The Guz Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 There is not much difference between the 8" and 8.5". Now if you went with a 9" wheel then that would be different. What size tire did you get? 245/40-19? Quote
The Guz Posted March 7, 2015 Report Posted March 7, 2015 Those should be nice. Looking forward to seeing them on the car. Quote
pwmin Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah, me, too, I wish I could fast forward to Wednesday afternoon. I wanted to go with wider tires for better traction, but there's going to be more of a chance of rubbing. I thought about going wider on the front, but then I can't rotate the tires at all since they're directional. Plus I don't really want to deal with a speedo that's off again. Quote
pwmin Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Posted March 11, 2015 1 more day until the wheels come!...getting them mounted Thursday Quote
pwmin Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Posted March 12, 2015 I have an appointment tomorrow to have them mounted and I'll get them on the car afterwards and take pictures. I rolled the fender lip in a little tonight. Quote
pwmin Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Posted March 12, 2015 the offset gave it no concavity hardly at all, which is fine. I'm going to roll with them as-is for a while and see how I like them. I might later polish just the outer spoke part, try that an possibly the lip later on depending on how I like it. The spokes will be cake to polish up. Weird thing is there's an extra hole for a wheel sensor and it says to just use a valve stem if the car doesn't have one, so i'm going to have two valve stems in each wheel. Quote
pwmin Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) not sure I want to polish them now. I was going to paint the calipers red with the polished wheels, but I think I'm going to keep them the dark blue color they are. I'm going to look into getting it professionally buffed and touched up next month. Too bad it's supposed to rain tomorrow....my poor clean car. Needs GXP brakes now. I'll get some better pictures when I have it out this weekend. The pictures don't make the wheels look that good; they look way better in person. Edited March 12, 2015 by pwmin Quote
Psych0matt Posted March 12, 2015 Report Posted March 12, 2015 Awesome! I bet a full on picture would look hot! Quote
pwmin Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Posted March 13, 2015 thanks. I'll try to get something better this weekend. Quote
Nas Escobar Posted March 14, 2015 Report Posted March 14, 2015 Doesn't look bad at all. Just needs more concave lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk Quote
The Guz Posted March 15, 2015 Report Posted March 15, 2015 They look good. Good choice on leaving them as is. They will require less maintenance than a polished wheel. Quote
pwmin Posted March 17, 2015 Author Report Posted March 17, 2015 (edited) Looking at these, 20's would have looked good, too, I don't think they would have been too much. She doesn't ride any worse than before that I can tell. Doesn't look bad at all. Just needs more concave lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk well, I guess it's too late for that, LOL. As far as fit, everything is perfect except they could be out just a tad, but that would probably make the rear rub. I think they're just about perfect. I don't care a ton for the concave look, anyway, so this is a good compromise. I'd rather have a big lip than concave, but I don't like when spokes stick out. They look good. Good choice on leaving them as is. They will require less maintenance than a polished wheel. I am leaning towards polishing just the spokes now. I'm not worried about the maintenance. Now, if I polished the whole wheel, then I would be worried. Edited March 17, 2015 by pwmin Quote
Nas Escobar Posted March 17, 2015 Report Posted March 17, 2015 well, I guess it's too late for that, LOL. As far as fit, everything is perfect except they could be out just a tad, but that would probably make the rear rub. I think they're just about perfect. I don't care a ton for the concave look, anyway, so this is a good compromise. I'd rather have a big lip than concave, but I don't like when spokes stick out. You could always sell em and get other wheels but what matters is that you're happy. Like I said, they don't look bad at all. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using Tapatalk Quote
pwmin Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Posted March 18, 2015 I'm totally happy with them. I don't care for the deep concave look. If I went with 35's, they would have probably rubbed. They fit just about perfect the way they are. Quote
pwmin Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Posted March 18, 2015 sorry, didn't take any. I will take some this weekend. Quote
Psych0matt Posted March 19, 2015 Report Posted March 19, 2015 sorry, didn't take any. I will take some this weekend. You are a liar and you said that last weekend! I want a divorce... Quote
pwmin Posted March 19, 2015 Author Report Posted March 19, 2015 I know...sorry I will be home most of the weekend, so I'll have time to clean it up and take pictures. Quote
Psych0matt Posted March 19, 2015 Report Posted March 19, 2015 maybe I'll get the motivation to clean up my wheels this weekend, and get closer to getting them on the 04 Quote
Psych0matt Posted March 22, 2015 Report Posted March 22, 2015 Beautiful!!! do the .com decals not fit on the rear small windows? I have some coming and wasn't sure after seeing yours Quote
rich_e777 Posted March 22, 2015 Report Posted March 22, 2015 Where did you get those decals? I need a pair of them and maybe a 3rd for the back window. I do like the rims, they fit the look of the car if that makes any since. Quote
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