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Old 02-22-2007, 04:26 PM
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Default just ordered wheels

but not the bear wheels :gay:

some Kosei K1 racing, 7*15

curious how long shipping will take tho...
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I 'm still happy with my K1's after almost a year, although I haven't seen them since Thanksgiving.:gay:
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Old 02-22-2007, 05:25 PM
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lol
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I don't want to subject them to the salt on our roads, so I put on my 14" american racing wheels with snow tires for the winter.
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I like my 15x7 K1s, wish I'd known about the 15x8s though.
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Old 02-23-2007, 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by SamS
I don't want to subject them to the salt on our roads, so I put on my 14" american racing wheels with snow tires for the winter.
i see, i'm using the stock 14" wheels for the winter
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I love my K1's - I've had them on the car for at least six or seven years and more than 100K miles. They've survived the allegedly paved roads of the NYC metro area nicely.
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can't wait to get them, even tho i still need the tires sorted out..
how quick is tirerack with shipping?
(they need to come to holland, but still, wondering...)
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Originally Posted by Oscar
can't wait to get them, even tho i still need the tires sorted out..
how quick is tirerack with shipping?
(they need to come to holland, but still, wondering...)
They should give you an estimate.

Just a guess, but they're probably fast. After all, who wants their race tires/new parts quickly? Everyone .
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good
i already noticed they aren't the quickest when it comes to replying to emails tho..
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Nah, they're busy shipping wheels!

The shipping will determine the time anyway. Tirerack just loads em up, and sends them off, probably the same day.
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then it's all up to UPS then
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Is it good livin in the netherlands?
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Old 02-23-2007, 07:31 PM
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yea not bad, i'm not complaining much, besides from the weather that can be absolute ***** and lots of riced civics/vw's and ofcourse a serious lack of turboed miata's (including mine..), but hey, 10 mins from amsterdam
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You have money left over for your car and you live 10 min from the worlds most glorious den of evil, impressive. You must have some serious self control.
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:gay:

the only controlling factor here is my bank account
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I still need to get some rubbber, even though i still haven't got the wheels yet..
it's gonna be either 205-50-15 or 205-45-15 toyo t1r. only the 45 is about $100 more expensive per set then the 50, but i find the 50 sidewall fugly...
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Yeah, 225/45
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even on a 15*7?
can't really justify that wide of a tire with stock power :gay:
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I've got 225 hoosiers (even bigger than most street 225) on a 6" rim. But that's silly I suppose. You set on the toyo? what about azenis or rs2?
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