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Old 02-25-2011, 08:27 PM   #1639
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Those directional rims look good spinning the 2nd "DE" way...

Sorry 'bout the dent in THR22 :(, but looks like a quick fix and will be good as new !!

Hang on... don't anybody leave... I need witnesses. I have to go get my husband to prove something to him. I might actually be right about something!
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Old 02-25-2011, 08:28 PM   #1640
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Now about those wheels. Suppose you put the one on the back spinning one way and the one on the front spinning the other way...

..and make them 22s while you're at it...

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Old 02-25-2011, 08:38 PM   #1641
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Those directional rims look good spinning the 2nd "DE" way...

Sorry 'bout the dent in THR22 :(, but looks like a quick fix and will be good as new !!
Yup now that I've seen both of them... you're right.

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Now about those wheels. Suppose you put the one on the back spinning one way and the one on the front spinning the other way...

..and make them 22s while you're at it...

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Old 02-25-2011, 09:12 PM   #1642
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I like em Chris!

If I had it to do over again I wouldn't have gotten 20s. I should have went with 18s or 19s. That's not to say I don't like the looks of the 20s, but as you know, they're just not as good for performance as a smaller wheel. Maybe this fall I'll get a new set.
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Old 02-25-2011, 09:12 PM   #1643
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Now the bad....
THR 22 has been wounded in battle...

the bummer is it is 200% my fault.

Luckily it's only gonna cost about $400 to fix.... so Add $400 to my wheel budget...

I backed into a Chevy truck who was parked on the drivers side of me you can see the Parking Lot below. the truck was a 2500 crew cab, extended bed beast. So his bumper was way behind the bumper of my car... but plenty of room between the cars so I didn't notice it when I put my stuff in the trunk... I've been working mid shifts and just put in a 12 hour day and so I was pretty out of it anyway.....

Luckily its not bad at all and I wasn't really even that upset.... A guy in a Grand Sport Vette saw it happen... He was pretty upset... Which I thought was cool.. "Oh man I'd be sick right now..." the look on his face was like a parent when their kids get hurt...

All I could say was, "What can I do... it happens...."

So I've already got an appt for Monday

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I feel your pain man. $400 ain't bad tho, my little back-up incident ended up costing close to $1200, and I didn't even hit another car
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Old 02-25-2011, 09:59 PM   #1644
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The wheels look sweet. Ummm... are you sure they are not supposed to be the other way around though? Those directional wheels are supposed to go on a certain way (L or R). They look backward to me - like the left wheels are on the right side of the car. Can you flip them the other way?

Maybe I'm wrong... happens a lot.

PS: Your car looks GREAT lowered.
hmm... i like them the first way - has more of a "switchblade" look to them

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I feel your pain man. $400 ain't bad tho, my little back-up incident ended up costing close to $1200, and I didn't even hit another car
ouch!
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Old 02-25-2011, 10:05 PM   #1645
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hmm... i like them the first way - has more of a "switchblade" look to them


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Old 02-25-2011, 10:25 PM   #1646
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Old 02-25-2011, 10:27 PM   #1647
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You've already got 20's... Put some DRs on those and expand those sweet wheels to 22s




....or shrink to 18's..
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Old 02-25-2011, 11:14 PM   #1648
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I think there was a paint defect in that area in need of repair anyway.
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Old 02-25-2011, 11:31 PM   #1649
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Now the bad....
THR 22 has been wounded in battle...

the bummer is it is 200% my fault.

Luckily it's only gonna cost about $400 to fix.... so Add $400 to my wheel budget...

I backed into a Chevy truck who was parked on the drivers side of me you can see the Parking Lot below. the truck was a 2500 crew cab, extended bed beast. So his bumper was way behind the bumper of my car... but plenty of room between the cars so I didn't notice it when I put my stuff in the trunk... I've been working mid shifts and just put in a 12 hour day and so I was pretty out of it anyway.....

Luckily its not bad at all and I wasn't really even that upset.... A guy in a Grand Sport Vette saw it happen... He was pretty upset... Which I thought was cool.. "Oh man I'd be sick right now..." the look on his face was like a parent when their kids get hurt...

All I could say was, "What can I do... it happens...."

So I've already got an appt for Monday

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Old 02-26-2011, 02:30 AM   #1650
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It really comes down to looks vs. performance. Always the tradeoff... only you can decide. Partial to 18's here for perf, but the 20s look great.
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Old 02-26-2011, 10:49 AM   #1651
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I feel your pain man. $400 ain't bad tho, my little back-up incident ended up costing close to $1200, and I didn't even hit another car
Yeouch.. Yeah all in all I got lucky.. when the dealer quoted me $400 I said, "hows monday?"

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I think there was a paint defect in that area in need of repair anyway.
That's actually from the incident... I just grazed his bumper then crunch...



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That'll buff right out. No worries.


Seriously, that sucks, but it'll be fixed good as new before you know it.
Yeah the dealer seemed to think it was not very bad at all.. He said he could make it perfect for about 800 and he could make it so I'll probably be the only one to notice for $400...

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thanks dude, I'm jumping on it quick... should be back to normal by Wed.

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It really comes down to looks vs. performance. Always the tradeoff... only you can decide. Partial to 18's here for perf, but the 20s look great.
Yeah, I've always been a looks first guy... but this car is certainly the highest HP car I've ever owned so I want the best of both worlds...

20's seems like the best compromise.
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Old 02-26-2011, 11:30 AM   #1652
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20's for the street, and 18's for the rear on strip days... Sorry to hear about the fender bender, but it sounds like you have a fast fender mender... so it's all good...
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