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My new wheels

Postby AB7 » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:51 pm

Hi guys,

Picked these up yesterday :)

17\" ENKEI RPF1 resprayed in Hyper Black...it's like black with a bit of silver and Bridgestone RE001 215/40/17.

I wish I got proper scale to weigh and compared them to my old Lenso DC5 with Falken 452 (205/40/17). But I can feel significant difference by just picking them up. The difference in rims weight is only around 1.3 KG each, so I would assumed that the wider Bridestone RE001 is lighter tyre than Falken 452?

Must say Falken 452 sidewall looks better tho' they are a lot more squarer...but hei, these will grip better :)

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Postby fundies » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:55 pm

Whack em on your rig and give us a sqizz. :D
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Postby Steampunk » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:09 pm

why can't you weigh them?
Just do the old measure-you-weight-on-a-bathroom-scale-then-pick-up-the-object-then-weigh-yourself-again-and-subtract-the-difference trick.
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Postby AB7 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:55 pm

We dont even have a bathroom scales in the house :(
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Postby Spranga » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:37 pm

Very nice
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Postby qikshift » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:17 pm

nice dude.. i plan on getting these in 16's ;) love the black too!!
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Postby Steampunk » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:13 am

AB7 wrote:We dont even have a bathroom scales in the house :(

Doh!
Just going on a wee bit of a tangent, I stumbled across 2 sets, not long ago on The Trading Post, (from 2 differen sellers) of OZ F1 wheels. I think they were 15's or 16's and in very good condition.
They are a similar design to these Enkei's but they were CHEAP! The sellers were only selling them for $500! with half-worn decent tyres.

Do OZ's loose alot of value upon resale?
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Postby sliq » Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:34 pm

they're hot andy, nice work m8 8)
i can't brain today.. i have the dumb..
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Postby PUR157 » Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:35 pm

come on... pics-of-these-fitted-or-ban...! :lol:
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Postby AB7 » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:26 am

Okay guys...pics will be up very soon :).
My friend borrowed my cam for the long weekend here in Melb :)

BTW FYI...when I took my old Lenso DC5 to the \"Pack N Send\" yesterday. It weigh 17.45 KG with full 36PSI air in it. Im damn curious now, so Im going to get scales tomorrow :)

1red5, OZ is a very good brand as well...all second hand rims loses it value quite considerably...unless its very rare.
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Postby stevesports » Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:10 am

mmm...how much were they?
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Postby AB7 » Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:45 pm

Here it is :)
Now I just need the RPF1 Centre caps...!

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Postby qikshift » Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:21 pm

SEXXXXXXXXXXx!

AB7 wrote:Here it is :)
Now I just need the RPF1 Centre caps...!

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Postby Okibi » Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:50 pm

Looks fantastic, they're a great wheel for the NB
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.
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Postby Steampunk » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:05 pm

Tre cool!
Regarding the caps.... best of luck finding a set.
I made do with a set of 5Zigen caps I found on eBay only cause I like the style and colour of them.
They would be spot-on for yours I reckon.
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