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Old 10-16-12, 05:19 PM
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Im on a budget for right now (im a college student at Dunwoody with no job volutarily at the moment) but I wanna find rims that will go well with my car. Want staggered for sure but not a big wheel guy so need some ideas. No rush seeing the snow will be flying pretty quick here. What has really caught my eye so far are Enkei Lusso's. 18x8 up front, 18x9 in the rear. heres a pic of my car

Old 10-16-12, 06:33 PM
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Lots of options available bud. Throw a number out there and maybe we can help. Are you open to used wheels?
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^What he said, used wheels are the way to go if your looking to save money. If your looking to buy new I'd check out mb battles, varrstoen, xxr, just to name a few.
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Well........ you can only go up from here.

You need to check out manaray's car since you have gold.
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Since you're on a college budget I'd recommend the MB Battles, XXR 521's, or the Rota D2's. If you're trying to go for the stanced look, check out Varrstoen wheels.

Another option would be to check the classifieds and look at some used wheels. Sometimes you can get a good deal on a set of SSR's or Volks.
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Im thinking a max of 700 rims and tires, I have parts I can sell probably from my last two cars I owned. But I will check his car out then, thank you! and ill look into those wheels and see if theres any around MN
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$700 will buy you a set of new XXR's without tires. You can barely get a set of used Lexus wheels for that price. Take a look at XXR on ebay for different styles. I'd recommend sticking with an 18" wheel.
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jlbmotorsport.com might be able to help
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Cleannn sc!
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i love a varrestoen wheels on SC's ive thought about selling my wheels now and getting a set. check out the varrestoen thread.
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Originally Posted by ChrisH
Cleannn sc!
Thanks man! I really appreciate it. Doesnt even have rims and im getting compliments! :P

Originally Posted by Axmily
i love a varrestoen wheels on SC's ive thought about selling my wheels now and getting a set. check out the varrestoen thread.
Ill check those out, I heard theyre a good chunk of money tho.

Originally Posted by Tabaka
$700 will buy you a set of new XXR's without tires. You can barely get a set of used Lexus wheels for that price. Take a look at XXR on ebay for different styles. I'd recommend sticking with an 18" wheel.
Yeah thats true. Probably the max I will spend on wheels then is 700. Still wanna start working on my exhaust and getting those Y pipes out of there! And those gold tips... lol
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something about mb battles or any big spoked wheels look amazing on the sc's
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yea very clean sc,,,to be honest man dont even bother with a budget set of wheels ,,,,they wont do much for the look at it will only set u back further away from getting a nice set.

Wait until your budget is higher then u can get something proper,,,IMO the wheels are the most important upgrade, so TYT and do it right

but if u must the mb battles and varrstoens are your best bet forsure.
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Originally Posted by 1WILLY1
yea very clean sc,,,to be honest man dont even bother with a budget set of wheels ,,,,they wont do much for the look at it will only set u back further away from getting a nice set.

Wait until your budget is higher then u can get something proper,,,IMO the wheels are the most important upgrade, so TYT and do it right

but if u must the mb battles and varrstoens are your best bet forsure.
Thank you for your input. You have a good point with that! My only thing with this is I dont want rims that I would be scared to drive around Minnesota, which has some nasty pot holes that have already claimed two of the rims that originally came with the car when I bought it. And when I went to get my winter wheels, I asked about getting those rims repaired and the guy said they arent worth the investment..
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you can get some supra tt wheels with tires for around 700, or some g35 rims also for around that also. i ran both of these fairly recently and they both look great on the sc


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