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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 04:54 AM
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Default Lightweight wheels ... Black with polish lip or Gold 4 my SW

I cant decide between gold wheels or black with polish lip ... I do have a lot of black in my car but gold looks awesome too and stands out more.

I have a few pictures of my car in my profile .......

And should I stay 17s and get a wheel around 16,17 lbs or get some 18's that weigh around 19 lbs
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 05:12 AM
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gold. a lot of cars nowadays have black rims with the polished lip. be different. and go for 18's.
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 05:14 AM
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i would get some gold rims, i want to go gold...but doesnt go with my panda theme..maybe some day, ill ditch the panda and go GOLD!

so GOLD gets my vote...
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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gold works with panda themes...
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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gold for sure man!

i got gold rims and i love em'!

go unorthodox fsho
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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Niceeee I was hoping you guys were going to say gold!!!!!! I do have panda theme too carbon fiber hood, dark tints, tinted taillights ... but yea gold goes good with panda as well!!!!!

Only thing with 18's is id have to wait a bit to buy them bc I just got all 4 new kumho spts for my 17s ....

If i get 17's I can just mount and balance them on the new wheels ... 17's also 2 lbs lighter per wheel so 8 lbs unsprung weight less ... hmmmm I am going for both show and a little go .... 17's might help both these areas vs 18s which are just for show

but the wheels I want have a lip so .... 17's might look smaller than the stock 17's
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 03:53 PM
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Gold ... FTMFW !!! If you have to wait for the 18's, then just paint the stockies gold for now so you can get an idea of how it looks on your ride.

I painted mine and I decided to stick with the painted stockies and save the money.
Old Aug 16, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by davedavetC
gold works with panda themes...
yeah i am doing the panda/gold theme
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 12:50 AM
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http://www.machiii.net/wheels/rota_subzero.html

I'm probably going to buy the gold subzero's ... yea i know they are rotas .... but you really cant beat the price I can get 18 x 7.5 for 600 shipped ... throw some 235's on there!!!!!

I'm trying to save for an apartment so The most I can really afford is 500 or 600.
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 01:58 AM
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the rotas subzeros look like ***** to me. i just really don't ilke them. i like their grids and their p45r's.
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 06:48 AM
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ffyJ/angle.jpg

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/3504/img6902ui0.jpg

http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/81/img69562zc4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../low_close.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/skinart76/image/26391525.jpg

I like the look of them

http://www.mini2.com/galleries/data/...uyrhajehtr.jpg

they would definitely look nice with cross drilled slotted rotors
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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yea subzeros are ugly
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 07:51 PM
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+1 Gold
Old Aug 19, 2008 | 04:56 PM
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get gold like michael phelps!
Old Aug 20, 2008 | 03:53 AM
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oh Shi*^^^

That was a good line!

Haha, I'm debating the same thing, gold or black.

Riding black with "lip" painted stockies right now and can't decide either, might have to go gold.

What about flik artics gold with a black lip?
Old Aug 22, 2008 | 01:59 AM
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go 18s...i prefer black but gold looks nice too!
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