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Old 12-28-2009, 04:50 PM
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I found a good 17x8 +35 RPF1 set for a decent price...however I always thought the smaller RPF1s looked weird (lip too large, spokes too short).

Does anyone have pics of some on the xD? I know the M2 xD has RPF1s, but they're 19s so the spokes are longer and the wheel looks better because of that. Any input, comments, suggestions, pics? Thanks!
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Old 12-28-2009, 06:10 PM
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17 inch rpf1's look good. The xd is kinda small anyway so the wheels wont look out of place
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Old 12-28-2009, 10:19 PM
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not an xd.. but a matrix with 17's

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Old 12-29-2009, 08:41 AM
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Ehh, I don't really like how fat that lip looks...I'll just keep looking.

Thanks all for the input!
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Old 12-29-2009, 09:28 AM
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whats the price you were offered? 18s look better.
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Old 12-29-2009, 05:16 PM
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600 for just rims. But the guy gave me half-___ answers to my questions of how old they were, any damage, etc. I hate it when people do that, it's like they have something to hide. So it's not worth it to me. Plus the 18s look better, yes.
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Old 12-29-2009, 09:35 PM
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for a few more hundreds, you can pick up some 18s which are worth it.
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no point in getting rpfs past 16/17 inches on the xD, they're a performance rim not a show rim. Anything past 17s on an xD loses any real performance since u cant fit a proper tire on that size rim for a track or auto-x. Money can be better spent elsewhere, just my opinion
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Old 01-05-2010, 05:25 AM
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mine are 17 x 7.5 i think +49 offset and i have 20mm spacers
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Old 01-05-2010, 05:42 AM
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rims look good but not feeling the 2 different shades of red...
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Old 01-05-2010, 05:43 AM
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I think the kit is just spray painted
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Originally Posted by Zefoxe
no point in getting rpfs past 16/17 inches on the xD, they're a performance rim not a show rim. Anything past 17s on an xD loses any real performance since u cant fit a proper tire on that size rim for a track or auto-x. Money can be better spent elsewhere, just my opinion
Partially agree with you but there can be better performance aspects to getting 18s on the xD. You can fit a proper tire by rolling your fender.
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Old 01-05-2010, 10:58 PM
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well i cant afford a baller paint job and primer black looks horrible so yes it is spray painted untill i can repaint it
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Nice wheels
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Originally Posted by ScottH82
Nice wheels
You want a set, let me know.
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