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Old Jan 30, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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Like you, I have a tC. Like you, I customize my car. Like you, I have my own theme and taste. And if you want to post how much you hate these wheels or how everyone and their grandma has them, I've prolly already seen your posts somewhere else, so save them.

With that said...

I found a set of 5 wheels, 4 with 90% new tires, for $600. I'm mexican so I can prolly negotiate them to 550, but I'm not sure.

is it a good deal or what??

yes, you guessed right. they're 18x8 konig unknowns.
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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i hate those wheels and everyone and their grandma has them.
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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Sounds like a pretty good deal to me if you like them. As long as the tires are really 90% and the wheels are in good shape.

I personally wouldn't put them on my car for free, but then again I don't like them. I don't hate 'em, theres worse out there, but they are close.


So yea, anyway thats a good price as long as the wheels aren't bent, tires in good shape, etc. Do it
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 10:01 PM
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i knew someone was gonna say it haha. its ok. yea i checked everything there's like 2 lil scratches on a wheel from the curb but not bad. I personally love how they look on a moving pic, thinking about painting the black part hyperblack but I dunno yet
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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Oh those rims, IMO those are the ugliest rims I see on cars. I see them everywhere and I want to choke a puppy everytime I see them. Please do yourself a favor and dont make your tc a ghetto looking cheap piece of trash.
Old Jan 30, 2009 | 11:38 PM
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so, mr mickey Ds, u have an rs2? wat do you have on your car? how baller are your wheels? tell me you have a car like cynce used to have or like rado. anything.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 12:52 AM
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he's not saying it to offend you, those konigs REALLY are a pieceof____ that you really shouldn't put on your car, for that keep your stocks and paint em black.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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you get what you pay for.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:15 AM
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i kno he''s not. im jst saying
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:27 AM
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well exzess, if you like em' go for it. i don't really like em', not my taste, but hey... everyone's got their own taste, so if its what you want... get it... i'm pretty sure you could get a better wheel and tire package for a few hundred bucks more. what size wheel were you looking for?
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:28 AM
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"NO DEAL" for me ...but if its ur taste n u liked em well go for it man
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:54 AM
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a few hundred? like 600 more really. and ppl are gonna say- FTL, cheap, for a few more you coulda gotten blah.

theyre not my fav, i personally like hyperblack 5 spoke rims with an inch lip or brushed aluminum but to me its like wanting a GTR and then seeing the tC.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 01:58 AM
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so heres the real question

why don't you get your anxiety down and just save up for some nice wheels?

You can do alot of damage with 1200, your already halfway there :D
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by checho10
so heres the real question

why don't you get your anxiety down and just save up for some nice wheels?

You can do alot of damage with 1200, your already halfway there :D
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like chencho said just save for a nicer set of wheels man
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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you need to convert 'em to koing knowns
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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lol true to that
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 05:17 AM
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Lol im not trying to diss you fams, and I dont need baller wheels to give my opinion on another set of wheels. I could get Advans or Volks if I wanted to, but woudnt make sense since im looking for a new car. They are ugly dude, seriously, they look like trash. Painted stockies are cheaper and look 10x better.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 07:48 AM
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try and find a pair of Enkei Evo5's in hyperblack.
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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if you buy them you will eventually be back going " my crappy konig wheels bent on me "

Oh and those wheels are hideous. If you don't even dig them all that much why bother? don't just settle for something because it seems like a good deal.

Browse around the for sale sections and look at some of the wheels people have up on the forums. You will be surprised at what you can find for under $1500
Old Jan 31, 2009 | 08:39 AM
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I see those wheels on my campass everywhere,

they should be called well-knowns.

other than that imo you should save for something better,

don't be impulsive.

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