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Well ... after travelling with the 19's for a while, l started to get itchy feet (no pun) and looked into something bigger.

After a few trips to a few different retailers about and trying on 20's from a mates car (& feeling ride quality!!), l quickly swapped the 16's back on (as 19's were sold) and found myself pondering what to do.

Anyway, long story short, l've ended up going smaller, and now have some black TE37 look 18's on my car. Must say, l get about 65km's per tank more by having rims only 1" smaller, and with current fuel prices that can only be a good thing!! :ermm:

anyway, enough rambling, here's the pics!!! :D:O

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damn that looks tough. OMG.

REALLY big fan of the look of your whole car. Thats the scheme i want on my 31GTS. If it looks half as good on it as it does on your stag, ill be a happy, happy, man.

Good job, brilliant taste. Just needs panda eyelids.

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BTW did your Varbon hood came with the car when you bought it? Is it a wet carbon or a dry one?
Bonnet is just painted black. Looked into CF bonnets, and couldn't find any to fit a S1 Stagea, and based on prices of R32/3/4's it was going to get to expensive for a daily.
how much for the rims then??? smile.gif and are they genuine volks?

can u get a better photo in the light so we can actually see the rims properly?

Rims were $1650 .. are just copies. Same as the cf bonnet, couldn't find genuine's in black with same width, and new was more than l was prepared to pay, as looking into getting a new "project car" soon so money could go to that. I'll see what l can do bout pics tomorrow!! ;)

Does that front bumper actually have any holes in it?

What alex said. The Charge speed kit just sits over the top of the stock bars.

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Bonnet is just painted black. Looked into CF bonnets, and couldn't find any to fit a S1 Stagea, and based on prices of R32/3/4's it was going to get to expensive for a daily.

Rims were $1650 .. are just copies. Same as the cf bonnet, couldn't find genuine's in black with same width, and new was more than l was prepared to pay, as looking into getting a new "project car" soon so money could go to that. I'll see what l can do bout pics tomorrow!! ;)

What alex said. The Charge speed kit just sits over the top of the stock bars.

What brand are the rims and where did you get them from??

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Anyway, long story short, l've ended up going smaller, and now have some black TE37 look 18's on my car. Must say, l get about 65km's per tank more by having rims only 1" smaller, and with current fuel prices that can only be a good thing!! :wave:

you're not serious?? surely that would have more to do with your speedo guage being out due to bigger wheels than actual fuel economy, or am i just stating the obvious?

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larger rims also increase inertia, as most of the mass is on the outside of the wheel. this means it takes more energy to get up to speed, but also you retain that energy a little longer, making it harder to stop as well.

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