The New Wheels...19" Axis Supermesh
07-11-08, 06:28 AM
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Thanks for the comments, guys. Yeah, I knew and expected I'd get some "drop it" comments. I want to lower it but not sure when I will have money for coilovers. I will probably do that next, so soon. Yeah, JesLet, I think I fell in love with these wheels when I saw them on your car; definitely a very nice and close BBS LM-style replica. I just wish I had the 3-3.5" lip like you had (3"), JesLet, but the 2" lip is/looks huge to me and is a big change for me, especially after my last wheels; biggest lip I've had so far. I bought them used and the condition is fair. I would like to and might get the lips refinished if it's not too much. Not sure of the offsets but they're pretty flush; maybe would need 5-10 mm or so spacers to be perfectly flush; spacers are a possibility but not a huge deal to me right now.
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07-12-08, 07:48 AM
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Yeah, I bought them off "mstt" and it was kind of hard to tell the condition from the pics, especially the lips and the condition of the finish on them. I thought the lip's finish were in a little better condition than they actually were but I knew the wheels weren't perfect. I need to just stop being cheap and buy new or a only the nicest possible sets. The good thing is that I bought them from most of that $600 tax rebate so not too bad overall for just a few hundred extra dollars out of my pocket. After I buy something why is it I always find better deals afterwards, like JesLet's $700 Supermesh (nice deal, btw). Oh well, at least I tried to get 'em and made somewhat of an effort. Kind of thought about getting two 3" or 3.5" lipped-wheels for the rears but not sure I could find only two for sale. That'd be nice, though; gotta love big lips.
The ride is a lot better than my old wheels for various reasons but still have some minor vibrations in the steering wheel and car (worst at 55-60+ MPH), maybe because of a need for an alignment and/or a wheel balance, or maybe something else. Probably going to get an alignment soon because I probably need one anyway and want to see if that will help or fix the minor vibration issue. Just don't want any abnormal and excessive tire wear because these tires aren't cheap. -- (Something like this happened on my old wheels (only one tire, rear-right) for some reason; not a wheel balance problem, though, I don't think because I had them balanced after I got them. One side of the tire (inner part) expanded real big on a certain area and made the ride so awful and ended up with no tread on that part after a week or two. It happened around the time after I put air in it because it looked a little low and couldn't get a good reading on the tire pressure guage and probably added too much and maybe resulted in ballooning up somehow or something. Hopefully this won't happen on these, though. I doubt it will.)
The ride is a lot better than my old wheels for various reasons but still have some minor vibrations in the steering wheel and car (worst at 55-60+ MPH), maybe because of a need for an alignment and/or a wheel balance, or maybe something else. Probably going to get an alignment soon because I probably need one anyway and want to see if that will help or fix the minor vibration issue. Just don't want any abnormal and excessive tire wear because these tires aren't cheap. -- (Something like this happened on my old wheels (only one tire, rear-right) for some reason; not a wheel balance problem, though, I don't think because I had them balanced after I got them. One side of the tire (inner part) expanded real big on a certain area and made the ride so awful and ended up with no tread on that part after a week or two. It happened around the time after I put air in it because it looked a little low and couldn't get a good reading on the tire pressure guage and probably added too much and maybe resulted in ballooning up somehow or something. Hopefully this won't happen on these, though. I doubt it will.)
Last edited by SClean4; 07-12-08 at 07:53 AM.
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