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40" Rimms?!?!?

Old Jan 21, 2003 | 05:59 PM
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40" Rimms?!?!?

Can some one fill me in on this?


Tell me this is a fake....
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Old Jan 21, 2003 | 07:48 PM
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Fake

I've had the same picture since last summer and its with 26"
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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 01:10 AM
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someone actually voted that this isnt fake?

the 26" are real, the 40" is a photoshop job, im 100% positive....
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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 04:31 AM
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OMG that is a really good fake man...i dont belive it lol.

who voted it 'not fake' ?
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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 02:27 PM
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Originally posted by *PaKiStAni-UK*
OMG that is a really good fake man...i dont belive it lol.

who voted it 'not fake' ?
1) the rim goes into the body of the car, would take a lot of cutting and ruining of the frame of the car to make it happen the way it appears.

2) look through the back rim, you should see the underbody of the car, but you dont, you see the road on the other side.....weird....
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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 03:34 PM
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The easiest way to spot it is the rear tire on the 40" wheel Look in the spokes for the white line on the pavement. With the 26" rim it lines up with the lip on the outside of the rim, but the 40" does not line up.

hehe photoshop is fun hahaha

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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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The two cars on the background are in the same place. That's how you know it's a photoshop.
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Old Jan 24, 2003 | 01:28 AM
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Not only that, the reflection in the rims are exactly the same. Never seen 40" rims, although I did see a picture of 30" rims on display at a SEMA show somewhere. Had a tire on it that looked like a painted layer of rubber...
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the 26" wheel were real .... the 40's are photoshopped

both are stupid
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