Alright I know this SHOULD have been posted in the wheels/tires/brakes forum, BUT I would rather have just the svt'ers respond to this! (For some reason the SVT crowd seems to have more refined taste)
So admins, if possible can we keep this here?
anyway, I am stuck between two rims (bk7 and tz10) I am pretty sure I want gun metal, but then the little voice inside says be different and get white! (for some reason if i decided on white I think i would go with bk7's but i dont know why..lol)
bk7 gun metal: *note, the color of this wheel is actually the same as the TZ10, the guy at wheelmax said the lighting made the bk7 gun metal seem a lot lighter than it is*
tz10 gun metal:
bk7 in white:
tz10 in white:
Pic of bk7's photochopped on a black focus:
pic of tz10's PC'd on a black foci:
I dont know why I cant decide.... I keep going back and forth, I will decide on the bk7, then i will change to the tz10...then i keep thinking...hmmm...white lol.
lol, hold yo horses cleetus! Sorry about that, I posted the thread first to see how the poll thing works, now im adding the pics. (didnt think you guys would respond this fast!)
ok....the first rim is very bad ass and that would be my choice if i picked. being is that you also have a black svt like myself, ill let you in on a secret. dark rims look a million times better on a black car if the rim has a chrome or silver edge. seperates the tire from the wheel and gives it a much cleaner apperance.
thanks for the input thus far. I do like polished lip black wheels, but I cant seem to find any that I actually like the look of
also, the bk7 weighs 20 lbs even, and the tz10 weighs 20 lbs 1 oz (so both are still lighter than stock)
I do like the stock rims, but Im doing this for two reasons:
1. I want a set of rims to put winter tires on
2. I want to be different, and this will also help me make this car "mine"
Thanks a lot deftones for your help/input on this, I have gone full circle and I think im definitely going to go with polished/machined lip rims.
the first ones you linked are pretty ok, I like the price, and the tires that come with it look ok. (I think i will check out the reviews on tire rack and see if any of the other tires that can be added for 100 or less are really good)
for some reason everytime i think of a black car I think of a nissan 350z (not even a car I like that much) with black rims and a polished lip...*drools* I must have seen a picture of one awhile back because I dont go looking for pics of 350z's lol.
Im gonna go poke around that site and see what else they have. The idea of new tires is nice, especially if i can get everything for 800-1000. (and since shipping is free, i assume the price on the website is the price to get mounted/balanced tires to my doorstep? hopefully this place isnt in Illinois so i dont get stuck with tax)
edit* I looked at the second two, and really liked that last link, but the price being 1100 is a bit too steep for me. I originally budgeted 600 or so for these, so doubling the cost dosnt really make me want to get rims...lol.
I dont know if i like the v8 or not... I do really like the dl-46, but wish it came in flat black. (I have been told the gun metal is darker than it looks in some of the pics, but Im afraid it will look really light) and the tz-16's seem ok, but almost seem like EAP rims with a polished lip (which may not look that bad)
i love those dl-46's......if you were lloking atthose 3 i would go with those. wish i had money for rims. no problem with the input/help...just watchin out for my fellow svt'rs
Of your selected wheels, I like the BK7 in gunmetal...
Rota Subzero's are available with a polished lip, and are much lighter than any of the wheels listed so far, the 17" wheel weighs less than one pound per inch of diameter (16.5 lbs).
well considering there are a lot of rims out there that weigh more than the stockers, i dont have a problem with -1 lb
Im not changing wheels to lose weight, im changing to get the look i want, so any weight loss is just a bonus. (but i am considering the konig holes just because they are 17.5 instead of the dl46 which is 20)
*and frush, no im not putting 20's on...lol I dont know how to photoshop anything, so someone on this board did it for me, and yes i realize the wheels are the size of the tires.. *
You know what I take that back, I think both of the rims are ugly, in my opinion. I didn't see the last option when I voted, I wish I had. I dunno why you say "SVT owners tastes are more refined" because I see a lot of SVT owners with terrible tastes, like in rims. []
Well granted rim choice is 100% your opinion and what you like in rims, but ive seen a lot less gaudy svt rims, than i have 19 inch chrome mounted under a focus se. At this point im shooting for a black wheel (if i can find one for a decent price) with a polished or machined lip, so as of now all the first choices are out.
if you were following this thread you would see half a page ago i decided on a wheel with a polished lip. I am still interested to see what everyone thinks of the other wheels though.
lol. Picking rims is such a beotch without seeing them mounted on a car first. I just went to my local shop to look up some enkei rims i thought looked good, but when i found out all of them were 170-190, and they all weighed 24+ lbs that shot that idea down pretty quick. I think I am going to choose between the 3 polished lip wheelmax wheels, or possibly the gun metal konig holes if i can find them cheap.
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