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Well after tonnes and tonnes of phone calls, emails and door knocking; I finally have my new rims! Been searching for an entire week but no one seemed to have them in stock :) Got on the phone with a few mates and through a chain of connections managed to land myself a sweet deal on the 18" Impul copies in Deep Dish :D from Tempe Tyres.

The Gear:

18 x 8.5 Front with Kumho 235/40 ZR13 92W Ecsta Supra

18 x 9.5 Rear with Kumho 265/35 ZR18 93W Ecsta Supra

Leftovers:

17" R34 GTT Stock Rims with Bridgestone Regano tyres.

* If you are interested in these rims for whatever reason, please feel free to send me a PM with an offer.

Special Thanks:

* Robbie who helped me organize the deal with Tempe

* John from Tempe Tyres who was really helpful and friendly

* rukus, ecl, wink, A New Tattoo and d00dz for coming along for the fun!

Photos:

(this little photoshoot was done at Skyline Business Park in Frenchs Forest with my shonky Olympus 4MP compact digital)

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Also stumbled across these "special" parking spaces for those people from Australia Pty Ltd. The poor buggers... never get left alone do they :P

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LOL my IC isn't crooked... just the way we have cut the front lip makes it look that way :P Maybe it's time to bring out the angle grinder again!

d00dz: yeah there was a set of lock nuts put in so that's cool :) Although, I have heard from a few people that the lock nuts from Tempe don't actually work :)

ecl: yeah, tell me about the farkin' wait ehh?

Well time to finish painting my eyelids :D See how they look with the new setup!

PS: d00dz and ecl, I'll see if I can string together that event for the 26/12/2005. Oh praise CALIPER DAY!

Oh BTW, if anyone is after some quality Tempe Tyres seat covers... let me know, I have one spare in White :) The other is currently protectin' my computer chair from the elements!

Thanks Dave,

Now how about a hook up with those stock rims :)

Also, could you please have a look at the brake caliper day thread and see if you could hook us boys and girls up with cheap paint from your work?

MAR55S: tsk tsk tsk, always the same old comedian :D

n15m0: pics have been uploaded in another thread; think it's in the general car discussion section (sorry lost track); they look different to yours :D Not as wide...

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