Finally got my rims on...

[Nomad]

Just thought I'd share.
Got my rims on yesterday. Ruined one wheel stud thanks to Wheelmax sending one wrong thread pitch lugnut.

It's slowly coming together.

Still to come: Tint (saturday), Eibach Pro Kit (another week or two), OEM Alarm (monday).

Thanks to everyone for the info so far.

 

[Katya4me]

Looks good.
Now you just need to take off that roofrack.....

 

[mountjonas]

nice! what kind of wheels are they?

 

[khaosman]

Hot, I love to see what other black p5s are doing

 

[Nomad]

Thanks. They are RIAX Seca gunmetal with machined lip.
I personally was looking for something else but my wife chose these herself! (She's not a "car nut") It's her car so she wanted to pick the rims.
She only picked rim styles with dark spokes and polished lip. What can I say, the girl's got class!

The rack is coming off next. Not sure if I want to just get the filler plates or remove the entire thing. We never used the rack on our Cherokee but maybe it'd be less hassle to just take the bars off.

 

[Katya4me]

It's a lot less hassle to just take the crossbars off and much cheaper too. The filler strips are hard to find for sale on the boards.

 

[Protege52003]

yeah, looks nice and will look much better when dropped.....

yeah, take the load bars off....will give it a more sleek look.....

-r

 

[GHOSTWHISPER]

looks good man, now just drop it

 

[warrier04]

looks very nice. the gunmetal on black is a great combo.

 

[RaiderMS3]

I just ordered the same rims, tonight with Kumho Exta 711's. Got their July 4th 7% Discount. I get them the end of next week probably, since I am in FL.

I will be checking all the lugs to make sure they thread before I put them on.

 

[lundevall]

They look good. Ive been told to drop mine too ... so I guess I will listen to everybody soon.

 

[Nomad]

Thanks for letting me know you paid less than me... :'(
Just kidding.

I just ordered the same rims, tonight with Kumho Exta 711's. Got their July 4th 7% Discount. I get them the end of next week probably, since I am in FL.

I will be checking all the lugs to make sure they thread before I put them on.

 

[NJP5Guy]

Thanks. They are RIAX Seca gunmetal with machined lip.
I personally was looking for something else but my wife chose these herself! (She's not a "car nut") It's her car so she wanted to pick the rims.
She only picked rim styles with dark spokes and polished lip. What can I say, the girl's got class!

The rack is coming off next. Not sure if I want to just get the filler plates or remove the entire thing. We never used the rack on our Cherokee but maybe it'd be less hassle to just take the bars off.

im guessing you bought the car used, right? the fillers came with the car. try the stealership as a last resort.

 

[RaiderMS3]

Thanks for letting me know you paid less than me... :'(
Just kidding.

sorry man. I suppose they should have advertised it a little better. I was going to order them on the 15th, but decided to use credit to get them because of the discount. I just hope everything is ok, and there are no problems.

 

[Brian MP5T]

Sweet, love the lip.

 

[Nomad]

Yeah, I got the car used and no filler plates included.Actually we also only got one key and one remote. Sucks...

I think I'll just leave them there since I can't seem to find anything for under $40. It's not that important to me right at this moment.

 

[YelPro03]

My wife just got the exact same wheels for her yellow MP5 from WheelMax. She got the 17" gun metal with Toyo Proxes FZ-4s. I'll post some pics here when they arrive and installed. I'll learn from your experience and test fit all the lug nuts they send before installing.

 

[MonsterB]

Sorry, dont mean to threadjack, but BrianMP5, truely incredible writeup on car-domain...I checked it out because I saw the rims, and thought, "dammit, now those look good!"...didnt know you had so much otherstuff going on...incredible and well documented....

good luck with the wheels Nomad...(rockon)

 

[YelPro03]

I just ordered the same rims, tonight with Kumho Exta 711's. Got their July 4th 7% Discount. I get them the end of next week probably, since I am in FL.

I will be checking all the lugs to make sure they thread before I put them on.

I took advantage of the same discount. Paid $706.80 shipped with Toyo Proxes FZ-4s (the wife likes Toyos).

 

[DeanSweet]

Looks nice!!!
replaced my Goldlines last Friday with an Eibach Pro kit.
so if you wanted to know how will will stand afterwards...
wonder no more.

-Dean

Ps if anybody out there want a set of used Goldlines for their Pr5. PM me. They are yours for price of shipping (from zip 45036) and lunch at Skyline(~$7) They have only been on the car for less than a year and prolly ~15k miles. The coating is completely wore out due to Ohios use of road salt but still function. Problem was with my 200lb sub and +45 offset wheels I was rubbing w/passengers in the back.