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Author Topic: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe  (Read 3855 times)

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Offline cammerjeff

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Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« on: March 22, 2021, 03:04:28 PM »

Original 2009 non polished wheels



Polished Street edition wheels



I think they make a big improvement

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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2021, 05:43:39 PM »
Looks good.
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2021, 11:35:13 AM »
Sometimes I forget how good looking that car is.
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2021, 01:13:27 PM »
I'm not sure I like it.  I think maybe if you sent them to me and I tried them on my car my opinion might change.  It's a risk I am willing to take.
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2021, 12:19:53 PM »
I agree completely! 



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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2021, 03:08:31 PM »
Bah!  Just 5 extra spokes to clean.


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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2021, 03:31:41 PM »
Quote from: TomatoSoup on March 24, 2021, 03:08:31 PM
Bah!  Just 5 extra spokes to clean.


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Yes but they are 1/4 the size of the stock spokes so it's still half the work to clean them.
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2021, 09:36:09 PM »
Thanks all, I love to send the wheels for you all to try out, but I am too busy driving on them!!!!!
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2021, 02:50:50 PM »
Sweet street edition wheels, I like the coupe part better  :D

What are these wheels? Were there 3 wheel types in 2009?
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2021, 05:10:47 PM »
Yes at some time in the 2009 model year the non chrome wheels changed to the type I took off. The Chrome 5 spoke wheels were still the same style as the 2006-08 style. Why? I don't know.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2021, 01:17:01 PM by cammerjeff »
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2021, 11:25:21 AM »
Coupe looks awesome with the dual 5 spoke rims
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2021, 10:13:59 AM »
Thanks DeepBlueGXP! I do think they look much better than the stock 2009 non polished 5-spokes.
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2021, 12:15:26 AM »
I think I look better than most stock versions of myself
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2021, 01:45:10 AM »
Well of course you would.


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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2021, 01:46:44 PM »
GJ is two-spoked? What?
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #15 on: April 08, 2021, 01:24:05 PM »
Just wondering but is it possible to get one of the other versions of GJ on the off chance it's an improvement?
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2021, 10:10:30 PM »
I wouldn't chance it
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Re: Put some Street edition wheels on my coupe
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2021, 07:01:40 PM »
Is that a street edition coupe?  Really looks nice! :)
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