Just got new wheels in!!!

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Cortez

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Wheels: MB Motorsports EXE II 17x7"



Tires: Falken Ziex ZE512 215/45/ZR17



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These will be going on my "Super Silver" 2003 Hyundai Tiburon.



So far I've got one coat of SG on top of AIO on the 4 wheels. Aiming for three or four coats before I mount them. Should be on the car by Thursday...can't wait!



Thought I would share my excitement.



Oh yeah and I just bought the Meguiars brushes from autozone...hope they work as well as everyone says.
 
with the sealant on there i dont think the brushes would be necessary. I have AIO/UPPx2/poorboy's wheel sealant on my wheels and the brake dust wipes off with a dry throw away mf. for the trouble spots, a shot of quikshine makes short work of them.



nice wheels nonetheless though. are they a two piece wheel or are the bolts fake?
 
Neothin thanks for compliment. The wheels are not two piece...although I wish they were ($$$).



I really bought the brushes for other cars that I work on, just figured I would throw them in the pics.
 
White95Max said:
Can I ask why you went with an all-season tire when you live in Louisiana? Why not a summer performance tire?
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Of course you can. I was going to get max perf summer tires but the prices were higher and the reviews I read seemed to say that this was the tire for me. We get a heck of a lot of rain, sometimes ice, and there are sugarcane fields everywhere down here (which mean poor road conditions). Hopefully I was right. ;)



If I have been misguided please explain.
 
Well I bought my first set of summer tires with my new wheels in August. I couldn't believe the difference there is in wet and dry traction over all-season tires. I considered getting all-seasons, but I'm glad I decided against it. I bought the Kumho Ecsta SPT by the way.



And now I've got my wheels/tires shining away in my living room, while I apply a few coats of UPP to them over the next few days. Then they're off to the storage closet, while my brand new snow tires do the dirty work over the winter.
 
Man, wish I would have know that before I bought the wheels. Everything I read was showing equal performance between the tire I had planned on and these Falkens. I think it is still going to be lightyears ahead of my stock 16's wrapped in Michelin MXV4's. Pretty sure the MXV4's were all seasons too.
 
Yeah the Michelin Energy MXV4s come stock on most Hyundais. I wasn't too impressed with those. I drove my neighbor's 2004 5spd Tiburon with those tires.



I did a ton of researching on performance tires when I was ready to buy my wheels. The SPTs were highly recommended, and I couldn't be happier with them. It's an Ultra High Performance Summer tire BTW.
 
White95Max said:
Well I bought my first set of summer tires with my new wheels in August. I couldn't believe the difference there is in wet and dry traction over all-season tires. I considered getting all-seasons, but I'm glad I decided against it. I bought the Kumho Ecsta SPT by the way.



And now I've got my wheels/tires shiny away in my living room, while I apply a few coats of UPP to them over the next few days. Then they're off to the storage closet, while my brand new snow tires do the dirty work over the winter.
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Yea. I got tired of all the compromises required by "all-season" tires and bought my first set of summer tires in August too. Put them on a new set of AMG wheels, and am in driver's heaven! The tires are staggard 245/45WR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 XL, in front, and 275/40YR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3 in back. The wheels are staggard 18x8.5 AMG Double Spoke Bright Sil, in front, and 18x9 AMG Double Spoke Bright Sil in back. What a combonation! In winter, I run 225/60QR-16 Michelin X-Ice on my original wheels, all around.
 
I tried posting pics several times, but this damn site makes it very difficult if you have uploaded the pic before. I'll try it one last time:

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Beautiful! But I was referring to the original poster. ;)



You didn't upload that pic to the gallery did you? If you do that, you'll be able to post larger pics. That URL appears to show an attachment that you uploaded, not a picture file.
 
White95Max said:
Beautiful! But I was referring to the original poster. ;)



You didn't upload that pic to the gallery did you? If you do that, you'll be able to post larger pics. That URL appears to show an attachment that you uploaded, not a picture file.
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My bad.



Please explain the upload policy. I uploaded that a while ago and now when I try to post it again it tells me I cannot. I am fairly computer-literate, but the post/upload policies on this site just boggle my mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Wow those rims are hotness :drool: I would love to see them on your silver tiburon, i'm sure they will look incredible.

I'm also wondering how they would look on a NBP RSX :think: :grinno:



If you plan on keeping these rims on year long, I think going with an all season tire was a better choice. Not to stir the pot; but don't summer wheels have shorter lifespans, and are noiser on the road? Unless you race your car hard, all the time, I think going with a high performance all season tire would be the smartier thing to do finacially as well as for driving comfort. I could be completely wrong though, thats just based from what I read on tirerack and other tire information websites. :nixweiss
 
Thanks again guys for the compliments. Jliao they are no racing wheel as far as weight goes, but they are lighter than stock. For right now this was the best I could get. White95max, I will post pics as soon as I get them on...probably either Thursday or Friday.
 
Jliao said:
How heavy are those MB motorsport rims. I was told they're pretty heavy.
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The AMG wheels weigh 32# front and 34# back. They are a bit heavy when you get the F1 tires on them!
 
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