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Old Sep 15, 2011 | 11:22 PM
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Weeeeee! I got racelands coming in tomorrow, green caliper paint & green NRG lugs.

My 5 spoke trd's are still up for sale if anyones wondering.

Pics will be updated tomorrow when i mount the tires, got 225/40's all around but the front's are BFG KDW's and they have ALOT more meat then the rear Falkens.

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Old Sep 15, 2011 | 11:26 PM
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Here was an example of my current rims painted a darkish orange.
Old Sep 15, 2011 | 11:45 PM
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Being conservative, I vote for the Anthracite.
Old Sep 15, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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Being conservative, I vote for the Anthracite.
I just went outside and stared at my car for like 20 minutes. Im thinking that or white. i just dont want to keep them the matte black they come in at all really.
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 12:05 AM
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I love white wheels
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 01:15 AM
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bronze or gold
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Don't really like bronze or gold on some NB/blue shades, I saw silver or anthracite (?) - the last color they show of the individual wheel.
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 02:30 AM
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yep that would be the anthracite. Ive always wanted orange wheels. Im highly debating it.
Someone local said purple lol, i think its down to White, Orange, Anthracite.
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White or Anthracite for sure. You might get tired of the orange after a while
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 04:18 AM
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Cyan. Still blue and accents the darker blue of the car...
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what color is cyan exactly?
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 05:42 AM
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Is this near Cyan? Idk how i would feel about a different toned blue. if anything id consider color match. Im getting alot of white answers from friends. for some ODD reason highlighter yellow or like a neon green/yellow pops in my head from time to time.
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white chad... go with white.
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^sex! What do you like chad? are you shooting for being different?
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do orange!, imo too many people are running teal or Cyan right now and white wheels especially tC's

or yellow seems very different tho which yellow would u go for?
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Originally Posted by Dam262a
do orange!, imo too many people are running teal or Cyan right now and white wheels especially tC's

or yellow seems very different tho which yellow would u go for?
i woulda done highlighter yellow. Kind of like what u see in rally cars and such. To me its White or Orange at this point.
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Im getting PM's saying if i go white, for the pricerange go with Rota Torques 18x9.5. Because of the concave look. So its Concave vs a Varrstoen Lip. Now im confused what to do.
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There are a lot of cars with both wheels. There are a lot of blue cars with white wheels. One upside is that there are only 2 people that I know of with VarrsToens on a tC, and neither set are in white.
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ima stick with my gut and go with the varrstoens although i have long wanted the torques. I'll prob hit up white and then do my orange down the road since ive always wanted orange wheels.

What size spacers should i get ahold of.

Rims: 18x9.5 +34
Tires: 225/40/18
Drop: Racelands

Im going to need a tad spacing im predicting correct?
Old Sep 16, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Only if you want to. I had 18x9.5 +35 and didn't encounter any clearance issues.



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