www.mini2.com/galleries/showgallery.php/cat/586

 

definitely stay away from polished...and wheelmax.

oh wait, that gives you no choices.

go with the gray looking wheels with polished lips.

 

haha yeah i think im staying away from wheelmax after the research i did on them throughout the NAM threadsbut yeah i know to go with what i like ( duhhh ) no offense lol but yeah i just want opinions incase some have seen certain rims on actual minis and thoguht they looked nice ....but thanks for the rims archive of pics im gonna browse through that and see if i get any ideas ...any opinion on what offset looks nice ...i want a nice deep rim should i go with 40 ? 30something .. the lower the number the deeper is goes right ? wrong ?

 

also anyone know any good links for sports to buy rim and tire packages ?....its hard finding any sites that are worth while

 

Eddie i wouldnt go with a polished lip, most wheel manufactures put a thin plastic film on the lip and over time (1 year) it will look like ****. It happened to my wheels and i ended up having them painted

 

www.tirerack.com

 

Call up Absolute Motoring and tell them Francisco referred you. They sell just about any brand you can think of. Tell them a design you're looking for and a budget and they'll help you out. Generally competitively priced

I like the ASA AR1 but I'd do 18s if you're gonna go with black centers as they'll look smaller than normal. A buddy of mine has the black 17s and they look kinda small...

EDIT: Numbers are 1.800.680.6685 or 305.403.5063

 

I have a simular style from Wheelmax. Once I had them re-balanced they were fine. Probably not the best wheels out there, but I've been happy. Oh mine are the polished.



Nik

 

http://www.tirerack.com/
http://www.wheelsdirectonline.com/
http://www.wheelsnext.com/
http://www.wheelguyz.com/shop/
http://www.hopupracing.com/
http://www.e-wheelz.com/
http://www.customwheelsdirect.com/
http://www.wheelmax.com/
http://www.midatlanticmotorsport.com/
http://forperformance.com/wheels.html
http://www.group5motorsport.com/main.pl
http://www.gruppe-s.com/
http://www.edgeracing.com/
http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/
http://www.thewheelconnection.com/
http://www.1stoprimshop.com/
http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/home.do
http://www.streetdreams.org/
http://www.wheelstudio.com/
http://www.performancewheel.com/
http://www.1010tires.com/
http://www.wheelsboutique.com/
http://www.upgrademotoring.com/index2.htm
http://www.wheelbuys.com/
http://www.wheelexperts.com/index2.html
www.ltbmotorsport.com
www.18racing.com
http://www.tiretrends.com/
www.racerwheel.com
www.nyxracing.com
http://www.intakeone.com/
http://www.subydude.com/
http://www.jaydm.com/
http://www.speedwaremotorsports.com/
http://www.gmpperformance.com/
http://www.supremepowerparts.com/
http://www.envyperformance.com/
http://www.tuningwerkes.co.uk/index.html
http://rbmotoring.com/
http://www.felgenmann.de/
http://www.tunershop.com/
http://www.pgperformance.com/
http://wheelwarehouse.com/
http://www.modacar.com/
http://www.tirez.net/
http://www.autornd.com/catalog/
http://www.performancealloys.com/index.asp
and, of course, www.ebay.com and www.ebay.co.uk

 

WHEW ,....mannn thank you for all those links and wake|mcs thanks for the reference im def gonna look into to all of these