Project "El Festivo" build thread

[gurry624]

Correction for tire size..... They will be 155/55/14 not 255/55/14. I believe the 155/55/14 are roughly 21" tall

[rbrown]

You see those wheels on ebay cheaper than at Discount Tire? I've wanted them for some time.

I saw some of those in black chrome on a xB the other day and cannot find them anywhere...

[gurry624]

Yea, eBay was the cheapest I found them. $288 for all 4 rims

[DriverOne]

You see those wheels on ebay cheaper than at Discount Tire? I've wanted them for some time.

I saw some of those in black chrome on a xB the other day and cannot find them anywhere...

It's a good possibility that the owner of the xB had them black chromed. It's an option now with some of the wheel reconditioning shops. With a cost of around $120/rim for a 17", doubling the price for black chrome seems possible.

[rbrown]

Yea, eBay was the cheapest I found them. $288 for all 4 rims

I thought about taking the ad to the store and see if they will match since that is their ebay price. lol

It's a good possibility that the owner of the xB had them black chromed. It's an option now with some of the wheel reconditioning shops. With a cost of around $120/rim for a 17", doubling the price for black chrome seems possible.

Hmmmmmm. Maybe.

[gurry624]

I'm not able to just walk into their store as I am in New Orleans. But I figure a set of rims for $288 w/ free shipping is not a bad deal. And also, if u walk into their store to purchase it, wouldn't you have to pay the sales tax on the rims??

[Prafeston]

I've been eying those wheels on eBay for awhile. They look pretty nice. I'm not willing to drop that much on wheels yet though.

[eurotiva]

Those wheels are sweet. I'm wanting new wheels for euro. Its been rockin the same 15's since '05.....

[gurry624]

I've been eying those wheels on eBay for awhile. They look pretty nice. I'm not willing to drop that much on wheels yet though.

I thought $288 for 4 rims was cheap (a good price). And with the tires I'm buyin, I'm only goin to be spending $550 on the whole package. I spent more $600 on my rims for my DD. And the tires cost me about $225 each after install.

Those wheels are sweet. I'm wanting new wheels for euro. Its been rockin the same 15's since '05.....

Ain't nothin wrong with rockin the same old wheels. And a fresh coat of different color paint on a set of wheels goes a long way. Before I bought my rims for my daily, I rocked the factories for a two years, then had the face of the wheels painted black and left the insets the factory color. Everybody thought I bought new rims. And I only paid $100 to get them painted.

[Advancedynamix]

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[gurry624]

Just bought and paid for my rims. They will be here Wednesday.

[gurry624]

Tires bought and paid for. Federal Formazas 155/55/14 for $254.86. For a grand total of $542.86 for rims and tires.

[gurry624]

Rims came in........ Damn they look nice.

[Prafeston]

Wow, those look nice. Can't wait to see them mounted and on the car. I've been curious about those wheels and it will be awesome to see what they look like.

[gurry624]

Just got email confirmation that the tires were shipped UPS and they will be here Friday.