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Old 11-03-2008 | 01:27 PM
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Default mercedes rims, how would they look?

i was looking at craigslist by my placece kinda and found these rims that fit our pattern...

http://fargo.craigslist.org/pts/870285173.html

they look kinda like the ones from the 07/08 gti's like this sorta

http://o.aolcdn.com/commerce/images/...nt_Regular.jpg

think they would look even decent? im not planning on getting these by any means they arent really my style, but i just saw them and thought i would see what you guys think
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 01:58 PM
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I don't really like them.
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 02:45 PM
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ya too bat-mobile-ish i think too more i look at them,
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 04:54 PM
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not feelin' them. there are a few merc wheels that look good on audis.....like mine
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 05:32 PM
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^ I like your rims, where did you get them?
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 05:46 PM
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I think it could be pulled off but it would need pretty much work. I do not like the mixture of that color and that wheel.
Those pictures are stolen off ebay, and i have seen that exact listing locally where I live in PA. So I wouldn't even doubt it's fake.
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 05:59 PM
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Take those wheels and grind the sides of them smooth (where they flare out slightly like a tooth of sorts), then touch up the paint and they'd be decent. With that Viking sword shape to the spokes though they look dumb.
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 06:06 PM
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ya gothya.... but 701 area code is fargos area code. he is just using that pic im sure. but ya dont think they would be good match on an audi
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 06:08 PM
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With the spoke shape they're goofy - I am not sure they'd look right on anything but Mad Max's ride. There's just something not quite "right" about them.
 
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Old 11-03-2008 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by airguard350
^ I like your rims, where did you get them?

i found them on my local craigslist. the lug holes were smaller than the audis so i had a machine shop bore them out a little. older merc wheels come with a 12mm lug audi is 14mm.
 



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