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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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White wheels... can't decide

Here's the car:


Wheel #1 White Konig twilite with blue strip

Wheel #1 Rota RB painted white with polished lip


Sorry dont know what's happening..or not happening
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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For some reason your pics cannot be seen.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 11:50 AM
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I can see them. I really like the twilites, they look similar to my Rota Subzeros but with more spokes. THe blue lip concerns me though because it's tough to match blues. Had I known the Subzeros were going to be so hard to find in white, I would have waited and these (with the red lip though) would have been perfect!

That said, don't learn my lesson the hard way. Replace the OEM brake pads with low dust ceramic pads, otherwise the white will get nasty in a hurry.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 01:02 PM
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I've got some white wheels I'm going to post for sale here real soon. You might be interested. Here is a link to some pics of my car.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-and-joey.html

I'm looking into some other white options. I have run this setup one summer and it's time for a change.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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I like the Konigs.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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Konigs
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Sin MINI
I can see them. I really like the twilites, they look similar to my Rota Subzeros but with more spokes. THe blue lip concerns me though because it's tough to match blues. Had I known the Subzeros were going to be so hard to find in white, I would have waited and these (with the red lip though) would have been perfect!

That said, don't learn my lesson the hard way. Replace the OEM brake pads with low dust ceramic pads, otherwise the white will get nasty in a hurry.

The color strip concerns me too. It looks very close to the Electric Blue. They only problem with the knonig is that they are 17x7 as the rota's are 17x7.5. I know its only 1/2 inch but I'd like to go a little wider.

That picture was from last year. I changed my pads (with mintex) 3 weeks ago and shocked my wheels are still white.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 03:25 PM
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I vote for Rota RB. The white with polished lip will be unique.
 
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Old Apr 5, 2009 | 03:47 PM
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White wheels look good on your car. I'd go for the white.
 
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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I think I saw the Konigs in a Tire Rack ad a few days ago. I really liked them.

That blue stripe looks more like a Hyper or Lightning blue to me. You could always go with a contrasting color stripe...red would be good. Orange would look good too, but doesn't seem to be an option.
 
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Old May 5, 2009 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PA-MCS
Here's the car:


Wheel #1 White Konig twilite with blue strip

Wheel #1 Rota RB painted white with polished lip


Sorry dont know what's happening..or not happening
Did you ever decide? I'm curious as to what the white RB's with a polished lip would look like. I was thinking about getting all white RB's but went with the white Rota Grids.
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 06:55 AM
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i wouldn't put any rotas or konigs on my mini

just my opinion i'd rather spend the extra buck on bbs
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Dizzee Rasca1
i wouldn't put any rotas or konigs on my mini

just my opinion i'd rather spend the extra buck on bbs
go with Konigs they will complete the Blue/White package
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:00 AM
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i like the Konigs...hate the multi-fit pattern

so i vote rota... having the dish is nice too
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:12 AM
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i liek the white one with blue tip
 
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