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Jun 30, 2006 | 10:44 PM

1badass99

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finally installed my wheels

Here is a couple of pics of the wheels, lowering is next. They are 18x9.5 & 18x10.5

Jun 30, 2006 | 10:49 PM

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Driver's side tire is backwards, but they look pretty good on the car.

Jun 30, 2006 | 10:58 PM

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Wheels look real good .. Not always a big fan of the rivits, but those look good.

the back tires look like they are on the wrong sides (unless you plan on backing everywhere).. check the rotation arrows.

Jun 30, 2006 | 11:26 PM

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Yea that one is for sure. I can't see the other one though.

Jul 1, 2006 | 12:31 AM

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Looks good.

Jul 1, 2006 | 02:02 AM

Kman

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Tires are on backwards. Hahah.

Jul 1, 2006 | 02:26 AM

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Check your tires man. Otherwise, it looks good!

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Jul 1, 2006 | 05:19 AM

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rims look good, tires look bad...haha

Jul 1, 2006 | 12:27 PM

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What size tires?

Jul 1, 2006 | 03:29 PM

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How can you tell if the tires are on backwards?

Jul 1, 2006 | 03:51 PM

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look at the tread pattern... the pointy part should be pointing the way the car drives. who put those tires on for you? i'd be pissed if they did that **** to my car.

Jul 1, 2006 | 07:37 PM

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Yeah, that's the first thing I saw when I looked at that picture, that the tire is on backwards. Besides the obvious way of knowing the tire is on backwards (looking at the tread), there is also an indicator arrow on the sidewall of the tire.

I was at my local dealer once, and I saw this older guy with a red SS convertible. I asked him he liked his car, and he said "it handles like crap, they can't figure it out". So I told him.....your front tires are on backwards. The service manager didn't understand what I was talking about so I told him,,.....take this wheel off, put it over there, and vice versa. The customer was forever thankful to me....lol.

Manny

Jul 1, 2006 | 11:26 PM

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car looks good, where in pasadena do you stay?

Jul 1, 2006 | 11:36 PM

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Had the same thing happen a few years ago myself... backwards tire issue. They mounted three of them correctly and got the 4th on backwards. When I it back in to them I had to explain it needed to be flipped on the rim.

Jul 1, 2006 | 11:55 PM

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I called earlier in the day to the goodyear tire shop and told me to take the car in monday morning. Thanks everyone for letting me know. I live close to 225 & richey

Jul 2, 2006 | 12:38 PM

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Finally Some one Got 18"..Your Car Is sick.....With that drop your getting its gonna look even better....

Jul 2, 2006 | 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by 1badass99

I called earlier in the day to the goodyear tire shop and told me to take the car in monday morning. Thanks everyone for letting me know. I live close to 225 & richey

oh cool, i live off of cherrybrook across from the high school