New Wheels/Tires Arrived Today! (Exel RH-5's)

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:43 pm

UPS dropped off my new wheels & tires from WheelMax about an hour and a half ago. I just finished test fitting them to make sure WheelMax got everything right... They did, of course.

I'll be posting an initial review under the 'Parts Reviews' forum soon. These are just pictures from the test fitment I did with only one wheel. Damn I can't wait for the warm weather to roll around... If the meteorologists here weren't predicting a snow storm tomorrow, these bad daddies would be going on and staying on.

Anyways, on with the pics.

What you're looking at:

Exel RH-5 wheels in 'Hyper Light' wrapped with Toyo Proxes FZ-4 205/40/17 tires.

Comparing the stock wheels & tires to the new ones...

Another comparison...

Yet ANOTHER comparison...

All mounted and ready to go... (Center cap not shown)

All we need now is warm weather... And the center caps snapped on.

Let me know what you guys think! (As always...)

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:57 pm

need center cap or something =(

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:03 pm

dawm wrote:need center cap or something =(

Visualize the damn center cap.

03sxt wrote:All mounted and ready to go... (Center cap not shown)

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:03 pm

I like those. They look like the old Konig Glide. A HEAVY but cool lookin wheel. (Konig not yours) Congrats on new toys!!

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:05 pm

grambo wrote:I like those. They look like the old Konig Glide. A HEAVY but cool lookin wheel. (Konig not yours) Congrats on new toys!!

Thanks, man. I was hoping the lip was going to be a bit bigger, but I still love 'em. And yes, these are pretty heavy. Not sure of the actual weight, but these wouldn't be the smartest wheels if you were looking for weight reduction.

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:12 pm

smart wheels are usually ugly or ungodly expensive

evlneon · Post by **evlneon** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:16 pm

03sxt wrote:All we need now is warm weather... And the center caps snapped on.

...and the stickers taken off the tires.

great lookin shoes ya got though!!

oh, and the wheels aren't too bad either.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:23 pm

Looks good!

be glad it doenst have more of a polished lip, those things are a pain to keep clean and shiney lol

sucks to have parts sitting around looking at you when you just want to get them on your car

KrackstaR · Post by **KrackstaR** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:41 pm

i must say , from a person who hates excel they do make nice rims looks good on your car. good luck with em.. yea the weather sucks my neon spends all day in the garage and i cant put my damn rims on my BMW.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:01 pm

evlneon wrote:...and the stickers taken off the tires.

I knew someone was going to mention that.

scneonchic501 wrote:Looks good! be glad it doenst have more of a polished lip, those things are a pain to keep clean and shiney lol

sucks to have parts sitting around looking at you when you just want to get them on your car

I wish it had shinier lip - I don't care what kinda' extra cleaning it would take...

At least at first anyways. And yeah, I have four huge boxes in my living room right now...

KrackstaR wrote:i must say , from a person who hates excel they do make nice rims looks good on your car. good luck with em.. yea the weather sucks my neon spends all day in the garage and i cant put my damn rims on my BMW.

Thanks and yeah they are gonna' look good. Looking real close at the wheels, you can definitely tell I didn't pay huge bucks for them... I'll post more detailed info when I do a 'Parts Review' when I go to put them on when it gets warmer... When I pull the wheels from the boxes, I'll get closer detailed pics to show you guys what I mean.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:35 am

I love the 5 spoke configuration. Great, clean choice. Can't wait to see them on!

apk2k6 · Post by **apk2k6** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:49 am

Really nice rims, planning a drop sometime soon? Haha either way it doesn't look bad though.

You should move to Florida haha, I don't have to change to winter wheels or anything like that : )

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:02 am

apk2k6 wrote:Really nice rims, planning a drop sometime soon? Haha either way it doesn't look bad though.

You should move to Florida haha, I don't have to change to winter wheels or anything like that : )

The car's already lowered 1.5" front and back... So no, I'm not.

Eventually I might go for some lower coils, but I'm plenty happy with the current drop. Actually, the wife and I are thinking about moving to Florida... Not sure if I want to yet. The main reason is because all of my family is here in Ohio.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:52 am

quit being a pansy and throw them on... it its snow, just wash them

they do look awsome, car is gonna look way better with them on.

apk2k6 wrote:You should move to Florida haha, I don't have to change to winter wheels or anything like that : )

yeah, you just gotta dodge hurricanes

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:11 pm

Those tires look bigger than mine. Oh well.

The wheels look great! I can't wait to get new ones--as soon as I have money. And I'm glad the wheelmax transaction went well. They're a possibility for me.

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:03 pm

nice rims, you got the same tires i got. how much did you pay for the tires each?

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:37 pm

dblsg wrote:quit being a pansy and throw them on... it its snow, just wash them
they do look awsome, car is gonna look way better with them on.
apk2k6 wrote:You should move to Florida haha, I don't have to change to winter wheels or anything like that : )
yeah, you just gotta dodge hurricanes

Thanks man!

The wife said close to the same thing... But I told her, the dirtyness from the snow isn't the issue - It's the fact that we'd get stuck with 3" of snow on the ground with these tires.

ilpadrino wrote:The wheels look great! I can't wait to get new ones--as soon as I have money. And I'm glad the wheelmax transaction went well. They're a possibility for me.

Yeah, after seeing the BBB report, I was a little weary, but they do have quite the volume in sales and they handled the sale really well. I just don't like the fact that they don't tell you the wheels shipped until they're in your living room. I got an email yesterday saying that they were shipped... About 2 hours after UPS dropped them off.

(I called Wednesday and asked if they could track it for me and they did and told me the scheduled delivery date so I knew what day to wait up for UPS - I sleep during the day normally.)

Anonymous User wrote:nice rims, you got the same tires i got. how much did you pay for the tires each?

I paid $76.95 each for the tires. What are your thoughts on the tires? Quiet? Ride nice? Thanks!

Anonymous User · Post by **Anonymous User** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:25 pm

Anonymous User wrote:nice rims, you got the same tires i got. how much did you pay for the tires each?

I paid $76.95 each for the tires. What are your thoughts on the tires? Quiet? Ride nice? Thanks![/quote]

i personally like them, but i cant really compare them to anything becaues these are the only tires ever used on my neon. but i like them, i havent had a chance to push them hard yet. only 1 of my friends did, i couldnt believe how it handled. the tires are not all that noisey, but thats the trade off you get when swithing to low pros. one thing i can tell you tho, is watch out for potholes, i have bunch of them on freeways and streets here. and already had to replace 2 tires becaues of them.

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:02 am

Hey, looks great so far....hope to see all 4 on soon

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:17 pm

I know... I can't wait either!

And here's the reason they weren't all put on yesterday...

Pics taken at 2:10pm Eastern today:

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:50 pm

mustve caught you in the middle of washing it

nice windshield wipers

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:56 pm

scneonchic501 wrote:mustve caught you in the middle of washing it nice windshield wipers

Windshield wipers stuck to the windshield with ice = Not a good thing.

Makes it easier to brush of the snow, too.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:09 pm

03sxt wrote:
scneonchic501 wrote:mustve caught you in the middle of washing it nice windshield wipers
Windshield wipers stuck to the windshield with ice = Not a good thing.

Makes it easier to brush of the snow, too.

oooh okay!

I dont have knowledge of such things

SC OWNS! HAHAHA

Post by **Canada** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:44 pm

scneonchic501 wrote:
03sxt wrote:
scneonchic501 wrote:mustve caught you in the middle of washing it nice windshield wipers
Windshield wipers stuck to the windshield with ice = Not a good thing.

Makes it easier to brush of the snow, too.
oooh okay!

I dont have knowledge of such things SC OWNS! HAHAHA

Bite Me.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:44 pm

scneonchic501 wrote:SC OWNS! HAHAHA

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:56 pm

03sxt wrote:
scneonchic501 wrote:SC OWNS! HAHAHA

Now, now...I guess I cant hate on Ohio too much....someone I care about is there too

but Sc still owns....

ilpadrino · Post by **ilpadrino** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:15 pm

scneonchic501 wrote:
03sxt wrote:
scneonchic501 wrote:mustve caught you in the middle of washing it nice windshield wipers
Windshield wipers stuck to the windshield with ice = Not a good thing.

Makes it easier to brush of the snow, too.
oooh okay!

I dont have knowledge of such things SC OWNS! HAHAHA

Yeah, you people without the snow think you're soooo special lol

rt_neon04 · Post by **rt_neon04** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:44 pm

nice rims and tires...enjoy the handling

u knw ur gonna be slower now....and dont expect to beat the same cars that u used to beat with the old sxt tires..but over all good choice on rims and tires..SOME ONE BUY MY F1's

evlneon · Post by **evlneon** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:27 pm

ilpadrino wrote:Yeah, you people without the snow think you're soooo special lol

until they drive up here when there is snow on the ground, and they freak out cause they don't know what it is or how to react. then they're just another dumb moron on the road that i have to avoid like everyone else around here.

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:50 pm

rt_neon04 wrote:nice rims and tires...enjoy the handling

u knw ur gonna be slower now....and dont expect to beat the same cars that u used to beat with the old sxt tires..but over all good choice on rims and tires..SOME ONE BUY MY F1's

.....

until they drive up here when there is snow on the ground, and they freak out cause they don't know what it is or how to react. then they're just another dumb moron on the road that i have to avoid like everyone else around here.

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