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Will I look like a drug pedaling nonce with these wheels?

Yes, your daily progress to work will oft be halted by plod!
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No, they look.......not that bad.
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Post Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:56 pm

Can't decide if I like these wheels. They have the advantage that the big brakes fit behind them (not fitted in the piccy), but they also look more than just a little bit mental.

Whadda ya think?

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Post Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:00 pm

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Post Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:01 pm

I had to vote "yes" :(

But it does add to the sleeper look (as most people with wheels like this will be 17-year-old chavs with a 316) :thumb:
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:01 am

dude all you have to do now is fit chrome arches and an EVO spoiler on the boot :wink:

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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:04 am

had to vote yes i like them m8 :oops:
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 12:07 am

im afriad i voted yes also, the wheels remind me of ones of a hummer i saw, except they were 20 gazillion times bigger with a profile no larger than my nail
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:48 am

I like them, and so does my girlfriend so thats a bonus.
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:07 am

Blimey, I was expecting a bit of a ribbing for those :lol:

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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:41 am

Shocker - you've made the timeless Pikey error of adding shiney modern wheels whilst retaining the crinkly-edged "rust-ic" look of your rear arches.

Sort the bodywork first, or I shall find you and laugh at you.
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:50 am

I must be the only one that says I don't like them. Keep it real and get some BBS in my opinion.
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:10 am

tbh mate they do look a bit 'drug dealer' 8O 8O

i reckon your car really needs steelies, cut and welded so theyre 10" at the rear and 8.5 at the front :cool: :cool:
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:57 am

320Touring wrote:tbh mate they do look a bit 'drug dealer' 8O 8O
they lookpretty good I guess :D

get the car lowerd and they will look much better :wink:

Neil that's the cool part 8)
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:07 am

329iturbo wrote:
320Touring wrote:tbh mate they do look a bit 'drug dealer' 8O 8O
they lookpretty good I guess :D

get the car lowerd and they will look much better :wink:

Neil that's the cool part 8)
yeah its great until every chav comes up to you at the traffic lights looking to score.

steelies cut and banded are the way forward :cool:
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 10:50 am

i think they look chav :cry:
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:28 pm

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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:30 pm

I also voted NO (believe it or not they're growing on me)

I would sincerely love to be able to use steelies, but there's absolutely no way the 4pot calipers etc would fit underneath :(

Will sort the rot at some point! Just more interested in getting the thing running!

Think at some point, I'm gonna get a set of image wheels made up for it, guess the above are a means to an end at the mo.
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:39 pm

can you not get a set of steelies of sommat witha 4x100pcd that are at least 16"??

would look well mean!

sorry if us saying they look chav upset you, just thing that with the amount of work you've don on the car i should either have the best wheels or be a total rat ride
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:47 pm

320Touring wrote: sorry if us saying they look chav upset you, just thing that with the amount of work you've don on the car i should either have the best wheels or be a total rat ride
:lol: Not at all! I know they look pikey as hell, guess they were a knee jerk reaction to my lovely polished 15" BBS style wheels turning out to be bent :(

I'll get Brown sorted at some point with some decent wheels, think I may get another set like the ones I had made for the GT6:

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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:53 pm

i've seen the prices of these! you must be one loaded mutha to afford them :lol: :lol:

they are the daddies tho :cool: :cool:
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:59 pm

Expensive, but schexy non?

They're also unbelievably light, especially compared to the ones in the top pic!
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Post Tue Jul 19, 2005 2:07 pm

Turbo-Brown wrote:Expensive, but schexy non?

They're also unbelievably light, especially compared to the ones in the top pic!
"oh mr turbo-brown, with these billet wheels you are really spoiling us!"

yeah been on the site you got them from (u posted up the link :wink: ) and saw several ones i liked :cool:
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