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Old May 31, 2002 | 10:41 PM
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Gettin Some Wheels

Well, I was think of Enkei Shogun's but I'm not sure so I own a Silver 2000 Protege and I wanna get the biggest rims I can that still look good, so what looks good, I wanna spen around or under 1k for the rims.
Old Jun 1, 2002 | 01:41 PM
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16's would be biggest for around $1k Unless you can find some really cheap 17's. The bigger the rim the heavier they are, therefore harder for your car to turn em. I have seen 18's kill gas mileage on various cars. Infact, my 18's took me from 425 miles per tank to 350 miles per tank. Bigger looks better, but isn't always "better". I had 16's on my old civic and loved em, get nothing smaller than a 45 tire, I have 35's on my 18's and they blow out very easily around here (shitty roads).
Old Jun 1, 2002 | 03:43 PM
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Centerline RPM wheels in 19's are only 14 pounds. Bigger does not always mean heavier
Old Jun 1, 2002 | 07:10 PM
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Originally posted by Kincaid
Centerline RPM wheels in 19's are only 14 pounds. Bigger does not always mean heavier
in 19" I would hope to get a little stronger rim than a puny 14 lbs one. I am sure it looks good, but bends rather easy
Old Jun 1, 2002 | 09:11 PM
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Nope. Forged. Quite strong. And the 17" are 11 pounds.

Never judge light weight as meaning flimsy.
Old Jun 1, 2002 | 11:21 PM
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I stand corrected, but are the 19" 14 lbers around $1,000? I think not They are not in his price range, which is mainly what I was comparing, otherwise I would have told em to be looking to spend around $3,000 with tires for a good set of rims, which is completely useless unless you plan on leaving em in the garage and only putting them on for show.
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Check them out...they have some good deals.....check out speed&style out

http://www.speedandstyle.com/index_2.htm
Old Jun 5, 2002 | 12:19 AM
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check out whalentire.com they got some fuggin great deal on knock off rims and enki's
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If you live some where near by then I can get you a good deal on wheels.........I payed 189 per wheel for my 18" KONIG Blantant black opal
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