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Old 03-24-2011, 02:09 AM
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Black06 where are the pics bro you leaving us hangin. We need to see some pics ASAP. Thank you.
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:35 AM
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I'm going to be running the 521s 18x10 this weekend :D stay tuned for pics. Pretty sure I'm the only one running that size
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Old 03-24-2011, 03:59 AM
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I haven't seen them in 5x100, so are you running adapters?
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Old 03-24-2011, 07:29 PM
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yup going to be runnning adapters which will put me at 18x10 +10
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Old 03-25-2011, 12:40 AM
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seriously can not wait to see that!

you're gonna be more aggressive than this guy
http://www.stancenation.com/2011/03/17/murdered-out/
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Old 03-25-2011, 04:29 AM
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Youch!!! that's corvette territory right there. In for the pics and good luck with the setup bro.
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Old 03-25-2011, 09:54 PM
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hey guys help me out, is $1100 a good price for a set of 18x9.75 XXR 527 with 215/40/18 federal tires which includes mounting/balancing, 4 wheel alignment and new lugs? all brand new. met a local sales guy and he claims that's the best price around
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Old 03-25-2011, 10:10 PM
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That's not bad, I paid $900 for my XXR522 in 18x9.5 wit 215/40/18 achillies mount and balanced, 4wheel alignment and some free lug nuts which I didn't end up taking cus I bought some muteki sr48 neo Chrome extended lug nuts
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Old 03-26-2011, 03:37 AM
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gonna be sick! pretty sure im the only guy that will have this setup gotta stand out tho!
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Old 03-26-2011, 07:13 AM
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^ did you get them installed yet?!
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Old 03-29-2011, 04:55 PM
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Not yet haven't had the time. Everything is just sitting in my basement for now
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Old 04-30-2011, 09:38 PM
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Finally someone has the 527's. Found these on yahoo after looking thru some pages. What are your impressions of the wheel and fitment? They are 18x9.75 if I'm correct. The owner is on ClubscionTC.
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Old 04-30-2011, 09:52 PM
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The wheels look nice, and fitment is on point I would rather go with 9.75 then my 9.5 xxr 522, this was just posted on the aggressive wheel stance thread too, and he said he was going to give them to his gurls tc when he got his Work rims back.
17x9.75 +25

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...a/100_0026.jpg

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p...a/100_0028.jpg

What the offset on the 18x9.75?
Figured it out +20 if these would have came out before I got my 522 I would defitnetly jumped on these, like the sizeing, the concave, and design

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Old 04-30-2011, 10:19 PM
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Ok, I didn't check that thread recently sorry for double posting the same topic.
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Old 05-01-2011, 05:52 AM
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I ordered the same wheels, just waiting for chromium black to be available.
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Old 05-01-2011, 08:53 AM
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The only thing I got to complain about is that my paint chipped sooner than what I expected but it's mostly around the lip which is exposed anyways since I have stretched tires. Also just picked up some 5mm & 8mm spacers this past weekend. Pixs of when I bought my xxr 522 couple months back

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Old 07-08-2011, 03:07 AM
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Just got these after 5 months. I was debating going with a lower offset but remained conservative the thought of the wheel hitting my coilovers when in full lock worried me. They feel light so weight is not a factor since I'll be running atleast 15+ psi when the motor is completed. Other than horrid wait-time these wheels seem legit.

-17x8.25
-5x100
-35mm offset
Correction if I went 17x9.75 with 25mm I would've worried about the wheel making contact with the coils or even being able to do a full locking turn.
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Old 07-08-2011, 03:18 AM
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^No locking problems here with my setup.
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Old 07-08-2011, 03:19 AM
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Dtruong is running the 17x9.75 and other peps I've seen around and they never had any issues with clearance Or coming in contact with there coils, control arms ect... So u should have been koo if you went more aggressive
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Old 07-08-2011, 04:09 AM
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There's people that have been running 10s up front, only contact is with the fender which can be solved with a fender roll and/or pull.
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