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Old 04-08-2011, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by skorpion317
I'll be going with either silver or gunmetal. I'm not a huge fan of gunmetal wheels with NBM, but Forgestar's gunmetal seems lighter than others.

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http://www.corvette-wheels.com/media...lver_front.jpg

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http://www.corvette-wheels.com/media...gunhighres.jpg

I'm just not sure if the gunmetal wheels will go well with my CF splitter, and the CF diffuser I'll be getting. It might be too much "gray" on the lower part of the car.

Just an FYI, that silver looks to be what I have. Which is discontinued. I would say rock the gunmetal!

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Sexy.. what quality are these? Price?
Thanks, and the quality is there, price seems to be about 300-310 a wheel. I forgot to weigh them when I had just the wheels, but I will try and weight what the wheel/tire combo is this weekend.
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Damn, way over rpm. I was not impressed with the quality of rpms. I didn't have that many miles on mine, and well cared for, and they had a lot of blemishes, mostly clear flaking and some other small things.
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Your trying to compare a forged vs cast wheel. RPMs look good but their heavy, I have heard many complaints on quality, and sizes are limited.
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Originally Posted by mac62989
Your trying to compare a forged vs cast wheel. RPMs look good but their heavy, I have heard many complaints on quality, and sizes are limited.
The Forgestars are flow-formed. Almost as strong as forged wheels, but they don't cost as much to produce, and they're a lot stronger and lighter than cast wheels. RPMs are cheap knockoffs of slightly better cast wheels.
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Originally Posted by skorpion317
The Forgestars are flow-formed. Almost as strong as forged wheels, but they don't cost as much to produce, and they're a lot stronger and lighter than cast wheels. RPMs are cheap knockoffs of slightly better cast wheels.
Sounds similar to the process the SSR (Speed Star Racing) uses, they call it a semi-forged process.
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Skorpion, Nineball posted up a new color called textured gunmetal gray. I think it would look pretty sick on NBM.
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Originally Posted by mac62989
Skorpion, Nineball posted up a new color called textured gunmetal gray. I think it would look pretty sick on NBM.
I saw that. It looks like a textured matte color. It looks darker than the regular gunmetal wheels.
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Originally Posted by skorpion317
I saw that. It looks like a textured matte color. It looks darker than the regular gunmetal wheels.
Do It! Would look Amazing on your car! As far as the color goes, it almost perfectly matches Cyber Gray:
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Originally Posted by skorpion317
The Forgestars are flow-formed. Almost as strong as forged wheels, but they don't cost as much to produce, and they're a lot stronger and lighter than cast wheels. RPMs are cheap knockoffs of slightly better cast wheels.
fake rivets ruin those rims for me.
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Tran how long was the wait for your wheels?
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I had them at my door in a month.
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Forgestar is very busy at the moment, about 5-6 weeks build time. Skorpion, the gloss gunmetal would match perfectly with your planned carbon mods.
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I love these wheels! And black wheels on cars looks good but they are as tired as the haters gona hate saying...
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look sooooo sexy
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Wheels good good. Nice Choice.
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sweet wheels bro, they really stand out....props on the set-up
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Thanks guys I still love them. Only thing I wish, is that the fronts would have been deep concave's also.
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Originally Posted by Dr Tran
Thanks guys I still love them. Only thing I wish, is that the fronts would have been deep concave's also.
So they make the 18x10's in the proper offset? Might have been able to run the 18x10s all around.
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Ya I think 18x10s up front with 40+mm will work fine just like out back. I would be doing 18x10s deep concave all around when I get the funds.
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they fit the car well..


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