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Help me pick some rims

Postby methyl mike » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:13 pm

Ok here are a couple maybes, my car is red, lowered no body kit nor will i be getting one, im looking for a black rim with a polished lip, the deeper the better. ALso weight is a factor, im trying to stick with a light rim. IM really considering the axis reverb, but i like the lip of the tsw. Opinions welcome, btw what the hell is hyper-black? Is that black or not?Some of these images will pop up, some you click its a link etc.

http://www.wheelsdirectonline.com/axis/hiro.htm

http://www.wheelsdirectonline.com/axis/reverb.htm


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You like that last one? TSW thruxton, i liek it but i dont know what hyperblack is.

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Thats a jetta with the thruxton rims.

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Celica. .

Thats about all i got for now, any input? Possible candidates?
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Postby Jon11582 » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:31 pm

Hyperblack is like a chrome dark chrome...its not black at all
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Re: Help me pick some rims

Postby WTF?? » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:34 pm

I'd go for the hiro's... its a nice design with a deep lip... I wouldnt know of the weight though... Im assuming youre going for 18's since its lighter?

methyl mike wrote:Opinions welcome, btw what the hell is hyper-black? Is that black or not?


hyperblack is a darker silver... its NOT black... its almost like gunmetal but I think its a little lighter... most rim companies consider gunmetal and hyper black the same...

mine are hyper black
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Postby methyl mike » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:38 pm

Ohhh ok. So would hyper-black thruxtons look pretty bomb you think? On a red solara mind you. I havent found the hiros in black for sale yet! Damnit...You guys like the thruxtons at all?
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Postby WTF?? » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:53 pm

methyl mike wrote:Damnit...You guys like the thruxtons at all?


Its all in your taste man.. I actually dont like those tsw's... the lip makes the rim look hella small like their 16s :-? That jetta is a good example...

what size you going for anyway
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Postby sto » Thu Aug 18, 2005 5:59 pm

stick with the axis rims, tsw is gonna bend on you.

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Postby methyl mike » Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:52 pm

WTF?? wrote:
methyl mike wrote:Damnit...You guys like the thruxtons at all?


Its all in your taste man.. I actually dont like those tsw's... the lip makes the rim look hella small like their 16s :-? That jetta is a good example...

what size you going for anyway


18's, Im not putting on a bodykit so I want 18's and low pros. Hey ive seen you on 101 n, exiting on great america in the morning i think. Was that you?
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Postby SleeperSolara » Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:58 pm

I would say powder coat it the color of your car.
Powder coat the spokes but leave the lip chrome.
That what i would do someday wheneva i can get the ACE Sypder rims.
If i eva get those rims i would get the spokes powder coated DWP or white and leave the lip chrome.
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Postby methyl mike » Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:29 pm

Hey will a 2 or 3 pound per rim difference be noticible? The hiros 18x8.5 are 22 pounds, the reverbs are 19 each.
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Postby StockSolara » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:19 pm

Our stocks are like 19 pounds already
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Postby WTF?? » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:59 pm

methyl mike wrote:Hey ive seen you on 101 n, exiting on great america in the morning i think. Was that you?


Nope... IMPOSSIBLE there cant be another fixed up blue solara in the area!! :evil: :lol: If you had your trd rims on a while ago, I think Ive seen you at a Washington Mutual down near Santa Teresa

maaan... 12 lbs aint gunna make much of a difference... just do it and dont look back :wink:
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Postby Dutch Master » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:16 am

Yeah definitely the Hiro's....but get them in Anthracite....red with the lite black is fiya!.....
And hyper black is black as hell man...not dark silver...lol..

The other axis rims are played out man...
and the TSW are just ok....they look like cheapy speed shop wheels...
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Postby WTF?? » Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:53 am

Dutch Master wrote:And hyper black is black as hell man...not dark silver


like i said, it also depends on the rim company... my hyper black arent darker than some gunmetals
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Postby methyl mike » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:50 pm

WTF?? wrote:
methyl mike wrote:Hey ive seen you on 101 n, exiting on great america in the morning i think. Was that you?


Nope... IMPOSSIBLE there cant be another fixed up blue solara in the area!! :evil: :lol: If you had your trd rims on a while ago, I think Ive seen you at a Washington Mutual down near Santa Teresa

maaan... 12 lbs aint gunna make much of a difference... just do it and dont look back :wink:


Yeah I think you've seen me, damn Im starting to wonder if every damn fixed up solara in san jo is on this forum! Why the hell is there never a meet? Jeez half the board lives pretty much in the same area. Youre car is sick BTW.
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Postby WTF?? » Tue Aug 23, 2005 6:30 pm

dammit mike you making me whore up this thread lol

methyl mike wrote:damn Im starting to wonder if every damn fixed up solara in san jo is on this forum! Why the hell is there never a meet?


Not all of the fixed up solara's are on the forum... even though there are only a few (more growing as the kids get solara's as pass-me-downs), only some of us post here... they could be lurking around, but when i do see other solara's in sj, they all hate... and we dont have much meets anymore cuz we all getting sikk of each other lol jk biyachhhesss!! but we just randomly meet up nowadays rather than having an official meet... you missed out on a good Toyota Meet with BayAreaMatrix... if u wanna join some of our random meet-ups let me know

SO BACK ON SUBJ... what rims you gettin man?!?!??
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