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TieNN89
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Postby TieNN89 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:40 pm

do you want just 4 or 5 spoke rims what about 6?

and how big do you want them?
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Postby Mr.Ferret » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:42 pm

4 to 5 looks better i reckon. size between 15's and 17s at max i guess, depends what fits under a stock NA, if i was to get bigger ones i would need new tyres as well though :(

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Postby TieNN89 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:44 pm

Take a look at the wheels on this site

http://www.bsawheels.com.au


Yeah I'd take 17\" rims if it was just for show

but the pain of having 17\" rims is prices for tyres are so much more

Also its hard to find cheap rims in 17\" they're mainly in or around the grand mark


These are pretty cheap $750 in 15\" tho but it comes with rubber
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Postby Mr.Ferret » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:53 pm

hhmm they dont look too bad, might need to save up a lil more though haha, will see what dad says

EDIT: already said its too much, might have to give it a miss, only got the car on Wednesday haha need to sort out other things first it seems

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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:46 pm

If its a daily driver then light wheels are the way to go. When I swap between my really light 14's and my heavier (but still quite light for their size) 15's I notice a massive difference in the amount of revs and clutch slip required to takeoff from a standing start (ie what you do dozens of times a day in your daily driver).


I'm yet to feel much of a difference when going around a corner, but the lighter wheels are much nicer for stop/start traffic and would be a lot easier on the clutch I think


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