Who's got the coolest wheels? (gimme pix!)

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12-08-2009, 12:10 AM

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12-08-2009, 01:41 AM

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If your go thru this thread. You realize where Porsche went wrong on the 928....THE ****ING FACTORY WHEELS!!!!!!!

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12-08-2009, 10:53 AM

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Wow.
WOW!

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12-08-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by waveflux

If your go thru this thread. You realize where Porsche went wrong on the 928....THE ****ING FACTORY WHEELS!!!!!!!

... including the steering wheel !

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12-08-2009, 01:02 PM

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I really never liked twist wheels, but those are awesome! Almost like they took Carrera III wheels and twisted the outside half of the spoke 90 degrees. If only they made a pair in 18x9" that had 60mm+ offset

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12-09-2009, 12:52 PM

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Here ya go.

kinda like Jim's crab claws. Does anyone have pic's of crab claws on a new body style from various angles?

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12-12-2009, 06:03 PM

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19s all the way around:

18s front/19s rear:

On ~10 mile test drive there were no ABS issues with 18/19 setup.

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12-12-2009, 07:18 PM

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almost looks the same..

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12-12-2009, 08:12 PM

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almost looks the same..

As in, rolling off the showroom floor?

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12-12-2009, 10:22 PM

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Nice.

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12-12-2009, 10:48 PM

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Very sharp. Maybe it's the angle of the shot, but the front in the first 18" up front pic looks noticeably smaller than the back.
Why are you testing 18's up front? Problems with the 19's?

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12-13-2009, 09:31 AM

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It's a great looking wheel for the $. 19s aren't for everyone though.

Here's another:

Looks great, Chuck! I was serious about those earlier this year. Here's my fitment research on them.

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12-13-2009, 11:02 AM

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I didn't realize this until I saw a 335i this morning, but these are nearly identical in appearance to oem BMW 3 Series 19"ers. I was wondering what made that Beemer look so good.....

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12-13-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JPTL

Very sharp. Maybe it's the angle of the shot, but the front in the first 18" up front pic looks noticeably smaller than the back.
Why are you testing 18's up front? Problems with the 19's?

No, no problems with the 19s. I'm thinking about how much I want to lower the front with the new bilsteins/sport springs/sway bars and the 18s would all more fredom to do that b/c of the higher offset.

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I didn't realize this until I saw a 335i this morning, but these are nearly identical in appearance to oem BMW 3 Series 19"ers. I was wondering what made that Beemer look so good.....

I have to be honest, I've not noticed that. BMW typically does wheels pretty well so I'm not surprised.

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12-13-2009, 09:07 PM

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Looks great, Chuck! I was serious about those earlier this year. Here's my fitment research on them.

Nice! On my list since I bought the car back in March have been the SE Cup 4, Techart 18", Replica 19" Techart replica (Techart doesn't make an offset that would work) and a Ruf 19" or the 19" Ruf replica. I really like the zero lip style wheels. Obviously I a little biased now but I'd do it.

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