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awesome ebay rims score!! what to do though?

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:30 am
by cgneon
well, i have to drive an hour to get them, but no biggie, scored them for $1.25 lol :rockon: plan on sandblasting them, and painting and clear coat gloss black, or maybe just do the spokes gloss black, leave the rest silver... i need opinions..


or should i keep the ones i have now, and save em for backup, can't decide which would look better....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... 368&rd=1,1


or my current rims..

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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:33 am
by hansken_yo
wonder why they were just a 1.25? If they are balanceable, or drivable I think they would be decent rims to make look nice again. But hey its only 1.25 and gas money to pick em up it they arent

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:44 am
by dblsg
:shock: sweet deal

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:47 am
by 01WhiteNe0n
wow i would paid 2 :D

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:56 am
by cgneon
i asked about condition and said they arent bent in any way, so they should be fine and driveable, tires are junk, no biggie..

local pick up limits your market on ebay, i just happened to stumble accross it, and said wtf, put 20 max on it, and noone bid.. woot!!!!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:42 pm
by sullygully
I would try and sell em for two fitty, and get double your money back! Score! :rofl:

In all honesty though, i like the ones you have now better.

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:50 pm
by cgneon
im gonna try and photochop them on there to get an idea... wont know for sure till i get them and see in person though...

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:07 pm
by EmersonHart13
I would stop by a shop on your way home and get the junk tires removed and have them check them.

Nice score though!

John

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:41 pm
by cgneon
EmersonHart13 wrote:I would stop by a shop on your way home and get the junk tires removed and have them check them.

Nice score though!

John
what do i have them check for?, bends and cracks and such?,

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:02 pm
by OverDrive418
I'll pick them up from you for $2.25 and a Vibrant front strut tower bar!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:16 pm
by EmersonHart13
They can make sure they can be balanced, cracks, check them for trueness,etc...

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:31 pm
by crowd00control
those look like mitsubishi gsx stock rims

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:40 pm
by cgneon
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quick chop to compare.. couldnt do them in black like i wanted, res not high enough to do it not skilled with photoshop enough...

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:01 pm
by FTWNeon
Kinda look like the Primax wheels I have laying around.

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:02 pm
by kornholio788
hey look at it this way if they are not drivable and dont balance or something i would clean them up, spray bomb them good and then put them up on my wall. Would make a hella cool dispaly for 1.25. Shit you could make a table out of them. Fuck i wish i could get those hell i would pay 50 for them and make a table and a bunch of stuff with them for my room and stuff.

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:20 pm
by cgneon
they should be driveable. He said he took them off the neon when he sold it, and now he just can't use em on the car he has now. So he crapped out goin ebay with them, my gain FTW. Can anyone chop those to see how they would look black? or would it not be worth it?
Im definetly leaning on doing the spokes gloss black, and leaving the silver lip. i'm liking the thin spokes more and more as i look at that quick chop above, plus they are probably lighter than what i have which would be another plus.......

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:31 pm
by TiOL
yeah if they're not in good condition make a table with them haha

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:02 pm
by cgneon
dont think the g/f would like table made out of rims lol!!!

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:12 pm
by caustic neon
Hell I want to make a glass top end table out of a block

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:24 pm
by cgneon
just got home with them, gonna get the tires removed tommorrow, they are shot.. the G/F HATES them, thinks my other rims look way better, we'll see after i take them to work, sandblast them, fill in any scratches and repaint and clear them....
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still dont know what kind of wheel it is, been searching, but have no clue...

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:02 pm
by MoparNeonMan
aquariuskid2001 wrote:i asked about condition and said they arent bent in any way, so they should be fine and driveable, tires are junk, no biggie..

local pick up limits your market on ebay, i just happened to stumble accross it, and said wtf, put 20 max on it, and noone bid.. woot!!!!
o2otake them to a tire place and have them checked. just because dude says they are not bent doesnt mean n e thing.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 10:05 pm
by Dnt.B.H8N
Paint em up & resale for a nice profit.

Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:23 pm
by MyNeonSaysHi
Dnt.B.H8N wrote:Paint em up & resale for a nice profit.
:withstupid:

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 1:59 pm
by ek2588
eh. thats not really my style of rims, id fix em up and sell em for like 150-200$ to some ricer kid, then id use the money and buy some eibach sportlines springs

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:45 pm
by Arro
I agree with the g/f, dude. Sorry just my opinion.

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:54 pm
by scneonchic
Id paint them and sell them for profit. Im actually thinking there may be a chance that those are my first set of wheels I had on my car. I sold them to a friend for his neon about 2 years ago, and he sold them when he got his srt...could be, could be :lol:


heres the wheels, or very similar wheels on my car when I had them.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:55 pm
by KrackstaR
that is byfar the meanest deal anyone could ever find but i would have to agree with everyone else on this sell them and keep the rims you already have ...

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:23 pm
by cgneon
KrackstaR wrote:that is byfar the meanest deal anyone could ever find but i would have to agree with everyone else on this sell them and keep the rims you already have ...

def keeping my current rims, made that decision.. got someone offering me a decent pioneer deck and 2 jl audio subs in box for them as is.. i might take it, just so i dont have to do any work, quick offload. would go great in my girls mazda, so might have to take it..


and scneonchic, i wouldnt doubt they are the same rims migrated from SC to FL,.. wouldnt have the center caps would you?, lol... they def are exact same as in your pics..

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:54 pm
by scneonchic
Yeah the guy that bought them from me originally lived in GA, so I dont doubt that they couldve migrated down there either :lol: they still look like they are in excellent shape though, for the most part.

And no, I dont have the centercaps...I gave them to the guy when I sold them to him. Sorry!

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:22 pm
by refect
damn man 1.25 thats nuts :shock: