Let me guess The Godfather has people @ Discount Tire.
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Let me guess The Godfather has people @ Discount Tire.
PrinceValorum
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I think he was just commenting on the weight vs diameter? But nothing wrong with 14's...I roll on them for winter purposes too.
That's a good point. I wouldn't be opposed to running 13's on the Miata!
PrinceValorum
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Just wanted to throw my opinion out there on wheels. Personally, buy only the highest quality and top of the line stuff. You get the form and function that you want since they look good and weigh less than knockoff brands. VRwheels.com is one of my favorite websites to browse just because of all the cool BBS wheels and stuff that are decently priced compared to new.
At the same time, because I don't want to sound like a huge dick about guys who have cheapy wheels: This is coming from a kid who bought a set of hashed up, one wheel is bent, curbed, scratched, and clawed OZ Ultraleggeras for under $750 shipped. Oh, and the hub size was wrong. So I am all for being cheap. But I can never see myself getting rid of the OZs except for BBS, unlike had I bought the Rota Torques I originally wanted, then decided I wanted more baller status. Cause yes, I am baller. LOL
At the same time, because I don't want to sound like a huge dick about guys who have cheapy wheels: This is coming from a kid who bought a set of hashed up, one wheel is bent, curbed, scratched, and clawed OZ Ultraleggeras for under $750 shipped. Oh, and the hub size was wrong. So I am all for being cheap. But I can never see myself getting rid of the OZs except for BBS, unlike had I bought the Rota Torques I originally wanted, then decided I wanted more baller status. Cause yes, I am baller. LOL
I had the RX8 wheels on my MS6. Definitely awesome to have, but I went to a lighter 7.5" rim
Those look similar to my Work rims....
yeah, they sell imported rims, so its a lot of fancy names you don't hear a lot about. But you can definitely find BBS, Volk, Advan, etc. used for way cheaper than new. Sometimes I regret not knowing about the site, because in total I paid about $1100 for my OZs when I could have gotten BBS from there for around $1200-1500 and jus tbeen done with it.
but, the prices are still a little too high for your $500-600 price range.
And I love the look of Rotas, Drag, etc. Cosmetically they look as good or better than the real deal. And of course, they are definitely NOT heavier than OEM, more about the same....it's just everything I do to my car better serve at least a 1% function rather than being all form. Many Drag and Rotas would still fit the bill. I prefer Rota Torque myself, 17" in broze would look nice
but, the prices are still a little too high for your $500-600 price range.
And I love the look of Rotas, Drag, etc. Cosmetically they look as good or better than the real deal. And of course, they are definitely NOT heavier than OEM, more about the same....it's just everything I do to my car better serve at least a 1% function rather than being all form. Many Drag and Rotas would still fit the bill. I prefer Rota Torque myself, 17" in broze would look nice
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03zoomzoom
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it looks halfway decent on tirerack's site.
who's Stewart? They look like they're selling them down on all the tire sites.
oh yeah, they offer both 4 and 5 lug. both 16" and 18". now I'd just have to figure out which offset I need.
Sorry for double post:
How about 16 inch wheels-
http://www.vrwheels.com/bbs-rs-non-stagger-p-3444.html
I think they'd look nice!
How about 16 inch wheels-
http://www.vrwheels.com/bbs-rs-non-stagger-p-3444.html
I think they'd look nice!
PrinceValorum
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That's normally my philosophy, too, when I'm actually getting more for my money, but with wheels, I'd have a heart attack every time I tried to parallel park my car, or back out of Evan's driveway, or whatever. For me, I'd rather have cheaper stuff where I don't need to sell my car to repair or buy another wheel if one gets damaged. Again, just my thoughts.
I'd personally like to get some Diamond Racing wheels for my 'future' Miata. But with the lightness, does come the downside that they're easier to bend.
Perro del Sol
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Stewart Lemmens is a manager at a local Discount tire in Dublin I believe, Stewart is 1 Sick 5 Door on the boards...helo the brother out!
here are the evo rims i have, the offset is 38 so i'm worried about the rear sticking out. i would like to paint them too if they do fit
Nice looking wheels. 38 is really gonna put em out there though.
Your statement is rather contradictory. How can you say buy the high end stuff when you talk about Rota Torques which are knocks offs of the real deal? I'm confused here.
Coppertone
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ugh, after picking up my car on thu night - it still wasn't running right - threw a code that it was misfiring on one of the cylinders ... brought it back in on fri morning, needed a new coil pack and some plugs, i think. now she's finally running right again, whew! but cost me some money i wasn't expecting to have to pay ... ugh.
did marlon post up that we finally picked up spicy last night? now just gotta shovel out the driveway to make room for one more car (plus she's still sittin on slightly treaded slicks) before MORE snow flies this afternoon. enough with this snow already!! after this week and having my car stuck twice and marlon's stuck once, i'm f'in tired of digging out cars. i hope punxatawny phil was right!!! i need spring!!!
did marlon post up that we finally picked up spicy last night? now just gotta shovel out the driveway to make room for one more car (plus she's still sittin on slightly treaded slicks) before MORE snow flies this afternoon. enough with this snow already!! after this week and having my car stuck twice and marlon's stuck once, i'm f'in tired of digging out cars. i hope punxatawny phil was right!!! i need spring!!!
Let me know if you guys need pulled out of anywhere. (stash)
