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Hey Guys
Found this site a little while ago but only just registered and decided to say hi,

I've had my 95 GPX since about Oct last year, i've done a few things to it and am quite impressed
with the car. After modding a heap of turbo cars and stuff it was after a change and i am loving
the change to the mivec. The throaty sound from the exhaust is awesome at high revs.

A few specs on my car
95 GPX
Tein Coilovers
Extractors
Leather interior
100.00kms
Cold air intake
Front and rear strut braces
HID headlights
A few add ons in the interior eg. dial surrounds and stuff

Now im just looking for some new rims when i work out the right offset cause the current ones
are trashed but all in all the im very happy with the car.

p.s. any help with offset would be much appreciated
i'm looking at 17x8 with either +30 or +44, does anyone have either of those? if so how do they fit
and look?
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Should get some 18" x 9.5" +20 rota grids on your car ;)
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Welcome to the club. Always great to get a convert from the turbo arena. Im sure someone will come along with the offset info. Its also worth doing a search on the forum. Just search the word offset and you should pull up more than enough.
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    Sahin wrote:Should get some 18" x 9.5" +20 rota grids on your car ;)
    I'm getting some Rota grids and in the 17's these are the only offsets i have found,
    i didnt want to deal with scrubbing and bumpy ride so im just gonna stick to whats on the
    car, plus theres 4 brand new tyres on it now so im just gonna swap them over.
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    dstocks wrote:Welcome to the club. Always great to get a convert from the turbo arena. Im sure someone will come along with the offset info. Its also worth doing a search on the forum. Just search the word offset and you should pull up more than enough.
    Thanks Dstocks i'll check it out
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    WTTC mate.

    17x8 with a +30 will fit fine with possible scrubbing on full lock

    I've got 17x8 with +32 and get slight scrubbing on full lock so +30 should be a tiny bit better.
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    Vectose wrote:WTTC mate.

    17x8 with a +30 will fit fine with possible scrubbing on full lock

    I've got 17x8 with +32 and get slight scrubbing on full lock so +30 should be a tiny bit better.

    Awesome!! thanks mate, looks like i'll get the +30s then..they should sit on the car the best
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    G'Day picka, WTTC.
    Nice FTO and nice photo too :D
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    WTTC mate!
    Nice FTO you have there :)
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    Welcome!
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    wttc :)
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    Technikhaus wrote:WTTC mate!
    Nice FTO you have there :)
    ash1987 wrote:wttc :)
    PHIL069 wrote:G'Day picka, WTTC.
    Nice FTO and nice photo too :D

    Thanks everyone, im glad i found this forum, ive already found a lot of good info and theres some nice
    cars on here.
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    Sahin wrote:Should get some 18" x 9.5" +20 rota grids on your car ;)
    If anyone was interested i ended up going with the Rota Grid R's

    17" x 9 offset +25..i should have them this week and ill post a pic of them when i get them fitted,
    hopefully should look good and fit.
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    Noice. What colour of wheel?
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    i went the gun metal grey
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    Ah, I looked at those once, look forward to seeing them on! (yours will probably make it before mine, too :lol: ) And your specs are only 3mm off my RPF1's.
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    bjk wrote:Ah, I looked at those once, look forward to seeing them on! (yours will probably make it before mine, too :lol: ) And your specs are only 3mm off my RPF1's.
    yeah hopefully they'll arrive in the next couple of days and i'll have them on in a week or so, ill
    chuck some pics up of them on.
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    I'm also keen to see what the look like compared to the 18's
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    vanadinite wrote:I'm also keen to see what the look like compared to the 18's
    An inch smaller. :troll:

    But same. Also depends on the profile of the tyre, too as to how "big" it looks I reckon.
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    vanadinite wrote:I'm also keen to see what the look like compared to the 18's
    They showed up today :D so i'll sort out fitting them asap and put up some pics so you can see,

    i'll have 215/45 tyres to start with so they'll be stretched but will fill out the guards still but i'll get some
    fatter tyres down the track.
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