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What you have: 20" American Racing bling-bling rimsOriginally Posted by trick91
What you want: Black steelies and hubcaps
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Dec 10th, 2007 06:56 AM #1Member
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Rims question
I know its probably not the right time of season to be talking about custom wheels, but since they are off i may as well ask.
I got 20's on my car during the summer. They look awesome except my type of rim is American Racing, so there are gaps in between (its not a full plate of chrome). So you can see the wheel axel and all that in the light, and it dosent look that great. Are there things you can buy that you put behind the rim thats all black so it covers this up? Im not sure if thats clear enough. I was thinking of painting the axels but thought that would be a hassel.
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Dec 10th, 2007 07:26 AM #2 Reply With Quote
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Dec 10th, 2007 09:02 AM #3
As I understand your post, you do not like what you are seeing between the spokes of your rims so you want to put some kind of tin shield between the wheel and the axle to hide the brakes etc? Strange, why buy such wheels if you did not want to see what is behind them?
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Dec 10th, 2007 10:10 AM #4Lol! Do they even make 20" steelies? Originally Posted by BartBandy
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Dec 10th, 2007 03:21 PM #5
Isn't one of the ideas with these huge rims is that you'd have larger disc brakes and large monoblock calipers installed? I hate it when people install huge rims and you see tiny disc brakes up front and tiny drum brakes in the rear!
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Dec 10th, 2007 03:50 PM #6Deal Addict
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Anything over 18", it's no longer for performance, but for looks.. and you suffer for running such large rims. Most if not ALL, BBK's will clear with 18" rims.
Get a sexy BBK kit like brembo.. or endless.. or stoptech and the gaps will be good cuz u can showoff ur brakes lol_______________
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Dec 10th, 2007 03:50 PM #7Why do you have to clutter this forum with actual facts and reasoning. Geez! Originally Posted by cipher
Isn't one of the ideas with these huge rims is that you'd have larger disc brakes and large monoblock calipers installed? I hate it when people install huge rims and you see tiny disc brakes up front and tiny drum brakes in the rear!
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Dec 10th, 2007 08:33 PM #8Member
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its not a huge deal, ive had them on the past 2 summers so its not like they look bad. but this site looks good, ill check them out Originally Posted by Pete_Coach
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Dec 10th, 2007 08:49 PM #9I am pretty sure his car does not sit on stock 20's unless he has a really, really large vehicle, or he has a huge aftermarket brake kit on it. G35s even with Brembos can be downgraded to 17s... Judging by the rim selection; I don't think it is one of the things I mentioned; the OP just probably wanted larger rims. Originally Posted by bionicbadger
To the OP; do you have any picture of how it currently looks?Last edited by Asad_A203; Dec 10th, 2007 at 08:52 PM.
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Dec 10th, 2007 08:54 PM #10
If your brakes/suspension parts are rusty and look bad the best thing you can do is by flat black tremclad paint and give it a few coats to freshen up the look.
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Dec 10th, 2007 09:45 PM #11Member
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the rims are off for the winter. the only shots i have are in the dark from the summer and u cant really tell Originally Posted by Asad_A203
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Dec 10th, 2007 11:31 PM #12
i wanna get these for my ricer!
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Dec 11th, 2007 10:53 AM #13
red paint and brembo stickers help decrease stopping distances by 50%!!!
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Dec 11th, 2007 12:59 PM #14Actually...it's not the paint or the stickers...but the Brembo brakes and calipers will indeed decrease stopping distances. That's why many supercars (Ferrari, Porsche, Aston-Martin) come standard with Brembo brakes. Originally Posted by ShadowVlican
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Originally Posted by kleptodathief
i wanna get these for my ricer!
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