winter wheels- 18" black stockers

jbaker1121

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as some of you may or may not know, Im getting a set of wheels to use in the winter so my 20" stock chromes don't get all f'ed up like the last set i had.....

sooooo

i bought a set of 18" stockers--not a scratch on them--from a guy on the org.
bought a set of tires--blizzaks
and they are getting painted black by john (turbocad).....

---PROGRESS----
the wheels new:(pic will be up shortly)


painted : (thnx for the pics john)
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they will be swappe dwith my 20"s wednesday and then i'll be rolling with the black 18's with fat tires..(18's look so smallcompared to the 20's) but it should look mean.....

better pics will be up as the wheels progress..... enjoy


PICS FROM TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CLOSEUPS...
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enjoy
 
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Very nice!!!

What did the winter do to your Chromes? I just purchased a 45 with Chrome and I live in the Denver metro area. Was it the Mag Chloride?
 
Salt, water, ice... the water gets in crevices and freezes, starts the splitting/cracking process. The salt helps make the crevices for the water/ice to start destroying.

Claude (PullingMaxGs) has chrome OEM 20's on his white FX and he keeps them IMMACULATE by literally waxing and polishing his rims... often I believe. When I saw them they were stunningly flawless :tongue:

I think as long as you keep a boundary layer between the chrome and the elements, you'll be fine. The problem is, maintaining that is a ton of work if you look at it over a period of a year.
 
CP-45 said:
Very nice!!!

What did the winter do to your Chromes? I just purchased a 45 with Chrome and I live in the Denver metro area. Was it the Mag Chloride?
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2 years of salt ate the chrome away and it caused bubles ont he front and corrosion wher eht espokes mee the wheel in the back. it was terrible! as long ad you take car of them you should be okay, but im jsut doing ti as a procaution
 
What model year are they off? I thought the OEM 18" wheel were the gunmetal twists? They were on my FX anyways...

Look forward to seeing them on the car.
 
Pupp said:
What model year are they off? I thought the OEM 18" wheel were the gunmetal twists? They were on my FX anyways...

Look forward to seeing them on the car.
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well my fx is an 05 and has the 05 sports of the same desing, so maybe 04 or 05? i'm not certain. i like this design better than the swirlies though
 
going to pick these babys up right now...then going to long isladn to get them put on...pics shall be up tonight!!!!
 
Frankiago said:
Salt, water, ice... the water gets in crevices and freezes, starts the splitting/cracking process. The salt helps make the crevices for the water/ice to start destroying.

Claude (PullingMaxGs) has chrome OEM 20's on his white FX and he keeps them IMMACULATE by literally waxing and polishing his rims... often I believe. When I saw them they were stunningly flawless :tongue:

I think as long as you keep a boundary layer between the chrome and the elements, you'll be fine. The problem is, maintaining that is a ton of work if you look at it over a period of a year.
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+1 I clean my wheels and then put a coat of turtle wax ice on without any buffing.
I repeat this at every wash.Before I started doing this it was difficult to rub out the staining but now just wipes right off.
I have my stock 18's so I will most likely be painting or powder coating them black and mount some Hannkook I Pikes maybe with studs for winter months. Hope to have this done for next winter.
 
JBaker I saw, I like and hot dam the wheels look good. can't wait to see them on your ride.

Nice Job John on the paint job.
 
day went from good to bad...

woke up, excited for my new wheels!
went to turbocad's, picked em up, they are AWESOME(forgot camera so...no pix)
threw them in the back, drove out to long island, got to the dealer, dropped my car and the wheels off, then waited patiently for the callthat my car is ready :)

then, i get call--the tire company sent 260's instead of 265's.........
the dealer had the tires since monday...they couldnt check them then and save me a 50 minute drive?

he said the tires will be in tommorow,
so the dealer has my FX and my new wheels,
and im stuck with a loaner car.....an FX50S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


JK....its a g35x sedan.....

but yeah. this is uber annoying.

urghh:mad:

the wheels are awesome though. still can't wait for them to be on.
 
jbaker1121 said:
then, i get call--the tire company sent 260's instead of 265's.........
the dealer had the tires since monday...they couldnt check them then and save me a 50 minute drive?
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I think they're yanking your chain Jordan - tire sizes come in increments of 5....there is no 260.

255, 265, 275, 285 etc etc.......:confused:
 
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