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BrianAC2.5
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Enkei FLC-01 Matte Black 18"Goodyear Eagle F1 All-Season 225/45/18


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Very nice! Time to bring it to earth now

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But I also think you should've went a little larger. I had 18's on my coupe... and they're just too small. That's a good rim choice though.

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This is exactly what I'm looking to do with my Black Coupe. Hard to tell if 18's are big enough. Perhaps 19, but 20's are just a little too much. I mean, I'm not 18 any more ...

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they don't these rims bigger then 18's. I am thinking about dropping it but I'm worried about how it will be in the winter

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not to be the negative one here but don't they look almost the same as the stock ones? i mean paint the stock ones black and it'll look exactly the same except for the fact that these ones are universal wheels or something and have more then 5 holes (stock rims are just 5 lug)

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I noticed you have a lot of rust around your rotors. Same thing happened to me when I got new rims. Its really hard to take off too (tried wire brush, sand paper, solution). What do you plan to do? are you just going to leave it? I might take a trip down to dealership to se what they can do.

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when the rotors get wet they immediately rust. he prolly just washed the car and sprayed the wheels in the process. driving the car will remove the rust and make the calipers non-rusty once again. I feel stupid for having to explain this.

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I see the resemblance, and im not a fan on the stockers on the 3.5, but something about these really gets me. I love them! Just drop that s**t!

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08altima35 wrote:when the rotors get wet they immediately rust. he prolly just washed the car and sprayed the wheels in the process. driving the car will remove the rust and make the calipers non-rusty once again. I feel stupid for having to explain this.
Thats definitely not the case for mine. I've read that several times as well. Mines pretty harsh. Been stuck there ever since I got new rims(I had hubcaps so I couldnt see the rotors before) and I had my rims for well over a month now. I even tried my best to remove it but 60% of it is still on there.

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Sweet looking set up Brian. I'll bet they look great in motion.

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Very nice, like the match. -- Wind

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thanks for all comments!! I really love the way they look and have been told they look awesome when they are moving. I don't plan on doing anything about the rust on the rotors. It will just keep coming back

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I dig the look...

Howd you get it sideways in the driveway like that... austin powers k-turns?

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nice those look pretty kool i like em good contrast w/ the black

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BrianAC2.5 wrote:thanks for all comments!! I really love the way they look and have been told they look awesome when they are moving. I don't plan on doing anything about the rust on the rotors. It will just keep coming back
I hate the rest on my rotors too. I've thought about painting them black...if i got that bored

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BrianAC2.5
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almost murdered out

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D-Roll wrote:
I hate the rest on my rotors too. I've thought about painting them black...if i got that bored
Wouldn't these guys solve the problem?

Only ~$250 per pair at Stillen. Sure beats getting the big brake kit at 2K a pair....

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very clean and sexy look, nice

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i want new rotors but i don't like the gold. I want matte black or silver

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D-Roll wrote:
I hate the rest on my rotors too. I've thought about painting them black
If you paint your rotors, your will die
jak0 wrote:I noticed you have a lot of rust around your rotors. Same thing happened to me when I got new rims. Its really hard to take off too (tried wire brush, sand paper, solution).
I hope your joking about touching your rotors with sandpaper and a wire brush. That's a great way to destroy your pads and cost yourself a couple hundred bucks.
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Thats definitely not the case for mine. I've read that several times as well. Mines pretty harsh. Been stuck there ever since I got new rims(I had hubcaps so I couldnt see the rotors before) and I had my rims for well over a month now. I even tried my best to remove it but 60% of it is still on there.
You must be talking about the calipers, not the rotors. Rotors are the disc. If 60% of your rotor was rust, you wouldn't have the contact required to stop, and you would die, like your friend above.

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adidas2go wrote:
If you paint your rotors, your will die

I hope your joking about touching your rotors with sandpaper and a wire brush. That's a great way to destroy your pads and cost yourself a couple hundred bucks.

You must be talking about the calipers, not the rotors. Rotors are the disc. If 60% of your rotor was rust, you wouldn't have the contact required to stop, and you would die, like your friend above.
Ok, everyone state that your rotor HATS have rust on them

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adidas2go wrote:
If you paint your rotors, your will die
I was joking dude LOL. Im going to abuse them then upgrade to performance rotors


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