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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 06:25 PM
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Default -3 for me! With steelies :(

Stella the Schnauzer disapproves of -3 with no spacer.



Now with 10mm spacer.



Stella the schnauzer looks again.....


APPROVED!
Old Mar 26, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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waiting to buy wheels and repaint sideskirts.

Wheels will probably be gold 501s 15x8 +15, willl run slightly stretched tires.

Sides will be painted to match 501's....maybe

Kenstyle kit is a little further out in the plans.
Old Mar 26, 2009 | 09:58 PM
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501s 15x8 +15 is a good idea and will go nice with your -3 camber.
if you want to do any rear hub spacing and of go lower you will need to roll your fenders
Old Mar 26, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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:-\ more sportmax wheels
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:58 AM
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even sportmax is better than rockin steelies and camber... i don't think painting the side skirts to match the wheels is a good idea either
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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every body has sportmax wheels even their grandma's has sportmax wheels
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:44 PM
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my grandma is rocking the stock wheels on her rav4, so ur wrong.

lol. Ya, I think im going back to white. When i get my kenstyle kit, it will be white for sure, but i may screw with the the stock kit for now.

I'm looking at some axis wheels right now also. but the sportmax look is too cheap and too proven to work to pass up .
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Originally Posted by jct
every body has sportmax wheels even their grandma's has sportmax wheels
this, sadly, is true
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Ugh! why do people worry about what rims someone is rolling on. Theres better things to do,

To Brownfaux it will look good when its done but definitely don't paint the skirts to match the rims.
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by EAmon
Originally Posted by jct
every body has sportmax wheels even their grandma's has sportmax wheels
this, sadly, is true
dont you have sportmax?
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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nope

i went thru 3 different sets of rims from two sets of 15" rims and the trd 18"s and i got rid of 'em

the 18"s were way too heavy and the 15"s were the same weight as steelies

if i want some thing different i'll just change out my hubcaps
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Originally Posted by brownfaux
Originally Posted by EAmon
Originally Posted by jct
every body has sportmax wheels even their grandma's has sportmax wheels
this, sadly, is true
dont you have sportmax?
sadly, yes
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by EAmon
Originally Posted by brownfaux
Originally Posted by EAmon
Originally Posted by jct
every body has sportmax wheels even their grandma's has sportmax wheels
this, sadly, is true
dont you have sportmax?
sadly, yes
lol. On both your cars?

Why sadly? they are good looking wheels.
Old Mar 28, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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yeah, i have 17x7 926s on the box and 15x8 002s on the hachi they look alright, i rather dish out the cash and get nicer wheels
Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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i dont understand you, why didnt you dish out the cash in the first place?

I dont want this to be a debate over sportmax or no sportmax.

I like them. This different for the sake of being different crap gets old. if I liked something different and wanted to pay for it, I would.
Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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i have sportmaxx wheels on my tc for two years now.. IMO great quality.. never bent one.. no chips.. I get compiments even at shows for them ?
Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:24 AM
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If I drove my car once a month or lived somewhere nice all year long I would do it. I just don't like the idea of dishing out all that money for something I can only enjoy maybe 4 months out of the year. I personnaly like the 002's and the 501's. I think they are good looking rims.
Old Mar 29, 2009 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by brownfaux
i dont understand you, why didnt you dish out the cash in the first place?

I dont want this to be a debate over sportmax or no sportmax.

I like them. This different for the sake of being different crap gets old. if I liked something different and wanted to pay for it, I would.

well i only paid $30 (no thats not a typo) for the 962s WITH tires. and the 002s came with the hachi, so i didn't really dish out any cash at all for them.
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have you ever seen the promax wheels FA-097's

you should get a set of those instead
Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:20 AM
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i have only seen one set of sportmax wheels in person. ONE. and it wasnt even in my state.



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