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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 10:48 PM
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Finally got my wheels in!

Finally got my set of MV Forged Wheels. What you guys think? Pictures are crappy but ill get better ones.

went conservative with the color and style.
20x9.5 & 21x12






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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 10:51 PM
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Looking good actually! Well done!
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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by energetic
Looking good actually! Well done!
thanks there is still a lot of work to do, but I feel wheels usually make a huge change in the car.
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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 11:12 PM
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What size rubber? Looking good.
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 10:08 AM
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Those are nice.
I like your grill.
How did you do that?
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by jn66
What size rubber? Looking good.
im running 265/30/20 front and 325/25/21 rear.
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Gordon9898
Those are nice.
I like your grill.
How did you do that?
removed them and painted them myself at my shop. I own a wheels and custom works shop. Still have a couple of more parts im gonna paint and customize but I am going step by step. Next are door sills.
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 01:42 PM
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Very nice! I like them! Good color coordination. You made a good choice.
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 01:47 PM
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Is there also a drop in the works and if yes what are you thinking about?
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 03:29 PM
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Wheels look great, I think too many people go way outlandish with their wheels and this is a nice reserved set that looks meaty and suits the car.
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Old Nov 19, 2020 | 10:43 PM
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Old Nov 25, 2020 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by UCIMBZ
Is there also a drop in the works and if yes what are you thinking about?
I am still thinking on lowering it but I am still not sure. Its low as it is, lowering it may be a pain in the *** driving it on the roads I live at.
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Old Nov 25, 2020 | 05:46 PM
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Old Nov 26, 2020 | 03:22 PM
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Definitely conservative. The stepped lip in that color gives the appearance of a 20/19 size wheel combo, which sucks since you’re running a 25 series tire on the back but not getting the benefit of how well a 21/20 combo should look.

I think if you blacked out the lip, it would blend the edge of the wheel into the tire and make the face look as if it’s floating and befitting of a 21/20 wheel combo. Of course the wheel gap negates a lot of the benefit of aftermarket wheels as that’s what my eyes, and several others, are naturally drawn to.

Lastly, it’s hard to pull off a mix of four colors together. It’s doable, but a dynamic mix like yellow, red, black, and gunmetal(?) proves very difficult. To get the most out of the aesthetics I would either change the entire wheel color to black (but you lose definition and the beauty in some of the wheel’s characteristics) or paint/powdercoat the calipers to match the yellow on the car. This would allow you to keep the wheel color as is or black out the lip as mentioned above to make the wheels appear the size they truly are.

You asked for an opinion, and I have one. Doesn’t mean it’s right though!

Here’s an example of how changing the color of a stepped lip makes the wheels look larger. I was in love with these wheels when I ordered them but was unhappy when they went on the car. The color change made it 100x better IMO.




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