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Postby fundies » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:41 pm

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Postby idb000 » Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:01 pm

Fundies, those wheels are nice. They look really good on the red car. What type of wheels are they, what size, and how much were they (if you don't mind me asking)?

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Ian :D


:oops: :oops: :oops: EDIT: Just read the last couple of posts again... looks like they are the BSA Au Lightweights, same as on Jimmy's car :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Postby fundies » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:37 pm

Yes, correct. I paid $180 per rim at Moorebank discount wheels for the 16 x 7 size (6.5kg). Good value I say. :D

P.S. Im not a big fan of the writing stamped on the rim \"Tuner\"', \" F1\" blah, blah, but it didn't put me off buying them.

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Postby Steampunk » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:34 am

14\" Advan Racing with Bridgestone GIII. No idea of the model name or offsets.
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Postby Tezzax5 » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:38 pm

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Postby Tezzax5 » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:58 pm

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just a couple of quick pics

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Postby Rob E » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:25 pm

Tezza, looks like BBS RGF........very nice, 15x7 +33 ?

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Postby Tezzax5 » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:16 pm

Sounds like someone knows their rims... 8)

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Postby Alfadog » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:18 pm

Enkei 14x6.5 +35 (w tiny spacers)

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Postby Spranga » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:58 pm

They look great! Unusual but pleasing colour combination. Are they GarrettB16's old wheels???

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Postby Alfadog » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:33 pm

Yep they're his old ones.
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Postby ASE05 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:20 pm

Tezzax5 wrote:Image

just a couple of quick pics


From MX-5 Plus?.....bastard :oops:
Sing that song, puff all night long.......

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Postby Tezzax5 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:08 pm

They sure are.... 8)

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Postby Steampunk » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:55 am

ASE05 wrote:
Tezzax5 wrote:Image

just a couple of quick pics


From MX-5 Plus?.....bastard :oops:


I was there last weekend, he has the same wheels (or at least they look VERY similar) but in gold with what looks like Falken Azenis, and he also has 2 in white with the same red center cap which looks great.

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Postby Fatty » Fri Nov 16, 2007 6:36 pm

my wheels keep shrinking! :mrgreen:

as per my original post way back near the start of this thread, this is what my car looked like when i bought it 2 years ago with Auscar 16 inch rims (which were nice and light, for 16's anyway)

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i was after a more stock / oem look, and better handling, so i upgraded to some 15 inch nb8a's early this year. these were much lighter and the handling improved dramatically.

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and as of yesterday i have a new set of wheels, these are the 14 inch hollow spoke na8 wheels. they are noticably lighter then the nb8a rims, you can feel it just by picking them up. i bought them off manga blue and he weighed the wheel /tyre combo at 13.2 kg

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i think i still prefer the look of the nb8a rims, but now i have 2 sets of rims so i can use one for street and one for track.
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