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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 09:22 PM
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Default New wheels over the winter

Now I just need to lower it, put on the new hood, the new spoiler , and call it a day. Well maybe time to start making more HP.
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Old Apr 7, 2012 | 11:02 PM
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Nice car, but those wheels are
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 06:42 AM
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I agree, there not the worst wheel, they dont look to bad,but i think with the them your going with some chrome c6 zr1s or black with a pin strip would look more at home on your car
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 07:44 AM
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That what makes us unique and are cars unique, I looked long and hard to find something that was not the norm. I didn't want to go with what everyone was already running and at the same time did not want to spend 3000 on a set of wheels.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 08:42 AM
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ROH Snypers?

Not something i would choose, but then again, its not my car . You don't see those wheels too often anymore, were popular years ago. I'm glad you're happy with them, nice car!
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 10:53 AM
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Yup! Snypers.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Kristian smith
Yup! Snypers.
what size are they?
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 09:11 AM
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17x8.5s i think
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The hood looks badass!
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 12:30 PM
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Hmm I kinda like em. Good looking car.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 01:43 PM
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The wheel design really isn't that bad.

8.5 is pretty narrow though and as the OP mentioned it definitely needs to be lowered a bit.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 01:48 PM
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Not a fan of the wheel sizes more than anything. There was a red lt1 car on ltxtech that was getting parted out, and it had those wheels and a harwood cowl and it looked pretty sweet.
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Old Apr 9, 2012 | 05:55 PM
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i think it looks good. the hood looks awesome.
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Old Apr 12, 2012 | 06:51 AM
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Thanks for the complements, I am going to reclear the hood I did not get enough on it when I sprayed it the first time. I have to take the car in to the shop for the third time to try to get the tires balanced properly. I think I may take it to a different shop that has a road force balance machine.

Do you guys know if the dots on th side of new tires is where the valve stems are supposed to be when they are mounted?
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