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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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Thanks all. They are HP Evo Lightning wheels. Roughly $150 per wheel to get them refinished.

Raist: "ghetto" is exactly the word my wife used to describe them also.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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Hey you have to drive it. You like it rock the **** out of it who cares what others think.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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Hey you have to drive it. You like it rock the **** out of it who cares what others think.
Tru dat. And if it means the wife drives it less...that's just a bonus.
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Old Dec 13, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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hate the vette mirrors but those rims are just sick
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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your car is pure sex. mirrors and wheels alike, but I love the way black wheels look... Looks sharp keep it up
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 02:43 PM
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haha and i thought i was the only one. I had some oem wheels deep dish 18" done by the powder pro a while back I just havent had a chance to take any good pics of the car yet. Im digging the hp evos tho. Are they painted or powder coated?



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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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haha and i thought i was the only one. I had some oem wheels deep dish 18" done by the powder pro a while back I just havent had a chance to take any good pics of the car yet. Im digging the hp evos tho. Are they painted or powder coated?
Nice!
the black is powdercoated...the SOM is painted.
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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Take a look at the G2 caliper paints, they do have a orange color, and you can have them do a custom color match paint.
Yea G2 for sure, if you go to their site pics of my calipers are actually on there

http://g2usa.com/WordPress/2009/07/ half way down, stuff still looks brand new.
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R they 19x9.5 all around ???
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**** yea for being different! awesome!
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Those are my old wheels, Shane and I did the trade and it worked out for both of us. He wanted something different, and I wanted 17x11s with some meat in the rear.

I still need to get some pics of mine. Maybe when this weather clears up and I can finally do a full detail on the car.
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Looks good! I would have just painted the outer part of the lip, but it doesn't look to bad how you have it. What setup are you running (tire size/rim size/drop)? The stance looks perfect on it!
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Old Jan 9, 2011 | 08:21 PM
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I like it.... All of it.
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Those are my old wheels, Shane and I did the trade and it worked out for both of us. He wanted something different, and I wanted 17x11s with some meat in the rear.

who doesn't like a lil meat in the rear???? heh

sorry i had to but that set up looks awesome man, good job finding something new
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Old Jan 10, 2011 | 07:53 AM
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Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm running 265/30/19 in the front and 285/30/19 in the rear.
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The car looks great..and this goes to show that different can be good..
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i like it! I thought about the same on mine but with white of course, never got around to a set of wheels i like to do it.
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I think this only looks good on the Evo style wheel.
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