Fishdonotbounce's 2008.5 CWP Speed3 GT "Build" Thread

[fishdonotbounce]

Couldn't wait and ordered the wheels an hour ago. Super excited. No pics for JOOO!!!!

 

[ajkulish]

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[thejeans]

Will we even be able to see them? I mean they're +47, maybe we'll need to shine a flashlight into the wheel well?

they will be sunk in some, but shouldnt be too terrible... shoulda gone 40-42 offset to be a nice aggressive flush

cant wait to see what you got though

 

[THE Phen]

Yeah, I'm also looking forward to seeing the flavor of the week...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

The 2nd tens are +52.5 and they are 18x7.5. I'm pretty good with where the new ones will sit. If not, I have no problem getting some spacers. I will Aldo be going with a 235/40 tire probably. I'm soooo excited!

 

[fishdonotbounce]

2nd gen wheels are now for sale. See link in my sig.

 

[fishdonotbounce]

My new wheels were delivered last Tuesday to the house but I was away in Cbus until a couple of hours ago so I was not able to see them until now. All I have to say is that they look better in person than they do in pictures. I loved the look online and love it even more in person.

I will get better pics when it is light out. I plan on test fitting them tomorrow as well.

The wheels are Drag DR-42 18x8 +47 in White with an underlying red stripe.

The unboxing......

And one of the wheels.

 

[hat1018]

Good choice Ivan. I love multi spoke wheels, and white wheels are going to look so badass on your car. White on white FTW!

 

[o0n8]

are your calipers painted red or is that the next step? Good looking wheels

 

[jri4]

white on white on white on white...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

The calipers were painted black a couple months ago so I'm going to stay with that. Thanks man. I can't wait to see what they look like on the car.

 

[Josue6WGN]

white on white on white on white...

Ack...

 

[ajkulish]

good call on the black calipers. and badass wheels sir

 

[Lewis7789]

I coulda sworn you said blue stripe, that's why I was always like "ewwww...". But I'm curious to see how they look on the car indeed.

 

[Domino81]

Still not sure about those shift knobs...

 

[fishdonotbounce]

Drove home from work in our first semi real snowfall and the car got covered in a funny way. I walked out of the office and there were snowflakes that were approximately 4 inches in diameter. This is what the car looked like when I parked at the house.

I also installed my LED load equalizers to stop the fast flashing from the LED turn signals I installed. They work like a charm and were cheap on eBay.

 

[ajkulish]

lol thats funny lookin. and that snow is weird too

 

[rally2003]

I like the shift knob and the rim choice. Your about as bad as me with rims. I have had 3 different sets and have painted 2 of those sets another color after having them for a while. I want your 2nd gens bad, just don't know if I'll have the money in time before someone else nabs them.

 

[thejeans]

wheels look nice but my (2cents) would be to get the wheels painted to color match the car... something to me just looks a bit off when you have such a deep/vibrant white like CWP and the lackluster plain white wheel on it... but again thats just (2cents)

 

[fishdonotbounce]

I got bored sitting around so I decided to go out in the 23 degree weather and test fit the wheels. I was going to do just the front wheel but since the rear wheel gets lifted off the ground at the same time, I did the rear too. I am more excited now than ever to get these on in the spring.

Full view:

Front Close-up:

Front Head on:

Rear Close-up:

Rear Head on: