New 17's!

[GR8WYT]

I was going to wait until I got the brakes done before I mounted the wheels, but I just couldn't wait. These are Alessio F1's 17x7.5 with a 38mm offset. The tires are Yokohama AVS ES100's 235/45-17. Three of them fit perfectly, the drivers rear rubbed a little. *damn* I had to take the car to the body shop and have them trim the fender lip to the edge of the spot welds. It's still really tight, but no rubbing.

 

[Hack]

Looks great! thumb

 

[shoinoff95]

Looks VERY GOOD!!! I really mean it; your SHO looks extremely mint!! And the ride and performance has just gotten that much better for you. I bet that you can't beleive the difference in your newly redone suspension and now bigger wheels and performance tires to add to that!! I know that just putting my 17's on, it adds to the handeling of my SHO.

 

[Blue-By-U]

Those look amazing!

 

[JaySHOguy]

I give that thumb thumb .
How much was the package?

 

[Tmade]

thumb thumb
I like those!! Looks good!! Good choice.

 

[K-Dawg]

Sexay! thumb

 

[GR8WYT]

JaySHOguy:
I give that thumb thumb .
How much was the package?

Thanks for all the feedback folks. It took a really long time to decide on the style of wheel, and I'm really happy with these. And, they will fit over the 12.5" Baers that are going on later this month!

The wheels were US$185 each ( free shipping ) from Wheelsmarket.com. The tires came from TireRack.com for US$111 each. Shipping was $65 because they had to come from the Indiana, the Nevada warehouse was out of stock. I was travelling in the States at the time, so I had them shipped to a little shipper/receiver in Sumas, WA and declared them when I crossed the border. No tax, no duty, no brokerage. Yippee!!

<small>[ October 03, 2003, 01:09 PM: Message edited by: GR8WYT ]</small>

 

[SHO_Driver]

Looks sweet. (rims and ride)

 

[sho_bc]

your car looks really nice! thumb do you ever venture into vancouver? i haven't seen a single white gen 1 around (its a good day if i see any SHOs).
also, did you pick up your car for $500 cdn? eek!

 

[ShoGuy93]

Looks good man!! Keep up the good work!

 

[PanamaPat]

GR8WYT:
I was going to wait until I got the brakes done before I mounted the wheels, but I just couldn't wait. These are Alessio F1's 17x7.5 with a 38mm offset. The tires are Yokohama AVS ES100's 235/45-17. Three of them fit perfectly, the drivers rear rubbed a little. *damn* I had to take the car to the body shop and have them trim the fender lip to the edge of the spot welds. It's still really tight, but no rubbing.

Wow, really really nice looking wheel. I've been searching for some street wheels and those do look very nice.

Also, you said that they clear the Baer setup which is good news as sometimes clearance can be an issue with the Wilwoods I have, but if it works for the Baer, it will clear the Wilwoods.

If you have any other pics, please post them.

 

[GR8WYT]

Here's the latest with the Baer's installed.

 

[shojuan]

That's sweet looking! A really nice SHO.

 

[SHODWN]

very nice!

 

[SHOman24v]

rad-icle......17's are the way to go espically with suspension

 

[Porkchop]

Very nice!!

Nice oil spot under the sho

 

[GR8WYT]

doh That's actually from my brother in law's booyah mobile. An '86 K-car. I had all the oil leaks fixed on my car last year when I changed the clutch. Just waiting for the right time to borrow my neighbour's pressure washer! beer