Took the plunge on some rims, a few pics

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Since it's been a picture crazy few weeks, here are few. Paid for these bad boys this morning. The guy sent me pics of them and is going to ship them shortly. Can't wait!

19x8, 46+ offset. XC stand for XCaliber :shifty:




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I like 'em. They kinda remind me of HyeLife's Vulcans.:D
 
Those are going to look sick.

Nice find. What tires you going to go with?
 
Those look sweet! It will look even better once they are on your car.
 
Yeah they do look similar to hyelife's rims. Similar in name as well. His are called vulcan, and these volvo rims are called vulcanis, just is added at the end.

I had been looking for a set since jan and luckily came across them on ebay a day before the guy took the listing off. Got them for 720, he gave them to me for 600 plus shipping. 2 wheels are perfect and 2 have slight curb rash. I'll worry about fixing them now that I have a set. I wasn't going to wait for real ones in perfect condition to show up, prob isn't going to happen.I could drop 1600 to get them from volvo buts that too much for me.

eautotech was selling a few sets a while ago, but replicas and they were machine finished for 800 I think.They have some chrome replicas right now
 
Thanks guys, can't wait to get them on, prob next month though, exhaust first. I told myself I wouldn't buy anything else until my exhaust was installed, but then these rims showed up and I had to get them. I'll be doing my exhaust prob this weekend.

I also want to install new oem shocks and compare the ride to monroe shocks, I heard some say they are crap, but other say they are good. I want to see how they compare to oem.

Then I'll have to install my whole inventory of parts, then come the rims

Lincoln Luebbe said:
Totally sweet man, can't wait to see them on!!

IMHO 19" is the perfect size diameter rim for our cars!
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Yeah, seems like the ideal size. 20's too big, 18's are close but 19's fill the wheel well better and they aren't as big as 20's.

Hey so you're turn, those zeus are calling your name!


Andrizzle said:
Those are going to look sick.

Nice find. What tires you going to go with?
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Thanks. Brand of tires or size?

Size-I have been doing research on size and most run 245/35 on 19's. It looks nice, I am just worried of the amount of tire sticking out to protect the rim. Seems like the tire is the same or slightly wider than the rim's lip.

Brand- dont know yet. I'll be lookig into that shortly
 
yea you may want fatter tires if you plan on hitting curbs and such.. lol

My 245/35s are pretty much even with the rim, resulting in easy curb rash...I am just very careful when pulling up next to a curb, I roll the window down and stick my head out.
 
I dont plan on it, I usually am very careful when parking, but there is always that careless second that may jack up your rim
 
I've only used two different brands of low profile tires since I've had 20's but I can attest to this that Nitto 555 Extremes are some wide tires. They give that lip protection that most tires don't. I'm very satisfied with them. I've actually ran up on on an curb by mistake and the tire caught it all. You can check them out here: http://www.onlinetires.com/products...245%2F35-19+nitto+nt555+"extreme+zr"+93w.html
 
Photoshop looks slickkkkkk

+1 on the nittos, mine have taken some good abuse from avoiding animals in the road.
 
Those look nice. Do you know the weight of them? I was looking at the Volvo Italian wheels awhile back, but they were pretty heavy.
 
Looking real good Alex!!!!!!!! Stay away from the Monroe's, The ride will be way too soft and the car will corner like a lifted truck. Go with OEM Sport shocks.
 
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