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Old 10-01-2011, 12:07 AM
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Looks Great
 
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kick *** ! ...really goes nice with the blue paint . if you pardon my asking
what they cost and who sold them to you?
 
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red calipers would look killer on that car.
 
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Old 03-03-2012, 08:26 PM
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Thanks Vincent. The wheels and tires, brand new from TireRack.com. It was about $1100-$1200 shipped to my door.

As for the calipers/brakes, in the works. The car is covered for the winter and I pulled the calipers off a couple weeks ago. A friend of mine will be blasting them and then off to powder coating
 
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I've seen those and the eagle 077s a lot lately there was even a GP for sale on ebay with the 077s. Both are very nice rims.
 
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What made the car "settle" on its own? It knows not what tires/rims are on it, nor the spacing left in the wells. I am lost here ... Almost more than I have ever been when it comes to something automotive.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 08:51 PM
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When you jack a car up, it fully extends the suspension when the wheel is off the ground (such as stretching the coil springs, allowing the struts to go their max distance and a host of other small things). Most of the time when you put the car back down (putting a load back on the suspension) you don't notice if it's resting a little higher then normal.

In this case with the new wheels, resting a little higher then normal is more noticeable. Once you take it for a little drive or sometimes letting it sit, gravity pulls the suspension back to normal.

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I understand that, but nothing like that happens if you have it up for the 5 minutes it takes to change a tire.
 
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Old 03-06-2012, 09:37 PM
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It's not about how long the suspension is hanging, it's about the fact it is hanging. It's fully extended.

Either that or it's the placebo effect..... lol
 
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Love the way they look, I am very late
 


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