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Old 03-05-2006, 04:49 PM
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I just purchsed my Blue Onyx XB and I am trying to figure out what set of 18 inch rims to put on it. These are the two rims that I have found on tire rack and I was wondering what you guys thought. I was also wondering if the TR motorsport rim is a good rim I have never heard of that brand before. Thanks for your help

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Displ...ImageNumber=11

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/DisplayWheelOnCars.jsp
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I'd give you an opinion, but it says session expired and no wheels show up
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Old 03-05-2006, 07:42 PM
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its a tough choice between Sesson expired and
session Expired...
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Sorry I am trying ot fix the picture
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There are a number of way to do it, but perhaps the easiest is to go to the 'product details'
page for each wheel.

Near the top right of the page is a clickie to e-mail the page to a friend. click that and fill out
YOUR e-mail address and name in both places and click to send it near the bottom of the page.

Once you get the e-mails, you will see a nice URL that will take anyone directly to that page.
Copy it and paste it into a post here. Like this...

Code:
First wheel
That's
[b]*the url to go to* ] *thing to click*

and it will come out just like this:

First wheel

That way, we can just click on it and go to the same page you were looking at.

(If you just paste the super-long url onto the page between url tags, it means a lot of
horizontal scrolling for folks, but it will still work.

Hope that helps.

(There are other ways, too...)
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Thanks for the help. Here are the pictures of the rims I am thinking about getting. Let me know what you guys think.


http://www.tirerack.com/servlet/Call...ear=no&email=Y

Her is the other rim this is a TR Motorsport R2 rim, but I dindn't know how good they are I have never heard of the brand. Let me know if you heard of this rim

http://www.tirerack.com/servlet/Call...ear=no&email=Y
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I like the TRM R2 better......
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I like the first ones better. I have the same color and these are the rims i got, somewhat similar to what you are looking at

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...k/DSC00701.jpg
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I would go for the 2nd one. They are "lightweight" and also less cost, best of both worlds.
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Call me crazy, but with 4 lugs, a 5/10 spoke doesnt look as good as the 8/16 spoke.

I like TRM R2
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yeah you should go with number two cause i dont think the first ones woudl look good at all!!...lol
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Originally Posted by Max
Call me crazy, but with 4 lugs, a 5/10 spoke doesnt look as good as the 8/16 spoke.

I like TRM R2
I my 4lug 5spoke



oh and i like the TRM R2
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My vote is for the first set. less is more.
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The 1st one for sure.
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Originally Posted by xB_Factor
The 1st one for sure.
^^Ditto.
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I like the first one
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Of the two, I'd go with the first set.
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1st!
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Second set...
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