So..uhm..wth??????

[Busted_Blue]

Well..I've been working, going to school so I hadn't had much time to take random pictures like I did in the summer! But here are some long overdued shots of my "new" rims.


Can ya guess where they came from??

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Mini%20Cooper%20Wheels/IMG_7107Small.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Mini%20Cooper%20Wheels/IMG_7106Small.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Mini%20Cooper%20Wheels/IMG_7105Small.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Mini%20Cooper%20Wheels/IMG_7104Small.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/busted_blue/Mini%20Cooper%20Wheels/IMG_7094Small.jpg




The gunk on the tires is butter to help the bead sit in. Don't mind that =P

I'll let you guys keep on guessing on what kind of rims those are.

[Cheeseburger]

hmmm lol... they look familiar, are they stock wheels from another car? they look good on the car. oh and mmmmmmmmm butter ;p

[Busted_Blue]

yes they are OEM..just not Honda OEM this time. :)

[HostileJava]

They kinda look like flowers :D

[frankie89]

wierd rims..

[3gn86lxi]

I know!!!!!!I know!!!!!!!!!
But I will let everyone keep guessing.

[Cheeseburger]

i want yo say Volkswagen but im thinking volvo to maybe lol...

[HondaBoy]

old VW jetta or gti? i think those are the ones people were talking to me about. looks good though!

[3gn86lxi]

You guys are COLD!!!!!!
Keep guessing......they are from something new.

[halxi]

Audi something or other

[jigga225]

resort back to the fattys

[Cheeseburger]

how about a bug????

[leia]

They look more BMW than VW to me.

[Busted_Blue]

They look more BMW than VW to me.


Warmer! but not that warm.


Everyone on this board has fat fives now, i'm getting sick of looking at it. -_-

[od2681]

mini cooper rims???

[leia]

Saab?

[Cheeseburger]

hmmmmm... mercedes :dunno:

[T-Funk]

im going with od2681 with this one

[Cheeseburger]

u know i think that he is right... mr blue dose work at a bmw dealer and minis are sold by bmw so...

[Busted_Blue]

:D good job. Mini Cooper Base wheels 15x5.5 4x100 45 offset. Only weighs 12lbs!


Boss manage to get me a set for a price I couldn't refuse. Anyways slapped on some new 195/55/15 yokohama es100s on them.

[Cheeseburger]

dam 12lbs thats pretty good. so how much. and new rubbers huh dam u got some cash so what did u do with ur gsr's?

[88accordhb]

derik wat kinda necessary fabrication you need to do for that 5g lip?

[Vanilla Sky]

can you manage to get me a set?

[Cheeseburger]

can you manage to get me a set?

i think that he wants to be the only one with them lol

[b8er]

i gotta say that i liked you cra before man, mabye its just me but i dont think those new ones fit the car aswell, but to each his own, ahah

[Vanilla Sky]

i think that he wants to be the only one with them lol

he'll get tired of them eventually.

i have dibs for when ou do want to get rid of them

[Hash_man_Se_i]

Looks alright... very different, and hell 12 lbs is awesome...

How are the ES100's? I have been thinking about getting them for my car.

[Legend_master]

resort back to the fattys


:werd: and sell me your nippons :deal: . I think it needs to be lowered more to make the wheels fit the car. at 12LB a rim I wouldent be worring about how they look though. Can they fit a 205 size tire, if so that is a good deal.

[Busted_Blue]

i gotta say that i liked you cra before man, mabye its just me but i dont think those new ones fit the car aswell, but to each his own, ahah


i was bored of the fat fives...and.. these weigh 12lb vs the 16lb of the fat fives so...extra 16lbs of unsprung weight gone! I don't exactly think these wheels look SUPER on my car but hey its different. I've seen at least 3-4 accords with fat fives now and it makes me wonder..wth? I don't think anyone else have Mini Cooper wheels on their car (at least for now...)


205/50/15 doesn't fit, 195 is the max..but hey...its a small sacrifice. as far as the ES100, I don't really like them too much but yet I paid $57 for each tire vs $98 for the bridgestones I had once. They do feel like the falken 512s but the treadwear is a bit less. I already rotated my tires after only 300 miles. ^_^



Like legend said, at 12lbs a piece, who needs to care about how it looks. The fat fives are still there laying around. Don't know what I'll do with it yet though..

[Cheeseburger]

u can give them to ur good old friend cheeseburger for a amazing price ;p

[spanky]

right now im looking for some cougar rims the chrome 16's stock. my friend has them on his civic but he just doesnt have the center cap.
heres what the rims look like
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-00-01-02-Mercury-Cougar-16-Wheel-Rim_W0QQitemZ7999257053QQcategoryZ43956QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

they loot hot on a 00 civic so wtf why not an 88lxi. the hard part is trying to find them.


ps. he had the center cap sanded and re polished/chromed so the cougar head wasnt there anymore.'


also the focus stock wheels look nice.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SET-OF-4-FORD-FOCUS-WHEELS-15x6-ALL-ALUMINUM-OEM_W0QQitemZ7999806348QQcategoryZ43956QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

[halxi]

Are they fat fives 16's? if so id buy um off ya if you sell them :P :P

Im partial to the rims, i think they'll grow on me as i see them on your car more. Its different and dumb looking, but at the sime time, they make it look really clean... and like 10 years newer lol

I think some 00 Civic SI rims would look sweet on a lowered 3g, has anybody tried that?

[mr eff]

i like them, D. doesn't look honda at all, and you're going to have the only ones on a third gen

[frantik]

i think the fat 5s looked better.. but if you don't want em any more ill take em off ya :p

[1ajs]

mercadis?

[TheWatcher]

i was bored of the fat fives...and.. these weigh 12lb vs the 16lb of the fat fives so...extra 16lbs of unsprung weight gone! I don't exactly think these wheels look SUPER on my car but hey its different. I've seen at least 3-4 accords with fat fives now and it makes me wonder..wth? I don't think anyone else have Mini Cooper wheels on their car (at least for now...)


205/50/15 doesn't fit, 195 is the max..but hey...its a small sacrifice. as far as the ES100, I don't really like them too much but yet I paid $57 for each tire vs $98 for the bridgestones I had once. They do feel like the falken 512s but the treadwear is a bit less. I already rotated my tires after only 300 miles. ^_^



Like legend said, at 12lbs a piece, who needs to care about how it looks. The fat fives are still there laying around. Don't know what I'll do with it yet though..
What's not to like about 12lbs.? I think they are awesome.

Peace.

[A20A1]

Wow I really like your new rims. :)

[Acid X]

I like em' also. They look really 80s!

[Busted_Blue]

These rims actually look better on the 3geez than the mini cooper itself.

[Cheeseburger]

u can give them to ur good old friend cheeseburger for a amazing price ;p


cough cough i mean bump, lol so what are u going to do with ur gsr's?

[Busted_Blue]

cough cough i mean bump, lol so what are u going to do with ur gsr's?




cough cough what?


Don't know yet..It really depends on what happens in the next month or so. Will keep this forum updated.

[Cheeseburger]

thank u! :)

[Rendon LX-i]

Clean man....like u said your sick of your Gsrs cuz everyone has em but still looks cleaner with them on...Thats my .02 cent

[Busted_Blue]

Clean man....like u said your sick of your Gsrs cuz everyone has em but still looks cleaner with them on...Thats my .02 cent


yea i know you are bias to the fat fives cause you own a set! Yes the fat fives look better but everyone now has fat fives on their 3rd gen. Think about it rendon, 2 years ago how many people had these rims on their car? I think maybe 3 of us. Now it seems like there are at least 7 cars. Maybe that number is a bit high but it's weird cause the other day I saw a 3rd gen on the side of the freeway in my friend's car and I SWORE it was my car cause it had fat fives and was the same color but I realized I'm rolling on mini cooper wheels now.


Just trying new stuff. Besides, maybe i'll try some better looking mini cooper wheels ;)

[maxoutracer]

intresting d!

keep it up!

[Rendon LX-i]

True man.....Im getting new set of wheels also like u said tired of everyone having em....LOL

[carotman]

I like those wheels!

[truetune]

they make the front end look mean somehow.?.....I like em and love the 12lbs 12lbs rims are normaly a big chunk of change.

[MIK3]

Maybe it's just me, but I feel those rims are taking away from your car's overall image...

[Mattphi]

Lookin awesome

[ICEMAN707]

Aren't stock 87 Lxi 13 inch alloys super light if you guys want light rims?? Those were the stock ones my 3gee had and I could lift one of those with tires on them with one finger. I don't see the big hype about small dinky looking wheels. Now if it's a 17 or 18 inch wheel that's super light, then I'll be impressed. Something like BBS RK's...18 inch is like 16 or 18 lbs on that rim if I remember correctly. But I like Volk's better. Something like Volk/Rays Gram Lights.

[od2681]

yay...i got it right..what do i win??

[Busted_Blue]

Aren't stock 87 Lxi 13 inch alloys super light if you guys want light rims?? Those were the stock ones my 3gee had and I could lift one of those with tires on them with one finger. I don't see the big hype about small dinky looking wheels. Now if it's a 17 or 18 inch wheel that's super light, then I'll be impressed. Something like BBS RK's...18 inch is like 16 or 18 lbs on that rim if I remember correctly. But I like Volk's better. Something like Volk/Rays Gram Lights.



13inch rims dont fit on my car for the fronts... then.. 17 and 18inch rims are nearly impractical for the streets of san francisco. I'll bend the rim probably within the first 3 weeks. Yes they are impressive but hey, this is an OEM wheel that is light which is rare in most cases especially when it comes to smaller diameter wheels. Besides I got these wheels for far cheaper than what anyone else could've gotten them for. =P



17 and 18 aren't my thing. These were meant to be my dailys so I can slap some more interesting.rubber on the fat fives. ;)

[ICEMAN707]

13inch rims dont fit on my car for the fronts... then.. 17 and 18inch rims are nearly impractical for the streets of san francisco. I'll bend the rim probably within the first 3 weeks. Yes they are impressive but hey, this is an OEM wheel that is light which is rare in most cases especially when it comes to smaller diameter wheels. Besides I got these wheels for far cheaper than what anyone else could've gotten them for. =P



17 and 18 aren't my thing. These were meant to be my dailys so I can slap some more interesting.rubber on the fat fives. ;)

yeah i hear ya bro. my car isn't a daily driver, i have the other car for that. but yeah, i completely understand. the largest i would put in a daily driven car is 17 inch with 45 series tires. im just speaking in general terms. no offense. i got nothing but props at everything you do to your car. i think it looks good but i think something like maxoutracer's ronal turbo 10's would be nice.