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  • Drove 2 hrs through an ice storm to pick up some French Ladies

    Well not really but they are made in France! Gonna put some nice snow tires on these naughty girls!
    Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
    Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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  • #2
    Those are some awesome wheels.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by william View Post
      Those are some awesome wheels.
      Thank You! The seller was like your gonna put those on a Festiva? And I said yes no wheel is too good for a Festy! Just need to find some center caps-
      Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
      Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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      • #4
        Those are gonna look good on a festy!
        2008 Kia Rio- new beater
        1987 F-150- revived and CLEAN!!!
        1987 Suzuki Dual Sport- fun beater bike
        1993 Festiva- Fiona, DD
        1997 Aspire- Peaspire, Refurb'd, sold
        1997 Aspire- Babyspire, DD
        1994 Aspire - Project Kiazord
        1994 Aspire- Crustyspire, RIP



        "If it moves, grease it, if it don't, paint it, and if it ain't broke don't fix it!"

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        • #5
          Originally posted by zoom zoom View Post
          Those are gonna look good on a festy!
          Thanks Matt,they are pretty light as well. On a accurate scale they are 12.4 lbs
          Last edited by nitrofarm; 12-20-2013, 10:11 PM.
          Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
          Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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          • #6
            Those are going to be so nice!
            1993 Festiva L "Wendy" BP n' stuff
            2013 Mazdaspeed 3 "The Kraken" -Stock.

            Dave Forget

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            • #7
              About the same weight as my 13 X 5.5" Estrellas. Not bad at all!

              And very very very nice looking!! Too bad there are no more 185/55-13 or 195/55-13 tires to mount on them.

              Your best bet are probably 185/60s.

              Karl
              '93GL "Prettystiva" ticking B3 and 5 speed, backup DD; full swaps in spring!
              '91L "AquaMutt" my '91L; B6 swap/5 speed & Aspire brakes, DD/work car
              '92L "Twinstiva" 5sp, salvage titled, waiting for repairs...
              '93GL "Luxstiva," '94 B6 engine & ATX; needs overhauled
              '89L "Muttstiva," now a storage bin, future trailer project

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              • #8
                They look like a few pairs of spoked wheels I've seen before.. Enjoy the smell of bagettes and frogs legs.

                sent from the depths of hell.
                Ford Festiva 1991 WA Model (5 Door)
                Nicknamed the car 'The Chiva' (Chilli Festiva)

                Avg Economy:
                Highway - 7.32L/100km
                City - yet to be determined.

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                • #9
                  Nice rims....wow......are you doing a swap? I was informed that a 4 x 100 wont fit on a stock festy...
                  92 GL, 98k
                  77 Chevy shortbed

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                  • #10
                    Hey, those are the same wheels that Lanemeyer put on his car!
                    In love with a MadScientist!:thumbright:
                    There's a fine line between breathtaking ingenuity and "That's the stupidest thing I've ever seen!"

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                    • #11
                      Nice rims! Great price too!
                      Driving for me is neither a right nor a privilege. Driving is my passion, as it was for the people who invented the automobile, the people who paved the first roads and the people who continue to improve the automobile. Please respect this passion.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Safety Guy View Post
                        About the same weight as my 13 X 5.5" Estrellas. Not bad at all!

                        And very very very nice looking!! Too bad there are no more 185/55-13 or 195/55-13 tires to mount on them.

                        Your best bet are probably 185/60s.

                        Karl
                        Karl I bought them with the General Altimax Artic in mind.TireCrack is out of stock but tire easy has them for only $220 shipped! Thats $75 LESS than I paid last year,wow I need to to shop there more often.

                        Originally posted by jawbraeka View Post
                        They look like a few pairs of spoked wheels I've seen before.. Enjoy the smell of bagettes and frogs legs.

                        sent from the depths of hell.
                        Oui oui mon ami.

                        Originally posted by avitsefdrof View Post
                        Nice rims....wow......are you doing a swap? I was informed that a 4 x 100 wont fit on a stock festy...
                        Yes you are right,Aspire swapped-

                        Originally posted by DriverOne View Post
                        Hey, those are the same wheels that Lanemeyer put on his car!
                        Bummer I should have known someone else had these. I'd love to get a set of 15x7 for summer that would be cool.

                        Originally posted by Advancedynamix View Post
                        Nice rims! Great price too!
                        Got em for 2 bills Charlie,the fella stayed up till 11:30 on a thurs waiting for me. I left at 9:30 and called him and said its gonna be a while are you sure you want me to come this late? When he said he'd wait up no problem,I new I could talk him down. He had them on CL for $250 also. For two hrs I drove at 45 mph, if I "Gassed" the B3 it would just spin and slide over to the shoulder. It was the WORST ice I've ever seen. Pulled out of my drive and couldnt turn,and slid right up to my mail box. :sad3:
                        Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
                        Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
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                        • #13
                          Damn.. We only get that on really wet highways and select roads around the snow fields

                          sent from the depths of hell.
                          Ford Festiva 1991 WA Model (5 Door)
                          Nicknamed the car 'The Chiva' (Chilli Festiva)

                          Avg Economy:
                          Highway - 7.32L/100km
                          City - yet to be determined.

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                          • #14
                            This is my third winter with the General A-Arctics and I'm very pleased with them. They're on my VW alloys in size 175/70-13. They seem to do as well in snow as my all season Nokian W snows, but I think the Nokians handled a little crisper.

                            Karl
                            '93GL "Prettystiva" ticking B3 and 5 speed, backup DD; full swaps in spring!
                            '91L "AquaMutt" my '91L; B6 swap/5 speed & Aspire brakes, DD/work car
                            '92L "Twinstiva" 5sp, salvage titled, waiting for repairs...
                            '93GL "Luxstiva," '94 B6 engine & ATX; needs overhauled
                            '89L "Muttstiva," now a storage bin, future trailer project

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Safety Guy View Post
                              This is my third winter with the General A-Arctics and I'm very pleased with them. They're on my VW alloys in size 175/70-13. They seem to do as well in snow as my all season Nokian W snows, but I think the Nokians handled a little crisper.

                              Karl
                              Karl there are so many Nokians in our size,next year I'll try the the Nordman 4. I'm going to weigh my generals when I get them for future refernce(can compare with generals specs). I'm sure the Nokians will out perform the generals,just not sure if it will be night and day. I've logged 40k on two new sets of Firestone Winter Force and 15k on the Generals. Hands down the Generals are a better tire. The ONLY time the Firestone's were better was in snow 3ft deep. Get them on smooth wet pavement and all they did was under steer and squirm at high speed. But next year I'll try the Nokia's "Nordman 4" for sure!
                              Some people like to read fiction,I prefer to read repair manuals. Weird I know-
                              Henry Ford: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently"
                              Fuseable Link Distribution Block repair link

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