Rate my new rims!

**Val** · 03-30-2008, 03:08 AM

Well, they are not mine yet. I'm just testing them and if I like, I'll buy them.

Cup holder from England! I could ask Kate to buy this to me because she is my mummy here, but not this time!

Oh yeah ... the rims!
They are TSW Evo-R 17' with tires Yokohama 205/45.

Comments?

**Blackmask** · 03-30-2008, 03:45 AM

Nice, but sorry Val, nothing special that'd get my attention at the traffic lights.

Samson The Cat · 03-30-2008, 08:49 AM

Your car is so shiny. My old Vectra, that I miss, has not been so shiny in the last 10 years. Nor have other B-Vectras that I have seen. All suffer massively from rust.

I think that rims strike the attention mainyl because of the single screw and the even number of spokes, as most other aluminium rims have an odd number, like flowers in a nosegay. I don't know if the narrow rim design really fits to the Vectra though.

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Yokohama 205/45

Good. That 45% ratio makes the tires look wider than they are. Don't go for wider tires, they only increase fuel consumption while not giving extra grip at all.

edawg99 · 03-31-2008, 12:56 PM

The car is looking good man and those rims are pretty cool. They match your car nicely.

**Val** · 04-01-2008, 05:57 PM

As I told, those rims are in my car just to test them. Of course, I really loved but they are damn expensive. 2700 reais more or less 1950 dollars.

And don't know, but my engine needs a maintance first.

Samson The Cat · 04-01-2008, 07:31 PM

Then you should probably think of the engine first.

edawg99 · 04-02-2008, 11:40 AM

What's the point of having nice rims when you can't drive the car.

**Val** · 04-02-2008, 12:17 PM

The problem with my engine are the pistons. My car overboiled in the Christmas when I went to my aunt's house. Because of that, some things inside the engine dilated and need to be exchanged. Probably the service will cost more or less the same price of the wheels.

edawg99 · 04-02-2008, 05:30 PM

So you better get your motor fixed first, it a lot more important.

**Val** · 04-02-2008, 06:22 PM

Yeah ...
I'm going with my car to repair shop right now. I'll let you know about the verdict ok?

edawg99 · 04-03-2008, 06:22 PM

Cool let me know how everything goes.

03-30-2008, 03:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,598 My Profile	Rate my new rims! Well, they are not mine yet. I'm just testing them and if I like, I'll buy them. Cup holder from England! I could ask Kate to buy this to me because she is my mummy here, but not this time! Oh yeah ... the rims! They are TSW Evo-R 17' with tires Yokohama 205/45. Comments?

04-02-2008, 12:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,598 My Profile	The problem with my engine are the pistons. My car overboiled in the Christmas when I went to my aunt's house. Because of that, some things inside the engine dilated and need to be exchanged. Probably the service will cost more or less the same price of the wheels. Last edited by Val : 04-02-2008 at 12:18 PM.

03-30-2008, 03:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	Nice, but sorry Val, nothing special that'd get my attention at the traffic lights.

03-31-2008, 12:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,404 My Profile	The car is looking good man and those rims are pretty cool. They match your car nicely.

04-01-2008, 05:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,598 My Profile	As I told, those rims are in my car just to test them. Of course, I really loved but they are damn expensive. 2700 reais more or less 1950 dollars. And don't know, but my engine needs a maintance first.

04-01-2008, 07:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Samson The Cat Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,197 My Profile	Then you should probably think of the engine first.

04-02-2008, 11:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,404 My Profile	What's the point of having nice rims when you can't drive the car.

04-02-2008, 05:30 PM	#9 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,404 My Profile	So you better get your motor fixed first, it a lot more important.

04-02-2008, 06:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
Val Gear Heads Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Brazil Posts: 7,598 My Profile	Yeah ... I'm going with my car to repair shop right now. I'll let you know about the verdict ok?

04-03-2008, 06:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
edawg99 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 8,404 My Profile	Cool let me know how everything goes.

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