I just got the nod from the mrs to buy some 17' rims for my car!!! W00t :fluffy:
I just need to know opinions on what to get as I have a strict budget of about $1200 which will have to include tyres. yeah yeah I know its probably impossible but Im gonna try.
My choices are:
AU2 XR copies
ELGT copies
Avantek Blades
Opinions please. I would like to buy today or tomorrow as I would like to parade them for the SA Falcon cruise on monday! :hehe:
Any photo shoppers are welcome to match some rims up too from the pics I have on my site (click on EBXR8 link below)
I'd love to but I rang up the tyre factory in Melbourne for a quote on the champagne coloured set with tyres and they want $1700. A little outta my price range unfortunately.
Can you suggest any other wheel brand or type other than the ones I mentioned?
montyv8 has a 'friend' who can help me out in getting some 17x7.5 performance AP7's for a real cheap price. What do you reckon of these wheels in the silver of course?
man go to the tyre factory and ull get ur el gt's or au2 copies for 1090 with 4 remoulds plus a set of lock nuts all fitted etc.... then afterwards u can save up for proper tyres but the remoulds arent to bad if uve got a heavy foot lolol
EDFPV - I called them up today and they quoted me $1500 with remoulds for a set of elgt's. It was the dandenong branch. Which branch did you get that price quoted from?
Well I gave Factory Direct, Thomastown a call. Spoke to John and he said the cheapest he could for ELGT copies with Remoulds (not retreads or recaps) was $1350+$100 frieght inc. locknuts & caps. For the AU2 XR copies with remoulds inc. locknuts & caps, Im looking at $1200 + $100 freight.
What should I do? I know everyone on here has those wheels (AU2) but noone I know in Adelaide has them. So I guess I would be the first if that was the case.
Please tell me whats the best? I like both of those rims.
Don't worry about who has them and who doesnt - EL GT and AU2 XR copies would have to be some of the most popular rims for ALL falcons, let alone what they originally came out on. If you're happy with them - go for them!
thanks for the support back2thefutura. The more I think about it and look at examples like butters car or daves white ed, the more I like the AU2's. I do realise that the members on here have those rims but there is noone in Adelaide that I have seen with those rims without doing major mods to change to AU suspension.
I do like the ELGT rims alot, but initially I wanted something very similar to what I have on the car already. i.e. factory EBXR8 rims. The reason being, I didnt want to attract too much attention to the car with flashy big 18's and the such. And as much as I'd like to spend on a REALLY NICE set of alloys, I just dont see the reason for it when I can get nice enough rims that still make people look twice and not pay double, even triple the price.
And as much as I hate the thought of remoulds, it'll pass until I can afford to get new decent tyres for the beast.
CSA Prowlers, (which I have) have the studded look to them. Although they are getting a bit dated these days they would be in your price range. Could get them polished too, to make them a bit more unique.
if you like the look of AU2's. get em.
i'm still happy with mine and if i were still lookin' to purchase mags it'd be a hard choice. Even if i see another E-Series with AU2 mags on it, i have a good look at em!
i see maybe one other car with them each week (except the guy with the NA that lives around the corner with them)
if you like the look of AU2's. get em.
i'm still happy with mine and if i were still lookin' to purchase mags it'd be a hard choice. Even if i see another E-Series with AU2 mags on it, i have a good look at em!
i see maybe one other car with them each week (except the guy with the NA that lives around the corner with them)
I dont even see that. There was only one car in the whole of Adelaide that I have seen with those rims on an e-series. That was 2 years ago. Not that there isnt a car with those rims, just that i havent seen any.
Im not too sure about the remoulds though. Ive started another thread discussing that exact subject of remoulds in the tyres & wheels section.
Big O Tyres in Sydney has AU2's with rubber for $1090 i believe. I dunno how much for freight. They are advertised on the first few pages of the trading post. Sydney trading post i think it could be. Anyway, even log onto http://www.trading-post.com.au/ might be something there for you. Or check out their site and call them if you have any queries. I know it doesn't help you for the cruise, but its an option.
I'm not 100% sure. I only saw them in the trading post after we left the store. It said the price and that was all i saw. Give em a call. The number should be on that web site.
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