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  1. 03-24-2008, 01:50 PM #1
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    Default Got some factory wheels so i took some pics

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  2. 03-24-2008, 01:54 PM #2
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    looks better with OEM wheels
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    ...and now youre 20lbs lighter on each wheel too...thats 80 lbs less rotating mass...thats a good thing!
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    nice. i'm thinking about buying a miata for a DD.
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    do you live in oglethorpe?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The BUCKY
    do you live in oglethorpe?
    yep
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    The older ones looked kinda crazy, I kinda feel the older ones! hehe :P

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    Quote Originally Posted by umairejaz
    The older ones looked kinda crazy, I kinda feel the older ones! hehe :P
    except they came in at 46.5 lbs a piece. a little too heavy for a miata
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    ^that is true, I remember back in my GSR going from 18's to stock 15s made a WORLD of difference!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by umairejaz
    ^that is true, I remember back in my GSR going from 18's to stock 15s made a WORLD of difference!!
    yea i now enjoy driving it again. like a whole new car
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    what size were the old rims?
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    Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
    yea i now enjoy driving it again. like a whole new car

    haha, yes!!

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    You should have bought the 15"s that i was selling....

    And fix your busted ass side skirt!!!
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  14. 03-24-2008, 08:44 PM #14
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nittanys1
    what size were the old rims?
    17's
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  15. 03-24-2008, 08:45 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doppelgänger
    You should have bought the 15"s that i was selling....

    And fix your busted ass side skirt!!!
    lol i was seriously looking at yours and considering them really hard then i saw these for 150. other than that i prob wouldve bought yours in a couple weeks if they were still available


    EDIT: and im about to fix the side skirt i just need to go get the stuff to do it. finally got time since im out of school till mid may
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  16. 03-24-2008, 09:03 PM #16
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    mine are just another $250 more lol.

    I <3 my 17's though. I just dropped my coilovers all the way down too hehe.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Doppelgänger
    mine are just another $250 more lol.

    I <3 my 17's though. I just dropped my coilovers all the way down too hehe.
    lol yea just another 250, and you also have the power there for the 17's
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    Power? I know nothing of what you're talking about
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    Looks better man...

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    Looks alot better now
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    Looks better... now to the sideskirts. I can't believe the wheels were 47.5lbs a piece...maybe with tires??
    Every pound over stock equates to somewhere around 7lbs in your car per corner from the rotational mass. Therefor if you were say 22lbs over stock x 4 you had an extra 616lbs in your car...meaning your Miata was about as heavy as an E30 or the likes..A little hard to believe but when you throw deuce deuce's on a Chevy, essentailly thats how much weight you are adding to look pymp tastik
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    looks whey better

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    you should get rid of the side skirts all together...

    but those are WAYYY better than the dubbin old wheels
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    hmmm... it looks better but it needs something else... maybe some 16's?? idk... the stock wheels look teenie.

    looks much better though and im sure its more fun to drive.

    oh and take those side skirts off fosho! haha
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    lol but i like the side skirts
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    They look alot better man, get some of the MSM wheels, those are sexy.

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    looks a lot better
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    Better It looks....Yes
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    Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
    yep

    did you go to school there? thats where i went.
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    looks better with oem wheel...
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    Quote Originally Posted by The BUCKY
    did you go to school there? thats where i went.
    no i just moved here recently. but i do have a lot(all) of family here
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    Quote Originally Posted by jesse4846
    you should get rid of the side skirts all together...

    but those are WAYYY better than the dubbin old wheels
    NB's look kinda funny without them...

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