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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by meine96ws6
I can't stand that ****!! i doesn't look good or do anything positive for the car.. But, Im sure its easy to walk underneath and work on it.. haa
+1 It does NOT even look good. It looks 1,000x worse than stock wheels
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:31 PM
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At least you don't need to jack up your car to work underneath it ....lol
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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You know youre ghetto when... your wheels weight more than your motor
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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thats all you see down here
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:35 PM
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thats ******* ridiculous.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:46 PM
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Extremely gay.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:48 PM
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That looks hella tight mayne
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 08:18 PM
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Ill take the Toyota Prius' i see every day in Seattle over 1 of those POS's
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 08:21 PM
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on a side note, where does one get these kind of 'jacks'?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVDE...ayer_embedded#!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 08:33 PM
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They are custom too..mmmaaannnn thats cool..(lame) as those rims!
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 09:41 PM
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Gayer than aids......
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by sidewayz28
on a side note, where does one get these kind of 'jacks'?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOVDE...ayer_embedded#!
LOL,
Drop it like it's hot and put some true dual's (4") all the way back!
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 05:27 AM
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If you caught up with the guy that did that to a beautiful car and they could ID him by his fingerprints afterward it wasn't overkill.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 05:43 AM
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I would love to know how long wheel bearings last! Thats alot of stress up front
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 06:26 AM
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hehe nice ground clearance BTW !! looool
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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To answer the original question:

Lone before that point is when it is overkill.
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by meine96ws6
I can't stand that ****!! i doesn't look good or do anything positive for the car.. But, Im sure its easy to walk underneath and work on it.. haa
Except I'm sure the car is completely stock other than this.... It's probably a 3.4l V6
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 02:26 PM
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there isn't a smiley big enough for that video
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Old Aug 19, 2010 | 08:48 AM
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It's probably a V6 car.. not a big loss in my book.
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