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Old 12-02-2007 | 02:21 AM
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Black center .VS Silver center (with polished lip)

It seems the "IKON 20 L8R" and the "HP Design Lightning" are the EXACT same rims under a different brand name. Whitch one is cheaper?

Anyways, I am leaning more towards the black center over the silver.

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Black IKON Alloy Wheels "20 L8R"
Old 12-02-2007 | 02:52 AM
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oh man all i can say is i love the second pic... first car ive liked without a spoiler better than one with... you know what kit that is? the first pic looks clean but i dont like the rear or the silver wheels. Def. go with black since your looking with a wwp
Old 12-02-2007 | 03:01 AM
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well if you look by the lugs, the indent is in different places. so they arent exactly, but they are really close. i would go with whichever one weighs less. they both look amazing
Old 12-02-2007 | 03:15 AM
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I like the black center just because it accentuates the white, in my opinion.
Old 12-02-2007 | 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by chetrickerman
well if you look by the lugs, the indent is in different places. so they arent exactly, but they are really close. i would go with whichever one weighs less. they both look amazing
They are soooooo damn close!!

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Old 12-02-2007 | 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by G3tR3DDY2GR3DDY
oh man all i can say is i love the second pic... first car ive liked without a spoiler better than one with... you know what kit that is? the first pic looks clean but i dont like the rear or the silver wheels. Def. go with black since your looking with a wwp
1st pic is the full Mazdaspeed bodykit.

2nd pic is Mazdaspeed front bumper, (unknown side skirts) stock rear bumper with factory Mazda Aero Flares.
Old 12-02-2007 | 04:53 AM
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ikon looks slightly better.. lol
Old 12-02-2007 | 09:49 AM
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Hey that first pic looks familiar

I was debating on not putting the spoiler on the car, but it flows really well if you see it in person. Just adds enough to the rear IMHO. The whole Kit is Mazda speed.

Turbo, remember im running a really agressive offset to get the 4 inch lip in the back, I had to run a slight bit of camber and fender roll to fit them. if youre looking for the same effect, your going to have to run around 35 offset on the rear.

The rears are 9.5wide the fronts are 9.

PS: the reason i didnt go with black, well im not really a fan of darker color wheels, I think a mesh type wheel looses its looks with a darker rim, especially black. The contours of the wheel isnt shown as clearly as silver.
plus, I prefer a much more clean look. Silver will and alwas be a timeless color for wheels.

Kris

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Old 12-02-2007 | 09:56 AM
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Those look like the RPM rims that's all over ebay...


They're like on every G35/350Zs in my area...
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Old 12-02-2007 | 10:50 AM
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Ditch the black rims!

(I'm just nota fan of black rims, tend to look "fake")
Old 12-02-2007 | 05:40 PM
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So far 60% prefer black and 40% prefer silver.

Hmmm...
Old 12-02-2007 | 07:42 PM
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Now its 50/50 haha

But my vote is definitely for the silver. Nothing against Black faced rims on a white, but the mesh will definitely look less defined with the black as apposed to the silver.
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holly crap.

Silver is winning!!!
Old 12-02-2007 | 11:48 PM
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i voted black, i normally would go with silver to keep the clean look, but i was a sucker for the black center to get the chrome lip the attention, im running 9.5 wide in front and rear...btw that second car looks pretty good...lol
Old 12-03-2007 | 12:33 AM
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i like silver...
Old 12-03-2007 | 05:09 PM
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turborx8...check the for sale section...the Volk SF Winning looks very similar to what you are looking at.....Lesper4 is selling a set with black face....you can't go wrong with Volks for the price he is asking.
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