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Old Aug 11, 2006 | 03:07 AM
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Default WOOT! The wheel fairy visited me today all dressed in brown!

After waiting over two long weeks, the UPS man finally came a knockin'.
The place I bought the wheels from had them advertised them in silver, bronze and black. Since I have a white box, the bronze seemed most logical only because everyone and they're grandpappy rocks black. Unfortunately for me the bronze was no longer in production and so I had to settle for black. Oh well, at least it's matte black and not gloss.
Anyways, they're model SR7 mady by "SR racing" who is in turn made by KMC.
Size is 18x7.5 45mm offset. I had to exchange my tires since I purchased the wrong size so it will be a bit before they actually get mounted. Instead I did a crappy photochop rendition of what they will look like on.
Let me know what ya think...

Old Aug 11, 2006 | 03:08 AM
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nice photoshop.

you can always get them painted bronze.
Old Aug 11, 2006 | 03:44 AM
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Or powdercoat them. Summit sells a DIY powdercoating kit for $160.
Old Aug 11, 2006 | 05:21 AM
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true, true. I think if i were to go through the trouble of painting them, I would have to go with a matte gold color instead of bronze.
I will talk to my paint guy and see what he says..
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 02:27 AM
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Nice rims! I see you got them in a 45 offest...You might want to get some spacers/shims to bring out the rear tires a bit, they might rub...
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by YELOSUB
Nice rims! I see you got them in a 45 offest...You might want to get some spacers/shims to bring out the rear tires a bit, they might rub...
yeah, I pretty much figured I would need spacers with that offset. how big of a spacer should suffice? 5mm, 10mm?
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 04:44 PM
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You can do both. Hook up the 10mm OTG shim that goes behind the rear hub assembly and then do a universal 5mm spacer over the studds all the way around.
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 11:13 PM
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I wouldn't even paint them they look good the way they are
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