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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 12:13 AM
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New Gunmetal Volk Racing TE37's!!!

Just got my TE37's back from getting painted. 18x8 up front and 18x9 in the rear.





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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 12:29 AM
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 12:33 AM
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How much did that cost you to paint them? I have a silver fd with gold wheels and kinda getting bored of the look. I like the look of yours though! James
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 01:38 AM
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i just tried to get those wheels for my 93 CYM but there are none left here in the states and it was a 60-90 day wait.....you're so lucky you're in oki
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 02:13 AM
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My family has a powdercoat shop, rims really aren't that expensive to paint since they aren't intricate at all, infact they are one of the easier things we can do. Prices vary based on where you live and whats available, but here in Tampa, its not expensive.

Just sandblast, hand sand, wash, dry, primer, bake, paint, bake, clearcoat, bake. Done.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 02:36 AM
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not for me

silver looks 10x better imo
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 03:12 AM
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so are your painting the car to match the rims now??? not my style but they look nice. As long as you like them that's all that really matters. I gotta have
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 09:40 AM
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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have you lowered your suspension at all ? or with the 18inch rims looks like it ?

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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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Looks good, but I don't really like those wheels...
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 03:54 PM
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you live in japan and don't have a 99 spec FD...

shame on you :p
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 04:01 PM
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the wheels looks great for me. what makes u guys hate the weels?
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 04:08 PM
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Wheels look too big for the car, i guess its the wheel type itself. But the car looks outstanding.

I would put apexi skirts to complete the look IMO.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ulost2my7
Wheels look too big for the car, i guess its the wheel type itself. But the car looks outstanding.

I would put apexi skirts to complete the look IMO.
yeah, wheels kind of does not fit into the 7. i prefer the SSR 17 inch wheels than the volk.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 04:52 PM
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Same wheels but in bronze.....I don't think they look to big

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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jim kutschke
Same wheels but in bronze.....I don't think they look to big
I <3 bronze.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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They look almost like the '06 TE37 color. I like.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 03:15 AM
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To paint all 4 wheels and fix a few minor scratches ran about $500. They were originally white and the previous owner of the car gave them to me as a spare set with brand new Dunlop direzza tires! I do plan on re-painting the car a different color when I bring it back to the U.S. with me. As for the 99 spec, I could have went with, but unfortunatly those are harder to import than 89-95 models. I've got HKS hypermax II coilovers so the car is lowered; by how much I can't keep track from the stock height. The car was on 17in Prodrives and lowered. I decided on the gunmetal grey after seeing a picture of the 06 TE37's and the majority of the TE37's here are bronze.

Here's what the car looked like before
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 07:08 AM
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^^Those rims (prodrive?) look killer. I like them a hell of a lot more than the volks.
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 08:12 AM
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Some of you guys are nutz.

While I like the prodrive style (almost got them for my car a couple years ago), The gunmetal TE37's look GREAT on the original poster's car, and a SHITLOAD better than the way TE37's typically come from volk in white, gold, or bronze.

Also, having had a silver FD for years, and tried all sorts of wheels on it, I disagree that a basic silver looks the best. You need the contrast of black, gunmetal, or machined (Fikse style) wheels. I was going to get the prodrives in the color they call "British Black".
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
^^Those rims (prodrive?) look killer. I like them a hell of a lot more than the volks.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 03:05 AM
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I still have the Prodrives and I plan to take them to the guy that painted my Volks and have him fix the curb rash. I might keep them or sell them, still undecided.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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theres wheels on that thing? lol it looks like its hovering in the air! the wheels look sweet though.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by jim kutschke
Same wheels but in bronze.....I don't think they look to big
Is that your car? That **** looks SWEET!

But yeah the wheels on that FD doesnt look big. I guess it depends on the color combo.

I have 18" SSR A2's on my car and my car is red, i think it looks fine. But i might downgrade to 17" A2's if i can find them. Or i might just do 17" up front and keep the 18" in the rear.
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 06:22 AM
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Better Pics

The lighting was better out today than it was before. These pics look much better than the ones before.




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