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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:36 AM
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Good bye plastic hub caps

New wheels 17"s Liquid Metal M5s Tire 225/45. What do ya think?





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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:38 AM
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ohh man... nice upgrade but you are going to get flammed to hell about looking like a 4x4...
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:39 AM
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DROP IT!

Looks goood
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Why do people insist on getting small rims. Its like the dirty mexicans that buy an F-150 and put 13 inch momos that stick wayyy out. Speedo reads 130 at 65 mph. Not my taste, but you have a beautiful car!

Throw a 6 inch lowering kit on there and itll lock sick!

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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:43 AM
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there 17s, not that small just look crazy small with the car being tht high.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by lewisb13
Why do people insist on getting small rims. Its like the dirty mexicans that buy an F-150 and put 13 inch momos that stick wayyy out. Speedo reads 130 at 65 mph. Not my taste, but you have a beautiful car!

Throw a 6 inch lowering kit on there and itll lock sick!
Dirty Mexicans? Youre an ass hole and need to watch your ******* mouth.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:51 AM
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god damn it... here we go... IBTL!
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:52 AM
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Springs next then exauhst. CA's SCC's or Sport lines?
Overtime's been tight so it'll take a little time.

Man I know they look small in the pics, but they are a 1.5" taller than the stock wheel and tires The tire gel isn't helping either. I would have went with 18" but I already had the tires from my old Cavi.

Cut me a little slack I'm 44, back in the day it was in to shackle up your rear end and put a reverse offset Cragars on the back of your car. Back then only west coast latinos slamed there rides, Cool suburban white kids thought if your car looked like it was going down hill it was "****".

I'm try'n not to be a dork so I'm gonna drop it, but I just can't slam it.

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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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i once saw an astro van with like 13 inch rims on it..i was like grow some nuts.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:07 AM
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i have SSC's and love them, u might not be able to find them so i would just call canuck motorsports (same company) and get them direct. They are the least expensive and have great reviews.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by lewisb13
Why do people insist on getting small rims. Its like the dirty mexicans that buy an F-150 and put 13 inch momos that stick wayyy out. Speedo reads 130 at 65 mph. Not my taste, but you have a beautiful car!

Throw a 6 inch lowering kit on there and itll lock sick!
17" are small? Oh.. you must be rollin on 22"s on your cobalt, congrats!
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by XtortedCobalt
17" are small? Oh.. you must be rollin on 22"s on your cobalt, congrats!
do be fair, 17s for a cobalt are kinda small, but not sooo small... our wheel wells are huge and 19s look perfect on cobalts.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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looks good on that color man. i haven't really liked those rims on anything else. but yes, lower it. you already knew that.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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ya Sport red tintcoat is sexy
best color other than white =)
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:15 AM
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i think thats the highest lift kit i have ever seen in a balt. Good job bro. lol
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by originaladrian
do be fair, 17s for a cobalt are kinda small, but not sooo small... our wheel wells are huge and 19s look perfect on cobalts.
I'm not even going to argue about it. It's all personaly prefrence i guess, and personally i wouldn't put 19's on a cobalt. 17's - 18's.. Yes
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by originaladrian
do be fair, 17s for a cobalt are kinda small, but not sooo small... our wheel wells are huge and 19s look perfect on cobalts.
to be fair^^^, morning typo
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by lewisb13
Why do people insist on getting small rims. Its like the dirty mexicans that buy an F-150 and put 13 inch momos that stick wayyy out. Speedo reads 130 at 65 mph. Not my taste, but you have a beautiful car!

Throw a 6 inch lowering kit on there and itll lock sick!
hmmm well considering he has an LT... I am gonna say the 17" rims with low profile tires are probably around the same diameter as the 16" stockers.

Sorry all of our cars don't come with 18" rims... then again maybe some of us 2.2 guys dont want our speedo's reading 35mph when we are doing 65 either? ever think of that? It does go both ways....
If he was riding on stock 15" at 195/60/15 then his speedo is now 3% slow. If he was on the 16" at 205/55/16 then he is only .38% slow.


So why dont you think before you post.

and BTW since when are 17's small? don't the SS/NA's aka Sports come with 17's? and then the SC's and TC's come with 18's?


This is probably the worst post I have read in a very long time.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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19's are getting on the big side. 18's with an eibach kit looks pure sex. Good looking car man. love that colour. Just lower it now.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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...17's aren't small, it's the chrome lip and lack of drop that makes them appear small
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 10:50 AM
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they look good... i wish i cold afford some
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:02 AM
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Here's my High School Whip way back in 1980. I had air shocks so I could raise and lower the back end.



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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by lewisb13
Why do people insist on getting small rims. Its like the dirty mexicans that buy an F-150 and put 13 inch momos that stick wayyy out. Speedo reads 130 at 65 mph. Not my taste, but you have a beautiful car!

Throw a 6 inch lowering kit on there and itll lock sick!
So why are they "Dirty Mexicans", couldnt they just be "Mexicans"? That's pretty racist......... I guess I must be a dirty mexican @ 6ft tall with blue eye's with lots of money.....lol...... And if you ask why i drive a cobalt, I bought it for commuting....

Dirty, dirty, dirty......
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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Ooookk I did not mean for that comment to be racist at all. There are dirty wigger white people in this world too. Anyone from Detroit knows exactly what Im talking about.
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Old Jun 24, 2008 | 01:35 PM
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wow man those look almost exactly like the Motegi SP5s
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