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Long beach customs 17 inch

Started by orangeLJ , Jun 02 2007 06:39 PM

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#1 orangeLJ

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 06:39 PM

I know these where brought up long ago, but someone asked me for photos of the car i knew had them on it. i finally got a copy of the photos, and thought id put em up for all to see as i cant remember who asked me.

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CHEERS Chris :spoton:

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 06:55 PM

oh man they look gangster.

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 07:03 PM

they look good :spoton:

could do with with a bigger offset on the back

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 07:26 PM

They look sweet , only if you could buy them off the shelf...
I d have to get a set of 17x10 and 17x12 hotwires , old style rim in large diameter look the best....

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 07:27 PM

Look good, but agree with more dish on the rear, 17/7 I take it?

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 07:43 PM

They dont look as good as i expected them to. When i 1st seen these wheels i thought they were magic but after seeing them on a car i dont like em.

The spokes look like they round off.

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 07:47 PM

they are more like GTS rims i rekon, but yeah dont look dished enuff to me. i dont realy like them at all.

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 07:48 PM

Look better on a flared hatch with dish

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Posted 02 June 2007 - 08:16 PM

If i had to put 17" on an old car i would use them, but I don't really like the look of them.

But there better than blin bling rims. :tease:

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 12:57 PM

Look better on a flared hatch with dish

Yep, I agree. Deep dish 17x10, flared hatch.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:02 PM

Does any one know how much these rims cost new for a set of 4 or where to get them in melb

cheers, Dan

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:02 PM

Definitely don't look as good as I thought they would...

Definitely need a bit of dish on the back.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:03 PM

They are on the gold coast. their website never seems to work.

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#14 _JBird_

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:10 PM

It was me that asked.

Thanks for posting the pics.

Yeah I agree, they don't look as "sharp" where the spokes end. In saying that, it doesn't look too bad. I wonder if you can fit bigger brakes behind them, seeing as how they're based on the old design where it tapers in at the back..

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:18 PM

This pic was posted some time ago. I don't remember who posted it. Definitely look better with a deeper dish.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:30 PM

That looks better. How much i wonder??

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#17 _TORANASS_

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:47 PM

That looks alot better.

I think if they were 16" diameter and had a bit more tyre wall they would look better and with the spokes not curving in like they do.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:52 PM

Decent width 16" tyres are harder to get than 14's. At least with 17's there's some width available.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 01:59 PM

I was on another forums the other day and this young guy in canada tells me he had 185's on a 10" rim. I though he was having me on but he showed me a pic on his toyota!
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Not sure they are 10" rims but it scary what some people are doing now! lol!

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 02:13 PM

That white lx was running from memory 235/45/17 (8" rim) on the front and 315/?/17 (10"rim) on the rear. They look the business in the flesh. Althought the front tyres just scap the inner guard on full lock. (If its the car I saw a the summernats).

I think when I get close to putting my car on the road I may do the same wheels and widths.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 03:17 PM

Yeah i took that pic of the white one. It was at summernats. There was also a HR with the 17's on and it looked awesome...

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#22 _SSL31_

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 04:47 PM

I just got done with my ROH Chicane 17x10 255's and 17x12 315's last friday night at Humblepie 1 point $75 and a defect notice , still have to make an appointnment to clear that one and the other defect.

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 04:51 PM

I was on another forums the other day and this young guy in canada tells me he had 185's on a 10" rim. I though he was having me on but he showed me a pic on his toyota!

Easy when you've got the profile; not there when you're working with 16"s and 17"s though. Ever taken notice of the wheel/tyre setup on a proper lowrider?
Most of them run 13x7s or 13x8s with tyres as skinny as 165s...

Yes HR looks immaculate with them

They look better on the flared sedan than they do on the LJ coupe.
Why would you spend that much $$$ on a set of wheels if you weren't gonna get them to sit right? Let's just hope he's gonna put a longer diff in it. Because that does not look right at all.

Can you get them as only a centre and get a steel lip made to suit?

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#24 _JBird_

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 04:52 PM

Those are fat rims. I like!

Too bad they might blacklist you so you get done repeatedly if you clear the defect and put your wheels back on or whatever. (blacklisting is that even possible or am I making it up?)

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Posted 03 June 2007 - 06:01 PM

I'd do some careful painting if I had those Longbeach (they are on my shopping list)
Then they would look more like GTS wheels

Wheel Vintiques in US does the Pontiac Rallye SS wheels in 15x8 15x10 16x8 and other sizes too

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http://wheelvintique...tml/page51.html

Refer this thread for Longbeach pricing... remember the date... they may be slightly different nowdays
http://www.gmh-toran...89&hl=longbeach