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I like these:

http://www.importmonster.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=40_45&products_id=1899

What's the price look like for you guys, what would you pay..?

Also.. Is it possible to shave a couple of mm off a wheel to make it a few mm higher in offset?.. Sounds dodgey but dem rears will poke out hard and I want to run big tyres.

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Dude with a gun & no will to live has no relevance to a billionaires life

But sometimes a lot of relevance to his death

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2010/06/22/bad-fortune-five-bizarre-billionaire-murders/

I like these:

http://www.importmonster.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=40_45&products_id=1899

What's the price look like for you guys, what would you pay..?

Also.. Is it possible to shave a couple of mm off a wheel to make it a few mm higher in offset?.. Sounds dodgey but dem rears will poke out hard and I want to run big tyres.

Hamish will tell you to harden the fk up, particularly as they are professors

i was considering shaving off offset... bad idea. you're not shaving off offset, you're removing meat that sits on the hub/wheel studs.

just roll guards/sort out suspension, fit tyres that fit etc. you'll be fine

I like these:

http://www.importmonster.com.au/shop/product_info.php?cPath=40_45&products_id=1899

What's the price look like for you guys, what would you pay..?

Also.. Is it possible to shave a couple of mm off a wheel to make it a few mm higher in offset?.. Sounds dodgey but dem rears will poke out hard and I want to run big tyres.

Harden the fk up

Especially as they are professors

D1Rs come in all sizes and offsets

Yeah but only one magnitude of gay

Lee even like 2-4mm would f**k it you think?

Birds d1rs in 20s look sheit!

Lol

Sif 2-4mm will make a difference fgt

That will get you 1 tyre size up which you will never notice.

4mm would be acheived with a guard roller and about 2.3 seconds

Lol.

Aaron has already rolled them for me, maybe I'll go down to import monster one day and try them on..

You had professors? thought you were rocking varrstoens

I want to at least fit some 265s f**k those 225s and 235s what am I gonna do with those lol

Edited by UNR33L

Engine build complete after many dramas.

'greg can you come here and tune the start'

Rock up with laptop

Play with ECU

car starts... and appears to run/idle fine/way smoother than it did before it died, no smoke, no leaks, just... purring away

f**k, expect 7 years of bad luck now everyone

I'm sorry

D1Rs birds?

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That actually looks pretty tough.

People may diss them, but they are lightweight, cheap and can take a beating. Break or rash one and $250 to replace.

Lol.

Aaron has already rolled them for me, maybe I'll go down to import monster one day and try them on..

You had professors? thought you were rocking varrstoens

I want to at least fit some 265s f**k those 225s and 235s what am I gonna do with those lol

You want to shave 2-4mm

Thats going to be the difference between a 255 and a 265.

Or a 235 and a 245

Etc etc etc

What on earth makes you think shaving 2-4mm will allow an extra 20mm?

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