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Old 04-24-2010, 06:32 PM
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Put me in the yea column. What size are they?
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I don't normally like the snowflakes on anything besides 2nd gens, but in this case I think if you got those year one repro wheels with gold accents in them 18" all around, 10 inches wide in the back, 8 in the front with nice dish they would look absolutely sexy *** **** on that car..
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Old 04-24-2010, 07:00 PM
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The year one wheels are only 17", I don't think they have the cast ones in 18. all are 9" wide.
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Yay, but i think they work on that car because of the color. I may not like them on a car of a different color.
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Yay. That is coming from someone that doesn't like snowflake wheels
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yay, but only with the bandit paint scheme like in pic
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Yay.
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Looks good, or "yea"!
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yay looks awesome
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yay!
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Re: yay or nay?
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yay, but only with the bandit paint scheme like in pic
+1, in this case totally yay!

so, which exact wheels are those? are they 17 or 18 now? and where did you get them
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Old 04-25-2010, 01:49 PM
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Sweet.

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Re: yay or nay?
The 1st pic was a photoshop, this is the real deal. They are 17x9 snowflakes from yearone.

Needs lowering for sure and maybe some taller sidewall tires. These are for the 2nd Gen F bodies but they fit fine





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Old 04-25-2010, 03:28 PM
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quick lowering chop... shhiiiit I'm liking this.

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i think they need a slight gold hue to the spokes, kinda looks a little gold in the first pic, but other than that im liking it!
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Yes, that's my biggest issue with them also, the machines spokes stand out too much when looking from the side.
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Re: yay or nay?
looks friggin awesome to me! just as you said, some lowering and maybe a bit more sidewall (also to improve ride comfort if that is a concern to you ) and you're good to go.
didn't know you had a 82/3 black gold as well btw, looks pretty clean!
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This car was just delivered last week, bought it from a fellow thirdgen member
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