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View Poll Results: Which wheels? FR500 or Saleens
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by hpwrestler220
This should be so simple... BLACK IT OUT. If you're getting bored with it, tie it all together more.

Your windows aren't tinted. Your tail lights aren't tinted. At the very least you should tint your side reflectors. Tint the ambers in your headlights. Blackout the pony in the front of your grill if it's still chrome. I know tinted lights and windows aren't for everybody, though. But i'd still keep the saleens.

The black saleens look so much better than the fr500's and the guy with the fr's has cobra mirrors, tints, smoked heads, and racing seats. You would think his car looks better but it really doesn't... Fr500's are one of my favorite wheels but your car looks great with the saleens. If i were you i would just black the car out.
I'm not even paying attention to the racing seats and or cobra mirrors. I won't tint the headlights or tail lights because I like to have a little color on the exterior. Otherwise it would ONLY blue and black. I took my front pony out so I have a black "area" in the front (some hate it some like it). I have been contemplating tint but haven't got th emoney up to do it. I have the CDC honeycomb panel in the back so to tint the tails would extend the black "strip" which I didn't want to over due. I don't want to overdue it with black though.

I have more plasti dip so I thought to paint the recess between the exhaust tips and to do the gas cap.




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Old 10-20-2011, 01:27 PM
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I think the FR500s look great on your car! My buddy had some on his red mach and it looked sick
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:51 PM
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FR500's. It would break up wheels a little bit and add some contrast.

Are you running the Nitto INVO's? And if so, how do you like them?
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Old 10-20-2011, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by JRad405
FR500's. It would break up wheels a little bit and add some contrast.

Are you running the Nitto INVO's? And if so, how do you like them?
I am running the INVO's. They seem fine to me. I don;t push the car or launch hard often enough to feel a difference in tires. They ride pretty well and have had no issues with them. Wet traction seems good as well, but when it's raining I don't drive to where I need to notice wet traction knowing I'm in a 300hp rear wheel drive car...

I've run summitomo HTRz II's I think they were from AM on my 17x9 17x10.5 FR500's on my old 04 GT and never had issues with those either. I went INVO really for the funky tread pattern. I did research and wet traction was fairly high and comparable to other tires with the "common" tread pattern so I said "why not".
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Old 10-20-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by smitty2919
I am running the INVO's. They seem fine to me. I don;t push the car or launch hard often enough to feel a difference in tires. They ride pretty well and have had no issues with them. Wet traction seems good as well, but when it's raining I don't drive to where I need to notice wet traction knowing I'm in a 300hp rear wheel drive car...

I've run summitomo HTRz II's I think they were from AM on my 17x9 17x10.5 FR500's on my old 04 GT and never had issues with those either. I went INVO really for the funky tread pattern. I did research and wet traction was fairly high and comparable to other tires with the "common" tread pattern so I said "why not".
i like the 555s better. i had NT05s and they were great but 8000 miles later i had belts showing...but then i push my car through the mountains at least twice a month
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Old 10-20-2011, 02:28 PM
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FR500 but whats with the name calling?
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:03 PM
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I love the black fr500s on the machs, I feel they can't go wrong on any of the cars color options
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by turbo232
RPF1s in 18 inch. mine are 17s

This. Wish I had gone with those.
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by tdcalhoun89
This. Wish I had gone with those.
i only regret 17s until i hit a pot hole. the 18s look so much better
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:15 PM
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i think i got an email from AM saying they got matte black wheels in maybe check them out, i vote for fr500s since theyre my favorite
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