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New wheel combo is mounted! *PICTURES*


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Well I just mounted my new wheel and tire combo today on the TGP. It has Nitto 555 Extreme 235/45/17 ZR-Rated tires mounted on 17x7" RS Limited Concept Pro wheels in Gunmetal w/polished lip. The tires handle like a dream, much better then my old R-Rated all weather PepBoy's Futura tires. I also had to fork out $75 for a torque wrench from Sear's, but it's a good investment to have.

 

Going from the stock 16" wheels to the new 17" wheels, the ride quality didn't suffer that much. I do feel a little bit more of the road because of the smaller sidewalls, but it's tolerable and not teeth grinding bad. The Nitto's are very sticky. Made driving down twisty country roads a breeze.

 

The gunmetal and polished lip compliment the red nicely. Looks sweet as hell at night. I took some pictures today with my camera. I should have the pictures developed and scanned tomorrow.

 

Does anyone have any free space to load up pictures?

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EXCUSE ME.

 

Me and rudefyet are the official picture hosters!! I'm completely offended.

 

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

you can take all the credit this time...my servers down for long needed "maintenance"

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EXCUSE ME.

 

Me and rudefyet are the official picture hosters!! I'm completely offended.

 

well i wanna see what all the fun is about, I can take his place while his is down.

 

 

Nyah Nyah! :flip: :fruity:

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Looks good, are they 17"? What's the offset? They look a little more pushed in than the crosslace.

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HOLY FUCK!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

Excuse me while i go change my pants :oops:

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they look more black then gunmetal.....I hope that it is just in the pics because gunmetal would look better then black......and now you definitely need to drop it...

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Thanks for hosting them :)

 

Yes, they are 17". They have an offset of 43mm. I used a 5/16" [9mm] spacer on all four. The front caliper clears by like 2mm AT MOST :shock:. They are gunmetal, I think it's the picture that makes them look darker. 8)

 

The gauges from top-to-bottom are A/F ratio, boost, and water temp. They are Autometer Z-Series with red bulbs from Autozone. And yes, that's a FULL LENGTH 3-gauge pillar pod.

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With the lower profile tires, it could use a little drop, but the wheels look awesome! Gives your TGP a real unique look!

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Gives your TGP a real unique look!

 

Yeah, most definately...they look nice, I like 'em alot.

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I had the car lowered last year with Suspension Technique springs, but the tires rubbed like crazy on the fender flares. So I then replaced them with new FE3 replacement springs. On top of that, my streets aren't exactly in the best of condition :?

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EXCUSE ME.

 

Me and rudefyet are the official picture hosters!! I'm completely offended.

 

well i wanna see what all the fun is about, I can take his place while his is down.

 

Yeah, I think yours took a shit too...heheh

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Looks great man, can't go wrong with gunmetal, specially when its mated onto a red paint scheme :D

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