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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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Put these on before the supercharger bearing went south...



I will snap some better pictures later today.
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 06:02 PM
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I've never heard of so many cracked wheels/rims in my life...
That's because you drive a ..... .
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by justinwrock
Put these on before the supercharger bearing went south...

I will snap some better pictures later today.
Justin, what kind of wheels are those?
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 06:36 PM
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That's because you drive a ..... .
...car with 12 pound superformed lightweight aluminum rims that never cracked, or bent?

why yes I do
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 06:45 PM
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What size you running Toadster?
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 06:55 PM
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What size you running Toadster?
LOL 17x7 - different car - so it's off topic; but I'm surprised to see so many wheels cracked, etc looking through the classifieds
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Toadster
...car with 12 pound superformed lightweight aluminum rims that never cracked, or bent?

why yes I do
Ive seen your car dude
Those are Enkeis you are rolling on.......

If you really cared about your 6 and if those replica rims really weighed 12 pounds you would lower it by like 4 inches.

For Shats and Giggles show us that VW Cabriolet as well.
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 08:48 PM
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Love the dish! That style will come back in style when the concave craze drives out, there's nothing more classic that a deep dish'ed RWD monster!

GL on the bearing issues!

Originally Posted by justinwrock
Put these on before the supercharger bearing went south...



I will snap some better pictures later today.
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by moosejaw
Ive seen your car dude
Those are Enkeis you are rolling on.......

If you really cared about your 6 and if those replica rims really weighed 12 pounds you would lower it by like 4 inches.

For Shats and Giggles show us that VW Cabriolet as well.
actually Kosei T1 TS - I see someone has been perusing my profile

I was going to lower it, but it's for sale...
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Old Feb 5, 2012 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by moosejaw
Ive seen your car dude
Those are Enkeis you are rolling on.......

If you really cared about your 6 and if those replica rims really weighed 12 pounds you would lower it by like 4 inches.

For Shats and Giggles show us that VW Cabriolet as well.

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Better picture.


Hoping to snap some better shots of it sometime this week.
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Originally Posted by Toadster
...car with 12 pound superformed lightweight aluminum rims that never cracked, or bent?

why yes I do
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actually Kosei T1 TS - I see someone has been perusing my profile

I was going to lower it, but it's for sale...
should have just lied and claimed they're Enkei's, Kosei's are just knockoffs. Oh and they weigh in at around 15lbs not 12 as you stated, I had them for my auto-x setup years ago and they weighed in at 14.8lbs.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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Wheels look great Justin lovin the dish
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 10:03 PM
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I usually went with wheels that no one put on their 211's, or at least tried to. Once I narrowed down the wheels, design was next and then other factors. Now it's finding the wheel no one has done (or only a few) and the next biggest factor is weight.
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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I usually went with wheels that no one put on their 211's, or at least tried to. Once I narrowed down the wheels, design was next and then other factors. Now it's finding the wheel no one has done (or only a few) and the next biggest factor is weight.
confessions of a wheel *****
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 10:10 PM
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 11:12 PM
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looks dope bro!
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 12:01 AM
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Im currently stretching a 275 on these wheels...



I have a pair of 305s I might try to put back there....
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Old Feb 7, 2012 | 12:21 AM
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confessions of a wheel *****
Who me?

I haven't had THAT many wheels.
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Justin, what kind of wheels are those?
They are DPEs.


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Originally Posted by AMG_RL
should have just lied and claimed they're Enkei's, Kosei's are just knockoffs. Oh and they weigh in at around 15lbs not 12 as you stated, I had them for my auto-x setup years ago and they weighed in at 14.8lbs.
um, the Kosei's are not Enkei's
they look similar but the Kosei's have dual air stems

and yes, not 12lbs - they're 13.9lbs


but whatever... never cracked

Justin - your rims look DOPE!
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 04:41 AM
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Wheels shopping can be hard man.. So many to choose from, I feel you. Im shopping for a set myself and have been eyeing the Forgestar CF10 in polish/brush finished. no sure on 19 or 20s though. I really like the spoke look almost like the black series SL..
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Well, bought another set of wheels last night....


A friend made me a deal on some Wald wheels that was too good to pass up.


How many sets of wheels do you need to have on hand to be considered a wheel *****?
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Better picture.


Hoping to snap some better shots of it sometime this week.
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