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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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I got my rims in the mail the other day and I just picked the tires today too. A friend in auto tech school is taking suspension class so he'* going to mount/balance the tires and give me an alignment for free. I won't be able to get pics till Thursday probably but I'm just excited.
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The tires are continental conti-touring. <- My mom has had them on her car for a while and they seem to be holding up good.
I'm EVENTUALLY going to paint my car burgandy/redish and I want to have gunmetal accents to go with the wheels.
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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:53 PM
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Those look LIGHT. What tires did you get?
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 12:00 AM
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lol
There 15lbs.
I got Continential conti-touring tires. Look up there.^^^
It'* late, I won't hold it agianst ya.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....e1=yes&place=0
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 09:26 AM
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Did you read the reviews on that page?
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 09:28 AM
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lokks like they will show a lot of rotor.
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 10:14 AM
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Did you read the reviews on that page?
Yeah, I read those three reviews and a lot of the others. At the moment, I'm not really looking for anything amazing. Just something basic that will last till next year. A lot of the people said it'* a great tire for the price and some were able to get 40k out of them.
Plus my mom has had them on her x-type for a while and seem pretty good to her/me. I was also talking to a friend that had them on his I30 for a while and he had no complaints. That first hand and close second hand experience that I have had with these tires makes me pretty comfortable.

No doubt my next set will have weight and performance in mind. (when I have some more $)

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lokks like they will show a lot of rotor.
I know. I'm going to have to make those calipers purdy now.
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those wheels are pretty sweet... they look like c5 z06 wheels
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Originally Posted by SSsuperchargedEi
those wheels are pretty sweet... they look like c5 z06 wheels
I just google-imaged it. They really do.
Thanks.
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Old Aug 23, 2005 | 09:32 PM
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I know some places make Z06 clones for FWD, they look a lil funny without the offest, but they're still pretty sweet.
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show us when they're on the car meng
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