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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:25 AM
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Default I love cheap wheels.

Though I do prefer to think of them as "inexpensive". FinalSpeed Gear-R in racing bronze, 17x8, replacing the same-size racing silver Erasers I had before. I searched and searched, but haven't seen another tC running these.



And before anyone calls them knockoffs, or copies, or any other idiocy I see in these threads, do your homework.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:28 AM
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I like 'em!
Btw, you could've called 'em...reasonably-priced wheels...
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:32 AM
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That color actually looks pretty good. Better than I would have expected anyway.

And speaking of "cheap" wheels... I was contemplating picking up these Enkeis from Edge Racing for $80/ea. Mostly b/c they're 17.5 lbs and a +35 offset.

http://www.edgeracing.com/2005/Scion/tC/wheel/3558/
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:37 AM
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Looking good.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:39 AM
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The wheels were on special ($25 off per wheel), plus a $50 discount when buying a set of four, plus a $100 discount for buying them as part of a combo... so these came out to $64 each.

Awesome, considering the FinalSpeed site lists them as Y27,300, which is $249 each. So I have no idea how that works.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:40 AM
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Sharp! The lugs really set them off.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:45 AM
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looks great, i have the Erasers with 235 rubber, but with your old setup (245 rubber) it looks even hotter.

love then new wheels as wel
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:47 AM
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I really like those!

But my wheels were cheap! $250 Shipped for all 4! Yay eBay Coupons!
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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nice wheels! i likey
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:50 AM
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It's weird having tread again. I was all the way through the wear bars on the old set of Falkens, and the tires stood over 1/2" shorter than the new ones. My speedo was off by like 5mph.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr_Isotope
blah blah blah math blah... so these came out to $64 each...
Damn! That's a friggen steal!
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 02:06 AM
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i think their sexy! for its "cheap price" i say good call!
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 02:07 AM
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where did you buy them from they look flippin great! :D
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 02:10 AM
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very nice,
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nice doc! What did you do with the old ones?
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 02:14 AM
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nice my man
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by engifineer
nice doc! What did you do with the old ones?
Gathering up dust in the carport. I figure I'll have to get the tires pulled off of them at some point, they'll be a lot easier to sell that way.
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 03:14 AM
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Maybe next spring if you still have them for a decent price Of course, I will be focusing on autox stuff before that.. but who knows!
Old Aug 27, 2008 | 04:07 AM
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were u mad that like 8 people got the same erasers like you? lol
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I was mad that the Erasers weren't on sale... and that they've gone up about $20 a wheel since I bought my set.



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