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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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New Wheels! YAY

Well, BC Red Bull was so kind to tempt me with his super pretty black painted wheels, I went out and bought some potenzas to throw on the mini, so here we go!





Details = Hyper Black Enkei NT-03 17x7 wrapped with 205/45/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport XL
 

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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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Nice. Big fan of those wheels.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Nice!
 
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 03:26 AM
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thanks guys! one downside. brake dust! haha
 
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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by got.pho?
thanks guys! one downside. brake dust! haha
I think that is a MINI/BMW thing no matter what wheels or model car you have.

Very unique choice of wheels for your ride, looks great!
 
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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looks good! when r u lowering it?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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looks good got.pho?
 
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Oh, wow!! Those are stunning...your tempting me
 
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by got.pho?
thanks guys! one downside. brake dust! haha
wax them.

wax them more often then you do your car. It doesn't take much time or prep work, but it'll help save your wheels from brake dust pitting.
 
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:06 PM
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I washed and hydro'd the wheels =] going to hydro them after every wash! =] going to try to wash them and use epic before each auto-x (using stockies for autox)

im HOPING to lower it soon... but theres so much I want to do! make my front grills match....get black caps...maybe remove stripes...get my auto opening hatch fixed (lol).... 2.5 downpipe... decisions decisions =[
 
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by got.pho?
Well, BC Red Bull was so kind to tempt me with his super pretty black painted wheels, I went out and bought some potenzas to throw on the mini, so here we go!





Details = Hyper Black Enkei NT-03 17x7 wrapped with 205/45/17 Bridgestone Potenza RE760 Sport XL
Very nice....diffrent love'em
 
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