yeah your prob right man, actually, yeah your totally right lol...but once i get my rims back from the paint shop i hope to slap some pics of them up on here. I kinda nervous....hope the red i choose to paint the lip of the wheels instead to crazy! prob gona either flat black the rivets are well or just see how the wheel looks with the rivets all together...then again i always still have the chrome rivets..

 

any more or better pics of the polished lips?

 

hey bro nice set up you got there! loving the way it looks! from what i'm seeing you went 20x10.5 all around without it being staggered?

 

i have a few on my digicam that i havrnt uploaded yet

Heres another iphone pic

 

 

got my xxr 521's painted!!! got them back on friday, just been to busy to put them back on the car....the lip is crazy bright....hoping it makes a bold look on my OB!! im gona try and ppost a pic of them asap...i need to figure out if im going to keep the rivets bright red too, or paint them flat blk to match the center of the rim....p.s. blazin, i hate you for how sick your sedan looks!!...we should trade!!

 

Here's the best I can do right now.. Just got them on, a couple days before my vacation to Florida. So all I have are crappy iPhone pics. I'll post more when I get back in a week.

Anyhow thanks a ton to G35man and Konxeptionz for helping and pm ing me back with info on his setup.
Specs 20x10.5 all around. Gloss black center, polished lip.
Running an 18mm spacer in front(to clear brembos) originally bought 15mm all around but it won't clear the brembos up front. So had a custom one made and it clears by about 1mm lol
And 15mm in rear.
255/35/20 general UHP in front
295/30/20 general uhp rear. I like meat on my tires.. Not my women ; )

Rear fenders are rolled and I'm barely rubbing up front. So I'm going to pull the fenders a bit when I get back. Also have a lot more planned for the car as I just bought it as a daily driver a couple months ago.










Pics of my GF and I's G's. Both 6spds ; )

 

Few more pics



Also installed my new dual slotted rotors and pads.. Since the previous owner warped the crap out of them.
Haven't thrown the center caps on but I actually like them. Might do something custom.. I planned on running some colored tuner lugs... But the ones I bought didn't want to thread right.. Which was pretty disappointing, luckily my shop had a set that fit.. And the chrome turned out to be ok with the wheels..

 

Love your setup man, Im seriously considering buying these. Where did you order the wheels from??

 

Who wants to buy my rays so i can order these

 

In all honesty I really like the rims. They seem pretty good quality so far as well(for a super cheap rim) and actually lighter than the stock 18's!(not that they are super light by any means) but my car is a daily driver. I have an Evo to be fast.. Lol

I got them from gripston.com. Something like $700 shipped lol. Got them in 4-5 days. I originally wanted the Xxr 526's because they were more made for our car(lower offset and better stagger 20x9 front 20x11 rear. However I hate the convex look of the fronts and they won't be in the US til who knows when.

The problem with running 20x10.5 is that the fronts are very aggressive. You need to stretch the front tires. To make things easier you need 245/35 fronts. But that's a decent stretch and I'm not a big fan of big stretches. Which is why I'm pulling my fenders a bit to make the 255/35 work good.

The other problem with running 10.5 fronts is the spacers.
If you have brembos you'll need to run an 18-20mm spacer to clear them.
Spacers add another couple hundred bucks to the "price" of the rim. But they will also improve the look of my stock rims(when I swap them for winter)

The only thing I don't really like is the "universal" bolt pattern.. But with the the black face. You don't really notice it.

If they made this model in a 20x10 front and 20x11 rear with some better offsets.. They would sell soooo many lol

But that's reserved for the $3-4k wheels. Whch I cannot afford because I'm a broke *** college guy who pays for everything himself.

 

Thanks for all the info Evolved, im probably gonna run 8.5 in the front. That gripston site is sold out but after a couple of searches I found another to place to order them. Are you dropped on springs??

 

I am dropped on springs and upgraded shocks. (only mods from previous owner)
Not sure what springs they are. But judging by my gf's stock height. I'd say it's dropped about an inch(give or take .2) in the rear and about 1-1.5 inches in the front. It has a nice stance but a little low in front for the aggressiveness of the rims/tires.

But like I said. I barely rub in front on big bumps so it should be cleared up with an hour of work from my body shop when I get back.

As far as the wheels go. I called about 5 places on a square setup.. They all said that XXR was either out of stock(for people who drop ship) or for companies who had them in stock. A few didn't want to spilt their staggered setup.

Topspeed auto in Chicago(which is a few hours north of me) had a square setup.. But after I figured in tax(in state), slightly higher price, and gas. Sadly it was cheaper to order from gripston. And they were dropped shipped from XXR.. Somehow they had them even tho they said they didnt. So give them a call to find out for sure.

 

I'd wait for the staggered xxr 526 setup...much more aggressive if you like a somewhat deep dish look. What I like about the 521 that the 526 doesnt have is the flatness of the spokes. I like my spokes to be flat and without concavity...sadly 526 has some....but still looks sick lol Btw to all them members who posted their 521 pics....thumps up and **** lol btw first pic +1 on the aftermarket V2 headlights !

 

I wish the 526's were concave that would be amazing! And I would definitely buy them.
But unfortunately they are the opposite.. Convex. Meaning they curve out like a basketball...

I too like a flat face or concave(best) which is why I went with the 521