AHH! stupid Yokohama

by **HellKnight** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:00 pm

Just gotta get this off my chest. Bought myself a set of Advan rims last fortnight expecting my rims to be at the shop and ready to be put on my car in under 4 weeks time. Called the shop today only to realise that Advan need to make my rims from scratch and will miss the Japan to Aus shipment that comes once a month. So now I got to wait till July to get my rims

All well lets hope its all worth it. Spent 5 figures last fortnight in gear for the car so atleast some of the mod bug madness will be squashed.

-Martin.

by **tangcla** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:02 pm

HellKnight wrote:All well lets hope its all worth it. Spent 5 figures last fortnight in gear for the car so atleast some of the mod bug madness will be squashed.

Low fives or high fives? :lol:

that's nothin...

by **Resonate** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:09 pm

Which advans did you get?

by **WhiteGTB** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:24 pm

Nice... post up pics when they are finally on.

White GT with rims? best combination

by **HellKnight** » Mon May 18, 2009 2:25 pm

tangcla wrote:
HellKnight wrote:All well lets hope its all worth it. Spent 5 figures last fortnight in gear for the car so atleast some of the mod bug madness will be squashed.
Low fives or high fives? that's nothin...

Always about the money aye

i'd say low 5's lol.

Resonate wrote:Which advans did you get?

19x8 45P Advan Kreuzer Series Xi (Dark Silver Metallic) w/ 235/35R19 Advan SDrive's.

-Martin.

by **Arith** » Mon May 18, 2009 3:05 pm

Ahh, very nice Martin! Those are awesome wheels! Though I wasn't too keen on the fact they didn't do a charcoal colour, and the dark silver wasn't my taste. Being a white car, have you thought about powder coating them charcoal?

by **HellKnight** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:24 am

Arith wrote:Ahh, very nice Martin! Those are awesome wheels! Though I wasn't too keen on the fact they didn't do a charcoal colour, and the dark silver wasn't my taste. Being a white car, have you thought about powder coating them charcoal?

Great pick up Jim!

I was exactly the same. I was initially going to get the Advan RS but they came only in 18's so I ended up going screw it ill get the Kreutzer's in 19. However like you said the colour was off putting without a Charcoal.

So a simple answer.... yup, going to powder coat them charcoal. Was actually gonna ask if anyone knows a good place to get them done in Perth?

-Martin.

by **hks180** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:56 pm

man now im not the only Gen 4 in AUS to have those wheels !! hahaha

Great choice there mate !!! will look hot on a white car ... thats for sure !!

Leo

by **HellKnight** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:51 am

hks180 wrote:man now im not the only Gen 4 in AUS to have those wheels !! hahaha

Great choice there mate !!! will look hot on a white car ... thats for sure !!

Leo

Thanks Leo

I have no doubt that it will look awesome but the colour is starting to bug me. Hopefully it will look the part. If not still got the powder coating as backup I guess.

-Martin.

by **dwayne** » Sat May 23, 2009 5:46 pm

HellKnight wrote:
So a simple answer.... yup, going to powder coat them charcoal. Was actually gonna ask if anyone knows a good place to get them done in Perth?

-Martin.

Alliance Rim Repairs. Do NOT go anywhere else. They are well respected in the WA car scene.

I got my Charcoal TBSTI Enkei cured of some substantial gutter rash there. I'm fussy as all hell and I simply CANNOT fault the repair, nor can I pick where the damage previously was.

Their new premises are 2/25 Montgomery Way Malaga.

Dwayne

by **Sentinel** » Sat May 23, 2009 6:35 pm

WhiteGTB wrote:White GT with rims? best combination

Not that your biased!! :wink:

Martin - those wheels are awesome! Great choice!

Leo - you still get my vote though coz it's Blllaaaaaccckkkk maaaannn!

by **HellKnight** » Sat May 23, 2009 8:35 pm

dwayne wrote:
HellKnight wrote:
So a simple answer.... yup, going to powder coat them charcoal. Was actually gonna ask if anyone knows a good place to get them done in Perth?

-Martin.

Alliance Rim Repairs. Do NOT go anywhere else. They are well respected in the WA car scene.

I got my Charcoal TBSTI Enkei cured of some substantial gutter rash there. I'm fussy as all hell and I simply CANNOT fault the repair, nor can I pick where the damage previously was.

Their new premises are 2/25 Montgomery Way Malaga.

Dwayne

Thank you. Will check them out!

-Martin.

WhiteGTB wrote:Nice... post up pics when they are finally on.

White GT with rims? best combination

Will do. Gonna do a full profile post when I get the coilovers and rims on.

-Martin.

by **SMI77** » Sat May 23, 2009 9:54 pm

Advan racing rims, fairly close to a STi Enkei rim, come in colours, including charcoal.

I have been told by a powdercoater that any cracks in a rim will not show through the powdercoating.

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