my new 18's

[Gambino]

hey all. I just got my new rims in today! I ordered them from perfectlyround.com! They are 18x7.5 t/a's. I got them in gunmetal. Will put some pics up tomorrow if i can and then some once the get mounted

[Gambino]

here are some pictures, im about to get them mounted. more pics tonight

http://tinypic.com/anyj9w.jpg
http://tinypic.com/anyjyf.jpg

[Jeph]

Who makes those rims?

[mazdaspeedpower]

looka nice

[Gambino]

hi performance designs

[mountjonas]

looks good. on their site, they have kinda funky ugly stickers on them by the lip. it looks way better without them.

[Jeph]

How much do they weigh each?

Those look sweet btw, look a lot like the 5zigen FN01R-C

[ZoomVT]

yeah whats the weight? and whats the offset?
they look good man.

[tsunami]

nice lookin.... can't wait to see em on your ride..

[Gambino]

hey guys, I am not sure on the weight, but i will find out. Just got them on with 225/40r18 Kumho Ecsta ASX tires. Enjoy!
http://tinypic.com/ao15xs.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ao16ba.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ao16l2.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ao16ra.jpg

[MSP#735]

damn those look good on white!!!!!

[ChopstickHero]

looks good. how much do they weigh?

[Gambino]

as i said, not sure about the weight. Will email them now and try to get you guys an answer by morning

[*eiGht*]

Sweet rims bro!....I'll see you at the meet on the 27th... (drive)

[ZoomVT]

they look sweet dude. They look a lot like mine but my spokes are a bit wider. In any case, you said you got them from prefectlyround right? they are sponsoring you right? so did they give you a deal or what? whats the retail?

oh and by the way, how do you like those Kumho?

[Gambino]

lovin the kumho! yes, i am sponsored by perfectlyround.com. I am not too sure on the retail

[anarchistchiken]

Looks nice. You need to fix the white balance on that camera bad, haha.

[ZoomVT]

Looks nice. You need to fix the white balance on that camera bad, haha.

what white?
i thought his car was blue....

[anarchistchiken]

(rlaugh)

[SunnyP5]

mmm.. gunmetal and white always look hot together =) nice choice..

[fkmp5]

http://tinypic.com/ao15xs.jpg

http://www.msprotege.com/members/fkmp5/ao15xs.jpg

is your car blue? :D

[BC3I]

Hey ZOOMVT.....are your wheels 5-6-7 spoke?? cause urs r the only other wheels besides mine that i have seen that have the chrome center on black

[Protege52003]

they look nice......

[Gambino]

well at least you guys are just making fun of the camera and not the car! I have no idea how to adjust that camera cuz its my friends, he knows how to do the white balance though, so I am planning on washing/waxing the car tomorrow and will get better pics

[Gambino]

just found out that these wheels are 19 lbs

[BC3I]

nice wheels man. look sweet on the white

[rbmazda3]

I like the drop! :)

[brettjay]

now all you have to do is remove that 2.3 emblem floating on your doors. (cool)

[smurfedpro5]

nice rims

[MidnightSpeeder]

Those wheels are incredible.. I am going to see if I can cop me a set of these :)

Good choice.

[ZoomVT]

now all you have to do is remove that 2.3 emblem floating on your doors. (cool)

why remove them? i kinda like them
i painted mine charcoal metallic and moved them further towards the bottom of the side, right where the lines of the car change (i have a sedan).
i guess ot each its own, and i think if i had a HB i would remove them too.

[Gambino]

why remove them? i kinda like them
i painted mine charcoal metallic and moved them further towards the bottom of the side, right where the lines of the car change (i have a sedan).
i guess ot each its own, and i think if i had a HB i would remove them too.

See I was originally going to remove them, but I want to do all my emblems black and move this too. Got any pics of your emblems?

And thanks for the compliments too!

[Gambino]

oh, and fkmp5, how did you make that picture have decent color? thanks!

[ZoomVT]

yeah i have a few pcitures, i dotn know if it does justice to how it really looks but here:
You can see the back, the driver side and i even did the front badge.

[Gambino]

I really like the placement of your 2.3 was that hard? what did you use for the adhesive?

[ZoomVT]

thank you! the placement was a bit difficult to decide cause once they are off you have so much space to work with.
i decided to put it right at the crease on the door as the baseline. i though it would accentuate the line a bit more, the only problem is that when you are putting it there it feels like you are going to brake the door while applying pressure to the adhesive. hehe
and it takes a day or 2 to get used to the positioning.
i used 3m doube sided tape (for reference, use the one that has a red outside and the adhesive is gray)

[tsunami]

nice... like that look... very subtle with it painted like that... would hardly notice it unless you were looking...

[MidnightSpeeder]

tphskab - Do you have any more pictures of your car?

[Gambino]

tphskab - Do you have any more pictures of your car?
I will be taking more probably sometime this week. anything in particular you want? (and i will be white balancing the camera this time)

[ZoomVT]

Hey ZOOMVT.....are your wheels 5-6-7 spoke?? cause urs r the only other wheels besides mine that i have seen that have the chrome center on black

hey man, sorry i missed your question somehow. You probably know by now but yeah my wheels are 5 spoke. they are Kazera As. what kind of wheels do you have? any pics?

[MidnightSpeeder]

Well, more pics of the wheels, against the car.. Your car has a similar color contrast compared to mine, so that'll give me an somewhat good variation of what my car will look like..

Thanks, I really really appreciate it!

Get a lot of pics!

[BC3I]

ZOOMVT they are 18" Tenzo-R Drivex-7's here's the only pic i could find right now

[ZoomVT]

those are pretty sweet dude. i deifnitely like the gray/black combo and the lip looks sweet

[Gambino]

so i figured out white balance.....some newer pictures
http://tinypic.com/ddfa0n.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ddfabo.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ddfae9.jpg

[Gambino]

a few more......
back tire
http://tinypic.com/ddfdav.jpg
front
http://tinypic.com/ddfdcy.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ddfdhv.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ddfdir.jpg
http://tinypic.com/ddfdk4.jpg

[BC3I]

thanks...i like the yellow/black theme u dont c that to much on wheels. i will put up some new pics soon

[MidnightSpeeder]

SWEET! I've been waiting for these pics for the longest time!! Thanks for updating my wallpaper!

[Roywhitep5]

that 3 is looking mighty sweet

[Gambino]

SWEET! I've been waiting for these pics for the longest time!! Thanks for updating my wallpaper!
glad i could help!

[Gambino]

just a thought.....everyone is saying to repaint my calipers....what do you think about white calipers? It might be kinda cool and even make the rims look darker

[Gambino]

no opinions?

[ZoomVT]

hmmm, it would be interesting. they just wont stay white for long cause of the brakedust.
What are they now? blue? I say go for it. I think it would look good for you.

[Gambino]

they are currently a pretty dark blue. I am thinking about trying it

[Jeph]

White would look pretty cool, but you'd have to clean them alot

[99 Pro]

I love your car tphskab. Totally makes me want to trade my Protege in on a Mazda 3. Keep up the good work.