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Old Jun 4, 2004 | 11:49 PM
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I borrowed my friends smoothies they are 17"'s. After mounting these on I think I am going for 18"s anyone got pics of 18" Boyd smoothies
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 12:18 AM
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i think 18's will look good.

not my favorite wheel, but does look mean
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 09:14 AM
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Yup do the 18's
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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18" and a 1" drop.
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 11:44 AM
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I think the 17's would look much much better with the car lowered.

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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 12:02 PM
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I have 19"s and im pretty slammed and still have room for more rubber. I wish I would have orderes 40 series instead for a little more traction but I was worried about clearance. The 19's rock if your into road driving. ie M6 in the country roads cornering and excelerating through the turns. I couldnt be happier from that aspect. Only thing that sucks is finding drag radials and the 30 series lacks traction from a dig. If I can find 40 series drage radials I would be estatic.

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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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Definately go with the 18's
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 02:18 PM
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Yo Shane your car is bad ***!!! Im glad you dont live in my area because I am about to copy you. Hey where did you get those rims from? --Ryan
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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 02:24 PM
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http://www.wheelguyz.com/shop/detail...VO&cat=6&path=

They come in a few different finishes. They dont list them on the site but they sell Nittos and bigger sizes than they list. I got mine shipped to my door balanced with 275/30/19 Nitto 555 extreme's for $2500. Just make sure you pick up some McGuard Spline drive lugs for them. the ones they send you are crap and the McGuards are hard to beat.

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Old Jun 5, 2004 | 02:28 PM
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ooops, operator error!

Oh and like I said, Nittos run thin so I think you could deffnitly fit some 285/40/19's under there with no issues (if they make that size). I have never had any rubbing or clearance and Im lowered 1.5.
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Old Jun 6, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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Shane how wide are those 19's? I may only go 18's with more tire the roads in nebraska suck *** they dont keep them up I hate to hit a pot hole and bend a 19" rim with less tire. Got any more pics of your car?
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