I finally get tires/wheels and need you!!!

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I finally get tires/wheels and need you!!!

Postby YELLOWMINIAZ » Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:12 am

Bob got me a gift certificate for discount tire. I finally get to upgrade.
I have $700.00 to spend and I want your help. I love the chrome look and I do not want run flats.... so go out there and give me some tires you think would look good on my car.

I want 16's or would 17's be acceptable? The tire thing is so overwhelming for me. It rains here and we do get ice...so I've heard. Haven't seen any yet.

I AM NOT PUTTING THOSE UGLY WHITE FLOWERS ON MY CAR SO DON'T SUGGEST THEM....!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby Louie B. » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:38 am

How about "Teddy bear" wheels? :P

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Postby azminiman » Sun Dec 30, 2007 5:45 pm

discount tire online has good pricing.. start there. look at closeout sections.. I think black with polished lip would look great on the yellow
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Postby Louie B. » Sun Dec 30, 2007 6:17 pm

For the budget I would stick w/ 16". Discounts website has a program where you can see what the wheels look like on your car but the graphics on the site are kinda bad and it doesnt really do it justice.

Not to put pressure on you to hurry and choose, but I stumbled on this coupon online for Carolina stores only for $100 off on 4 wheels:

http://www.discounttire.com/content/car ... oupon.html

But it expires tommorow!!! :shock:

I agree w/ Mark on color choice, Black w/ polished lip would look really good on yellow!!! It never does in pictures, but in person it really does.
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Postby YELLOWMINIAZ » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:30 am

Louie B. wrote:For the budget I would stick w/ 16". Discounts website has a program where you can see what the wheels look like on your car but the graphics on the site are kinda bad and it doesnt really do it justice.

Not to put pressure on you to hurry and choose, but I stumbled on this coupon online for Carolina stores only for $100 off on 4 wheels:

http://www.discounttire.com/content/car ... oupon.html

But it expires tommorow!!! :shock:

I agree w/ Mark on color choice, Black w/ polished lip would look really good on yellow!!! It never does in pictures, but in person it really does.


Did you find an example of what you are talking about on Discount?
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Postby GOTCURVES » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:33 am

Life moves pretty fast....
Driving a MINI slows everything down but you!

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Postby minisaz » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:13 pm

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Postby YELLOWMINIAZ » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:41 pm



These are the ones that I picked out in Chrome. Went to discount to buy and decided on these....
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... Nice huh? JK a little too big. The tire guy wanted to see 20inches and put them on. Looks good but scraped the well when the tire turned. So I decided on these partly because they were in stock and the ones that Tim pointed out werent.

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/findWh ... &tc=MBMDRI
and these tires...
http://www.discounttire.com/product/tires/falhz7.xl.jpg

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The drive is a lot smoother. Todd recommended Cumah tires.. I think thats how to spell that... but they didnt have those in stock either so he gave me the falkens for the same price. Now I just need a car wash.
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Postby danjmcs » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:58 pm

Sweet! Looks great! Kumhos... close enough! ;) The Falkens are a good tire too.
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Postby deemotored » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:12 am

sweet!
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Postby R50 » Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:50 am

Looks really good - hi to Bob
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Postby th3118 » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:14 am

Looks great. :thumbs-up:
You're lucky to have a good guy like Bob around.
Good deal on the tires too! Happy New Year to you and your family!
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Postby minisaz » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:00 pm

PIMPIN!! they look great. I still think the flower ones would have looked better! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby littlejake » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:41 pm

Louie B. wrote:How about "Teddy bear" wheels? :P

(sorry, couldn't find a photo)



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Postby perrin » Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:41 am

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I really want those!!! I want to paint them black and put blue stones in the eyes!!!!
Volvo C30 BB RD Stock so very stock and staying that way!! Wait........

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