Help me find the proper polished wheels
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Help me find the proper polished wheels
I would like to find the perfect wheel but most places i have looked either dont have a polished wheel or dont have the correct offset. I would like to find a lightweight polished aluminum 18" wheel, but if i can readily find a 17" i will settle for that. The sizing for the rears should be 17 or 18x9 so that i can fit a 265 rear tire (35 sidewall for 18s 40 for 17s) and the fronts i would like a 7.5" or 8" wide wheel, doesnt really matter. Basically i have grown weary of the whole "racer" look and im pretty attracted to the "VIP" look thats hitting japan lately and starting to come over here. I have built plenty of imports and always had the same look, now its time for something different.
The car is Berlina Black, '06 model, with black interior. There will be an OEM front lip with OEM rear wing, OEM style carbon fiber hood and trunklid, a 1" drop via coilovers, havent decided which ones yet. So this is all the pertinent information, a brake kit will come eventually, but the wheels will come first. I would like to have a large lip on the rear wheels but i understand that may not be possible with OEM quarter panels/fenders. They must have some sort of lip though. Completely polished, and nothing thats too much heavier than the stock wheels. I hope im not asking too much. Basically if you guys could point me in the direction of some brands that you know carry polished wheels that are properly staggered with the right offset. (based on the sticky on the page i would need +53 front and +55 rear offsets. Thanks in advance i can't wait to start picking the wheels.
The car is Berlina Black, '06 model, with black interior. There will be an OEM front lip with OEM rear wing, OEM style carbon fiber hood and trunklid, a 1" drop via coilovers, havent decided which ones yet. So this is all the pertinent information, a brake kit will come eventually, but the wheels will come first. I would like to have a large lip on the rear wheels but i understand that may not be possible with OEM quarter panels/fenders. They must have some sort of lip though. Completely polished, and nothing thats too much heavier than the stock wheels. I hope im not asking too much. Basically if you guys could point me in the direction of some brands that you know carry polished wheels that are properly staggered with the right offset. (based on the sticky on the page i would need +53 front and +55 rear offsets. Thanks in advance i can't wait to start picking the wheels.
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well i figure that with the VIP approach i can still do performance modifications like the mugen or spoon header, TB, IMG, spoon duct and filter, cat back, maybe a little tuning via some controller, and i wont blow it up, so i can concentrate on making the rest of it look really good, although its awesome already i love my s2000. Anyway you can apply VIP to just about anything. Its black already so it sort of lends itself to the scene already. I hadn't looked at HRE wheels yet, those, while not polished, do look damn nice. I especially like the lips, i-forged doesnt seem to have as much of a lip. thanks for the ideas.