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New Wheels
After several weeks of searching the web I finally took the plunge and ordered new aftermarket wheels yesterday.
This is a complete about face from my original decision to stay stock and go with refinished OEM rims. The problem I kept facing was that nobody has the wheels in stock so you pretty much have to send them your old wheels to be refinished. That was too much of a hassle and too much time. I went with Team Dynamic because of their high offset wheels. I wanted to stay with the original size - 16x7.5 - and the highest offset in this size is 45mm which they say has fit SVX's just fine. They also have two styles of wheel which they have in a 50mm offset but only in 17" and 18" but I was against the bigger diameter. As a point of interest, in all my searching the best price was at Victoria Tire but found them to be less than helpful when it came to answering questions. I also wanted to see the wheels before laying down the cash. Team Dynamic put me on to their only distributor in Wisconsin, Wilde Honda in Waukasha. You read right, a Honda dealer. Brad there was very helpful but what I could not believe is that he was $200 a set cheaper than Victoria Tire. So now it's onto tires - Dunlop SP5000 - probably from Tire rack. Sorry for being long winded.
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Colin 96 SVX LSi 85K (Sold) 04 Legacy Sedan 121K 06 Chevy Malibu 71K 13 Outback 0K |
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I think more of us would reply if you included a link to...you know...pictures...
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these are team dynamics that I found? which one did you get?
http://www.teamdynamicsusa.com/photography-page.htm |
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these are pretty darned cool but would be a bi**h to maintain
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i love the clean rims like the Rim2000 Silver. Those are nice. Also I like the Motorsport Silver.
Lwin
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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If I had been prepared to go to 17" I think my choice would have been the Monza with the 50mm offset. The Motorsport is also available with the 50mm offset in 17"
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Colin 96 SVX LSi 85K (Sold) 04 Legacy Sedan 121K 06 Chevy Malibu 71K 13 Outback 0K |
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They look pretty nice on the Impreza on their "visualizer" page
Should look pretty on the SVX |
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I dig those DTMs. Nice choice...except for the chrome.
I was thinking the other day that black painted wheels would look nice on my car. Besides looking nice, I could keep the stock wheels, refinish 'em and not worry about MI roads bashing them into squares...
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mmmmmmm, new wheels
Don't forget the pictures when you're done. I like your choice and wish you well when it comes time to keeping them free of brake dust!
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Re: mmmmmmm, new wheels
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Colin 96 SVX LSi 85K (Sold) 04 Legacy Sedan 121K 06 Chevy Malibu 71K 13 Outback 0K |
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i almost went with the team dynamics...
six spoke wheel but just fell in love with the enkei's instead. why are you getting such a high offeset? my 17" wheels have as 38mm offset and i have had no problems. good luck with your wheels and tires.
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1994 SVX, true dual Magnaflow exhaust, K&N filter, 17" Enkei RS6 wheels, Bridgestone Potenza RE730 225/45/17 rubber, zinc plated cross-drilled rotors with yellow painted brake calipers. B&M tranny cooler rated at 19,000 GVW. GC springs and Koni strut inserts installed and the car is lowered two inches all the way around!! "Too much fun to drive!" |
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