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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 07:39 AM
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I've been making payments on my credit cards and now its time to spend some more. I was thinking of getting the M7 Rear Chassis brace but now my thoughts have gone to skipping that for now and getting wheels. On one card I could put the wheels, decided on OutMotoring Pro Race 2's. Prolly in black. The other would cover tires.These:
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...ro-race_2.html
Wrapped in a set of these:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....speed_rating=Z
 
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by hemiheaded18
I've been making payments on my credit cards and now its time to spend some more. I was thinking of getting the M7 Rear Chassis brace but now my thoughts have gone to skipping that for now and getting wheels. On one card I could put the wheels, decided on OutMotoring Pro Race 2's. Prolly in black. The other would cover tires.These:
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...ro-race_2.html
Wrapped in a set of these:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....speed_rating=Z
Just get a 2nd mortgage and go for it all . Including all of RMW stuff .
 
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 12:54 PM
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check out Edge Racing First
 
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Old Jun 20, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by hemiheaded18
I've been making payments on my credit cards and now its time to spend some more. I was thinking of getting the M7 Rear Chassis brace but now my thoughts have gone to skipping that for now and getting wheels. On one card I could put the wheels, decided on OutMotoring Pro Race 2's. Prolly in black. The other would cover tires.These:
http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...ro-race_2.html
Wrapped in a set of these:
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....speed_rating=Z
WOW !!! I'm glad to see someone else in here is in debt with me. I was starting to think everybody was rich.

Anyway, skip the rear brace for now. That should be one of the last things you do. Like previously suggested, go with Edge Racing. Awesome deals !!! I have the Yoko Parada Spec 2s on mine. AWESOME tire, but be advised, if your car isn't aligned right, they wear down VERY quickly. At this years MOTD, I wore my fronts down pretty much bald, and I had roughly 5,000 miles on them. I had to recently get 2 new ones and alignment. Other than that, they grip like Gorilla Glue !!!
 
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 09:28 AM
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I think I've found something. Check out these wheels. Pretty cheap and light, also the look I was going for:
http://edgeracing.com/2003/Mini/Coop...)/bundle/1997/
But, my question is, out of those tires in the bundle, are any of them equal to or better then the Yoko Parada Spec II's? Or should I just go for the wheels and get the Yoko's from TireRack?
 
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 12:49 PM
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Crap, I'm stupid. Im looking at the Flik FTD's in matte black. Also, does anyone know if Flik FTDs will work with factory lugs or do I need tuner lugs that I really don't want?
 
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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I've got the FTDs on mine. With Edge Racing, they automatically send you the tuner lugs with the wheels. The thing is, my stock black lugs looked just like the shiny chrome ones that Edge Racing sent with the wheels. Needless to say, I used the stock lugs. Mind you, my stock wheels were the 2 piece Web Spokes. I don't know what your stock wheels are.

By the way, get the wheels from Edge, and the tires from the Rack. It might be a little more expensive, because now you have to go find someone to mount and balance, but you can't beat the Rack's prices
 
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Old Jun 23, 2007 | 09:46 PM
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Here is a picture of Lilith with her FTDs on. The Paradas are also on , but you can't tell.
 

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