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Pic of rims

Discussion in 'Stop, Drop & Roll' started by cool_beans00, Mar 11, 2005.

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    cool_beans00 New Member

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    Pic of rims

    What do you guys think?

    Volk te37 bronze on moonshadow metallic. I"m not too sure on the color... but i'm getting a good deal

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    Thanks
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    Mordred Guest

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    My opinion is that the rim it self and its color does not match your car at all. Do also take into account that rim and tire weight are very important because the heavier it is (compared to the stock ones), the car will need more power = more gas to burn just to get it going and also the long/harder for it to stop especially in emergency cases.

    But hey, if you like it, go for it. Enjoy. 8)

    My Ride: http://www.cardomain.com/id/mordred
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    gochoo8282 Guest

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    how much you get those for? are they real? where the volk sticker on the rims? but yea, i agree with the color.. not too sure about that.. but hey... a deal is a deal right?
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    montrolla Guest

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    no bro... i dont like it.
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    05_Rolla_XRS XRS Member

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    I wouldn't worry about the weight so much... I know alot of people stress about it... but think of it this way. Let's go extreme and say that each rim/tire combo weighs 20lbs more than stock, thats 80lbs. total. Thats the difference in say my wife (120lbs) or me (200lbs) driving the car... in other words... it doesn't make that big of a difference.

    As for color and style... it's not for my taste, but if you like it.... go for it!!!
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    kwong2001 New Member

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    Actually, it's not about loosing curb weigh on the car, it's about rotating mass, or inertia. My stock wheels/tires weigh 35 pounds, when I drive with my studded snow tires, which weigh 45 pounds, I can feel a substantial difference in whp loss or driving performance.

    Even if you have ligher wheels/tires, it can come down to something as simple as where the weight is. So you could go from 35 pound stock 15" wheel/tires, to 17-18" wheel/tires that weigh 25-30 pounds, but still loose some whp simply because more of the weight is on the outside of the tire adding more rotating mass or inertia.

    In other words, wheel and tire weight is a HUGE deal if modding for performance.

    On my car, i'm planning on getting 5zigen GN+'s with s-03 tires, wheels weigh 20 pounds, tires, is 26 pounds. I know the whp will go down quite a bit compared to stock, and that is one of my concerns.
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    superakuma Guest

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    please tell me that is photoshop because it looks hella weired like that.

    Those rims are very nice if you can afford them, they retail for about $400 EACH for that guy that is asking about it.

    If you dont have money for them you can get them Rota Grid for about $500 shipped for a SET of 16s
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    are u sure those arent rotas or something ?

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