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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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more pics below...

Tire rack review first...
Amazing responce and customer service and support, the only complaint was that they mounted two DIRECTIONAL tires the same direction as the ones on the other side . That was my only complaint and Larry, my salesman, quickly said he would re-emburse(sp?) the fee to get two tires switched around on the rim. I just hope the company that turns the tires around does not scratch the rim

Review of Tires and Rims
Performance... I think they are equally light or lighter than my factory AP1 rims, Turn in is AMAZING and grip is great (<100 miles on tires). there is slight road noise but this may be due to the backwards mounted tires. Acceleration I cannot tell a difference, but harsh clutch engagement and hard braking has a different feel as the wheels have more rotational mass (?) Only one rubbing issue when I entered a turn balls deep and it had a few bumps in the road

Looks
you would think I had ap2 wheels in 19"... I love the looks, the best way to discribe it w/o pictures is it makes the car look very british. Completely flush with the fender and does not stick out at all. The 255's out back are not as fat looking as I would like but hey, its just an S2000 295's are'nt exactly going to be hanging off of the drive axle.

Overall
thats all I can think of at the moment, pictures will be up in the gallery asap tonight

PS: finish and quality of the wheel is great with only the most minute of inperfections to be found that could easily be coverd in a days worth of normal brake dust.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:39 PM
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all this talk but no pics?
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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pictures please...I'm curious to see how these look on an S since the pictures on tirerack alone haven't persuaded me yet
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 04:48 PM
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Camera phone... this sucks my real camera died and they look ghetto fabulous in these pics. The silver is not represented correctly at all in this picture. I promise more pics soon!!!


The fitment is FLUSH, they do not stick out at all!!!
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 04:49 PM
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good pics this weekend I hope!!!! they are on my camera but my usb connection is screwed.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 04:54 PM
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From that one pic, they look sweet. I hope to see more pics as these might be the wheels I get. Thanks!
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 05:19 PM
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I didnt weigh them, but they felt lighter than the AP1 wheels when mounting.... thats rim & tire weight.

I really hope I can get pics up soon, I think they are amazing looking... and I didnt like how the superlaggeras looked FYI.
Hope to have pics up tonight, and if not then sat or sunday for sure.

I have pics, just not a way to get them to my computer, hopefully my g/f will help when I get off work.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 05:46 PM
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Can't wait. These wheels really caught my eye when I first saw them about a month or so ago! Since we both have NFR, I'll know exactly how it'll look.
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Old Jan 26, 2006 | 06:10 PM
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How is it possible that they rub? The supers never rubbed according to numerous posts from owners.

You okay with that being present?
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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they rub, not bad, but ive rubbed three times in 4 days

i've got esplier(sp?) springs
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