Winter wheels: Engaged

"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 01/08/2017 at 17:41 • Filed to: None

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7 year old bald 240TW summer Nittos aren’t great in a Kansas witner so I picked up this LS Meshes with tires for $120 on Craigslist. Three of the tires are more or less shot but the tire size is far cheaper than the 16" low-profile tires on my OEM wheels.

They definitely fill the wheel well out a lot better and are about 1.5 inches taller than my stock tires so the car rides a bit higher, which is an odd feeling. As much as I hate black wheels they kinda jive well with my black hardtop and windshield frame. Dammit. I hate black wheels. No. Gotta paint them some color. CAR NEEDS COLOR DAMMIT.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 17:45

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How’s the clearance between the inner barrel of the wheel and the banjo bolt on the front brake calipers?

Also, welcome to 15" land!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/08/2017 at 17:56

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A hairs breadth. It’s actually impressive. Thoughts on what color I should paint these? I’m thinking monster energy green :D

cbell04 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:11

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Paint them Harlequin. Not sure how it would be possible but if anyone can make it happen its the mad murdersofa man.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:15

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Black but leave one set of spokes green (or vice versa)? Aka, Ken Block style?

Also, yeah, I have a maybe 1/2 cm of clearance between banjo bolt and wheel barrel at best. When I took and washed off my old bronze wheels after mounting the black copies, one of them had an impressive scratch that was caused when a pebble got wedged in there from years ago.

Double-also, have you noticed that your speedometer is more accurate than it used to be? Back when I was rolling on 205/50R15s, I was off by almost 5 mph at one point but now it’s down to 2 to 2.5 mph with these 195/55R15s. I can’t remember how far off it was with the original 16" twists on Riken Raptors.

daender > cbell04 01/08/2017 at 18:18

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So paint each spoke a different color?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/08/2017 at 18:20

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One orange spoke could be kinda cool... or black with one blue spoke... or every spoke a different color (lol hell no that’s too much work)...

And yes. My speedo has always been 5mph fast but I haven’t checked to see if it’s closer to what it should be now.

dogisbadob > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:23

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What kind of tires do you plan on getting? What tire size is it?

As for the rims, paint them gold

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:25

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Black with two of the sixteen spokes painted blue (Mariner Blue preferred) would be sweet.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/08/2017 at 18:28

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I’m thinking gunmetal grey with two of the sixteen spokes painted Chrysler metallic blue.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:33

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Perfect, do it!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/08/2017 at 18:34

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Time to go get some gunmetal grey... I’m thinking some duplicolor stuff. Should be fairly durable, right?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > daender 01/08/2017 at 18:40

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Kinda looked better in my head actually, lol.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:41

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Should be but I suggest giving it at least 2-3 coats just to be safe.

daender > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 01/08/2017 at 18:44

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Hmm, same here. Gunmetal alone looks sweet enough.