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post Oct 25, 2007 - 8:36 AM
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Well, i needed a couple of new tyres and got prices around £60 each, so i had a scan on Ebay and found a set of Gen 7 wheels, with almost brand new Goodyear eagle tyres on starting at £79.99.

I put my bid in, then to my surprise, noone else bid so for less than the price of 2 tyres i had myself a set of wheels and tyres biggrin.gif

They were a bit shabby as you'd expect for a Gen 7 part smile.gif
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So i sanded them down (a lot) and stuck some primer on:
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Decided on Smoke grey metallic for the colour, i think they have come out pretty well, not used to them yet as my other ones were much darker, but i think i like them. They're not perfect up close but they look pretty **** hot for £80 :lol:

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Plus as they're standard celica wheels, i won't get raped by my insurance company wink.gif

So that's how i spent my week off work smile.gif

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post Nov 21, 2007 - 12:45 AM
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nice job!


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Posts in this topic
- manphibian   New rims for Mr Cheap! :D   Oct 25, 2007 - 8:36 AM
- - 94celigts   They look good, but i think im used to ur old blac...   Oct 25, 2007 - 8:46 AM
- - dustin15brown   I like these a lot better than the black stockers....   Oct 25, 2007 - 8:50 AM
- - jason   very nice! wanna help make up for the cost of ...   Oct 25, 2007 - 9:30 AM
- - bccentaur3   I didn't know aftermarket rims can mess with y...   Oct 25, 2007 - 9:31 AM
|- - manphibian   QUOTE(bccentaur3 @ Oct 25, 2007 - 3...   Oct 25, 2007 - 9:34 AM
- - jason   its like that here in the us, they are not as stri...   Oct 25, 2007 - 9:36 AM
- - Batman722   looks great   Oct 25, 2007 - 9:52 AM
- - snapshotgt   Awesome job!   Oct 25, 2007 - 10:20 AM
- - goferris   is this the photo shoot that you killed the bird w...   Oct 25, 2007 - 10:51 AM
- - manphibian   Yeah it is! It must have happened on the way ...   Oct 25, 2007 - 10:54 AM
- - m0dd3d1   Nice clean up! Watch out for those birds...   Oct 25, 2007 - 6:50 PM
- - Valo666   Very nice Luke. much better than the stockers.   Oct 26, 2007 - 11:33 AM
- - manphibian   Thanks man, not sure which mod i like best, the wh...   Oct 26, 2007 - 12:03 PM
- - Sinyk   These are way better than your black painted stock...   Oct 26, 2007 - 12:06 PM
- - ILuvMyCelica95   you car looks awesome!!! So shiny, is ...   Oct 28, 2007 - 10:32 AM
- - manphibian   Thanks hun Yeppers, original 13 year old stock p...   Oct 28, 2007 - 10:41 AM
- - rayneezy23   now thats a clean car   Nov 20, 2007 - 12:30 AM
- - Valo666   hey luke..what did you use to mask the tires off??...   Nov 20, 2007 - 1:04 AM
- - manphibian   Ahh, those things are awesome, got them off ebay, ...   Nov 20, 2007 - 3:30 AM
- - njccmd2002   what did u use to clean the inside of the rim. I ...   Nov 20, 2007 - 4:39 PM
|- - manphibian   QUOTE(njccmd2002 @ Nov 20, 2007 - 9...   Nov 21, 2007 - 3:25 AM
- - LadyHavoc   nice job!   Nov 21, 2007 - 12:45 AM
- - captainpyro1   that thing is freaking shinny...   Dec 12, 2007 - 10:40 AM
- - Random_Stranger   Boy did you come up! Great job! They loo...   Feb 1, 2008 - 12:46 AM
- - manphibian   LoL! Thanks, i already repainted these again ...   Feb 1, 2008 - 3:22 AM
- - Tigawoods   ^wow haha...i guess if you have the free time to d...   Feb 1, 2008 - 7:59 AM


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