NA's Show off your rims!

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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby D.A.M » Sat Oct 08, 2011 1:35 am

Life is too short to drive boring cars!

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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Forest » Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:28 am

orangemx5 wrote:
egads wrote:
marty085 wrote:Hey orange, what are the first rims you have there? The browny gunmetal greyish ones?



They look like Rota grid v


Yup :)



May I ask the size? Are they 15x8 +0 or other?

Sorry, just saw your earlier post :roll: looks very nice :beer:
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby tobias » Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:52 pm

Yeah that's th size. With 185 55 15
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Pokmx5 » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:42 am

When i bought them, they came as red wheels :( , wasnt the look i was going for so sprayed them satin black with the help of tommop. Very happy with the way they turned out.

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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby pwblacklock » Tue Oct 25, 2011 4:26 pm

I'm interested to see what a set of stock daisey cutter rims painted white would look like.
Has anyone done that and can post a photo ?

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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby kelvinator » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:08 pm

Pokmx5 wrote:When i bought them, they came as red wheels :( , wasnt the look i was going for so sprayed them satin black with the help of tommop. Very happy with the way they turned out.

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Currently dunlop tarmac rally tires on there and this friday my Kumho Ku31's will be put on



Rims look awesome!! Congrats!!
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Mr nanotech » Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:50 pm

Wow that looks almost identical to my car when I had the wats on it!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby GP » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:39 am

They look identical to the ones I just replaced with the Rota's
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Pokmx5 » Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:52 pm

thanks guys, i love them. There so light and make teh steering so much easier :D
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby GP » Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:22 pm

Being 14 x 6 they should be light, but not as I thought they would be
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Pokmx5 » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:20 pm

Might be placebo affect but they feel lighter then the stock wheels. Infact with the stock wheels the steering feels ALOT more heavier. The brand are Black Racing. But i cant for the life of me find there website :(
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Entice » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:40 pm

tyre pressures also play a massive role
More opportunities have been lost from indecision, rather than wrong decision.
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby Wivvix » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:46 pm

New pics of my 15" RPF1's on the red NA8. Also new are the wheel caps and lug nuts.
Sorry in advance for picture quality. iphone had to suffice, couldn't find camera.

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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby two-3 » Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:32 pm

^ perfect NA. Love it to death.
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Re: NA's Show off your rims!

Postby GP » Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:10 pm

Wivvix, Fix those droopy headlight covers FFS :D
Lovely car, Prefer my Rota's though :D
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