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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
Here are mine:



17" x 9.5" on all four corners.

The silver car above, look like they are the C5 Corvette offsets.
What is the offset on your wheels? You can PM me if you'd like. You want to sell them?
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 09:05 PM
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What is the offset on your wheels? You can PM me if you'd like. You want to sell them?
... don't expect to buy those from Xsta unless you plan to buy the entire car for a very generous amount of cash. Even then he probably wouldn't sell. Just a heads up
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MadIceV8
... don't expect to buy those from Xsta unless you plan to buy the entire car for a very generous amount of cash. Even then he probably wouldn't sell. Just a heads up
Oh I already figured that. His is a berger SS right?
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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Oh I already figured that. His is a berger SS right?
Yes it is a Berger SS, they came with Fikse FM5's in 2002 . . . and no I do not want to sell the wheels or the car right now. . .

The F-Car offset recommended by Fikse is 38 mm front and rear for the 9.5" wide wheels.

Here are my Profil 13's on my Convertible:



18" x 9.5" front, 18" x 10.5" rear . . . both with a 38 mm offset.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:19 PM
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Nice looking wheels
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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Xsta I can never stop staring at your blue SS.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:14 AM
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Originally Posted by TS6
I could be persuaded to sell mine....full polish!



This picture looks like you have the Profil series in the front and the FM5s in the back. The Profil series has a circular cut in the center.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 08:11 AM
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Xsta I can never stop staring at your blue SS.
Thanks! Me niether!

Although that picture is not a good representation of the color . . this one is: v Old crappy digital cam . . .

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^ Thats a sick ride you got there i love the color on it!!
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^ Thats a sick ride you got there i love the color on it!!
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I want to paint my car that color. I think it would be a PITA trying to swap from red though lol.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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Thank you . . . it was a really wierd feeling having your car loaded into a big 18 wheeler to be professionally shipped nearly halfway accross the country for a car show . . .

I think it was a pita when they cahnged it from Black to Blue . . so Red would be a nightmare . . .
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Xsta, do you know the recommended offset/backspacing of a 17x11 FM5? I'm going to have Forgeline do the hoops and just want to know what to tell them.

Oh and FYI, your car is STILL my screensaver on my old desktop at my parents house. I think I put it up when I first joined LS1tech LOL
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
Thank you . . . it was a really wierd feeling having your car loaded into a big 18 wheeler to be professionally shipped nearly halfway accross the country for a car show . . .

I think it was a pita when they cahnged it from Black to Blue . . so Red would be a nightmare . . .
Well that gives me hope to one day paint my car that color.As to also having a black car in which i no longer want a black paint job.
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
Thank you . . . it was a really wierd feeling having your car loaded into a big 18 wheeler to be professionally shipped nearly halfway accross the country for a car show . . .

I think it was a pita when they cahnged it from Black to Blue . . so Red would be a nightmare . . .
I thought it was an original berger SS. Why did you repaint it? That's Electron Blue right?
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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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I thought it was an original berger SS. Why did you repaint it? That's Electron Blue right?
It is an original Berger SS . . . they offered one off paint jobs in their package, Berger painted it, just like adding the Phase II 435 HP engine upgrades.

Here it is during the paint change @ Berger's body shop:




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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by DopdBrd
Xsta, do you know the recommended offset/backspacing of a 17x11 FM5? I'm going to have Forgeline do the hoops and just want to know what to tell them.

Oh and FYI, your car is STILL my screensaver on my old desktop at my parents house. I think I put it up when I first joined LS1tech LOL
Well thanks. As for your question I do not know officially what it is, but based upon my current 10.5" on my rer car with a 38 mm offset, I do recall hoops came in 1/2" increments. My rear tire is as far out as possible, so the added hoop needs to go to the inside, thus mathmatically making the offest +44 mm. (38 mm + 1/2(1/2")) Which also sounds doable based upon the ZR1 50 mm offset and the TTs'2 offset of 46 mm . . . so hope that helps.
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Old Apr 1, 2010 | 01:43 AM
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Xsta your Berger looks amazing!!!!!
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