somethingclever

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any pics of the new wheels isis?

isis

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no moa

Nice! Now i know what my car would look like with Black wheels! lol

isis

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It does look better in person. I'm a terrible photographer and my iphone is several years old. I do really like it. I'll probably get the centercaps sorted this weekend.

Also, as these stock size tires wear out I'm going to replace them with 275's.

actrite80

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Know of anybody lowered running wider tires front and rear with these wheels

isis

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I think being lowered gives you trouble up front but the rears fit. I'm not lowered and I also found that my fenders are rolled too, so I shouldn't have a problem. I'm going to switch the rears first so I'll be able to test fit the front end before I drop the money on the front tires.

I'm in Pittsburgh and it's a year round DD so between the potholes, craggy roads, winter, I have no interest in lowering or super short sidewalls (19-20" wheels) plus the lowering springs available really drop a lot, which I don't like anyway. I'd only want maybe 0.5-1" lower anyway.

garrettg

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275/40 up front does fit stock or slightly lowered check the fitment inside top of the tire to the top of the knuckle may require very minor filing; but it does a number to the bumper liner extensions and rivots. 275/35 would be a better choice or 265/40, 255/40 etc... if lowered with kw3 setup.

isis

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Good info, thanks. I wonder if a 255/45 or 265/45 would fit too? I have hptuners so I could stray from the factory diameter if I wanted to. I'll probably end up running staggered 245-275 anyway just to save a few bucks. I just think 275's all the way around on black wheels would look crazy good. Like nascar racecar style or something. I don't wanna tear up the liners either though

somethingclever

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looks good man thanks for posting....i am in pittsburgh too and don't want to go too low...so will end up cutting the factory springs to drop 3/4".

actrite80

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I'm lowered on h&r springs trying to run 255-40 up front and 295-35 outback on the team dynamics will be test fitting sometime today not really sure how to add pics

isis

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Ok so just to bring a little closure to this for the next person, I had the wheels off today and measured some things. The axle actually has a few mm of clearance so that's not it. Mine was 30.75mm from the hub face to the end of the axle and the centercaps have 34.5mm of depth available. But if you press the centercaps onto the bare hub, you can see that the tabs and spring aren't wide enough to slip over the center ring. When mounted in the wheel, the spring is about 12mm from the rear face of the wheel and the plastic tabs are about 10mm from the face. The hub-ring is 14mm deep. Obviously, this is the source of the interference. So I beveled the hub-ring back to about 8mm from the hub face and it all fits nicely. I even mounted and dismounted the wheel to make sure the spring wasn't getting displaced. It is not. It all fits fine now.

somethingclever

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thanks for the heads up...still between these and the F14's....

isis

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Update:
The aluminum lugs are not tire shop friendly. After having them balanced and specifically telling them to not use the impact on them, I got to put them on and off twice with a torque wrench before the threads yanked out. I replaced them with these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331217555701

Nice, cheap, and steel. Look better too.

Junior-1

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Just had a spare set of wheels from Sean delivered today.
I've been using the Team Dynamics lugs without issue...

isis

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You mean the vengeance racing ones I posted or did you buy ones from Sean? Aluminum?

I'm not saying they're bad, I've never trusted aluminum ones especially at tire shops. Mine got damaged pretty quick. Plus the steel ones I posted are under 20 bucks and look way better for a caddy IMO.

Junior-1

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Mine were bought from Sean.
I just emailed him for more this morning. Definitely not the ones from the link.
He said he had Vision Racing or TD Lightweight racing lugs.
The TD's are the pricey ones. I've got the TD's on it now. Black Forged Alum. closed end

isis

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Yeah vision is what I meant. I wasn't impressed with the looks or durability. I wish I just bought the steel ones I posted to begin with. 18.50 shipped is great. The vision ones were 70 I think. I can't imagine what the TD ones would cost if 70 was the cheap ones.

AAIIIC

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I'm curious how the finish will hold up. The nice thing about the Gorilla Splinedrives (which I have on all 3 of my cars) is that they're black chrome, so the finish is very durable. Obviously they cost quite a bit more, so if the finish on those Ebay ones doesn't work out you could buy a couple/few more sets before you get to the Gorilla price.

isis

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I'm curious about that too. But like you said, for 18.50 shipped I could buy a new set every spring and not feel bad about it. They're my summers not trackers so they get changed once a year plus they take them off for inspection also once a year. Add on brake work and that's like mount and remove maybe 3-4x a year. Even rattle can spray paint could hold up to that..

Junior-1

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Heard from Sean today, the TD ones are $5.25 each...
Picked up some spares since I already have a set