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New rims
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 7:10 pm
by NightFire
Due to a rather annoying accident with a large rock and my rims (pics soon), I'm in the market to buy some new ones.
Whilst I don't want to copy what anyone has, I'd be interested in what brands other people have, and styles.
For some reason, I quite like OZ Racing Rims, but don't think I can get those, and I think I prefer 5 spoke rims. Still checking out sites for something I like though, but hope to order them this week (can't live on a space saver
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:15 am
by mrdj1234
mine came with some rather nifty Alessio 5 spoke 17s... nice wide agressive spoke, looks schmick:D
don't know where to get them here though (still cringing at the thought of what new rubber is gonna cost me too)
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 11:26 am
by GPXXX
OZ Racing rims are verrry expensive... i dunno what your budget is like but with $$, you can get any rims you want (if it comes with the PCD and stud pattern that is required).
Personally if i had to get a 5-spoke, yeah i'd either get the OZ Chrono or some deeeeep-dished Works Meister S1s... (not cheap at $1500 a pop!)
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:09 pm
by NightFire
Well, after looking around, I have found that there are a lot of nice rims, and most of them won't fit the FTO
A nice site is
www.modifymycar.com , which lets you look at your car with some mags (3 brands).
Thanks for the advice GPXXX, your right OZ are very expensive, and luckily (unluckily?) they don't get imported to NZ much.
Ended up getting some 5zigen ones, and 4 new tyres
There are a lot of rubbish looking rims out there, and I wish I could have more to choose from ,but oh well, will just be nice to not drive on a space saver!
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:21 pm
by GPXXX
wow, didn't realise you're from NZ hehe... 5zigen rims sounds great, any pics? how much did you pay for them and what size??
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 10:02 pm
by DZYRME
Go for the "Bling Bling" Rims and get 20" chromies. When I got my rims, the guy put a 20" wheel to show me what they look like on a FTO. They looked awesome, then he told me the price... $2800 each!! So I decided to stick to 18"
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:33 pm
by NightFire
Theres some pics of them on
www.yhi.co.nz , I can't give the exact link to them, as Flash isn't working on my XP64 machine
THe guy rang me today, and said the 17" ones we priced and ordered to fit the FTO, so I need to get the 18" ones
Thats an extra $500 I don't want to spend, so I'm checking if I can get something different. The price will now be close to $3k, and thats $3k more than I want to spend!
Not sure I'm keen on $2800 rims! Imagine the cost + tyres!
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 4:55 am
by GPXXX
man you should get the FN01RC... looks immaculate!!
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:18 am
by NightFire
They were one of my first choice rims... guess what.. no can fit the FTO..
Anyway, I picked out some new ones, and I am damn pleased with them. I'll post some picks soon. I got something, which i think looks better, and with better tyres (Falken something or rathers..) for less money, so I am a very happy chappy!
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:40 pm
by NightFire
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:57 pm
by SilentBobMk2
very nice.......
SilentBob
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:33 pm
by ruchi
nice wheels, but what's with all the weight to get it balanced? That's a sh*t load of weight, normally there's only one or two weights per wheel, not 8-10!
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:46 pm
by FTO338
well that depends on the person changing the tyres, i've seen a guy ran out of the heavy single one, so he use sh*t load of light weight instead.
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:41 pm
by NightFire
Yeah, I thought there were a few weights on there. I get a free balance in a few weeks time, once 'everything has settled down', so I'll have a chat to them then..
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:16 pm
by GPXXX
those wheels looks great!
congrats on your purchase...
