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    What would look better?

    hey guys ive been getting diff things from diff people about my hubcaps and the steelies, i wanna know which would be best/look better untill i can get me some rims?

    so steelies or chrome hubcaps lol

    ohh yeh and my car is bluish with the black spoiler so im thinking steelies for now but i dunno

    and im sure the rest of you will say the same.......

    #2
    I'd go with the steelies.
    No matter how well chrome hubcaps are made they just don't come off looking that great.
    ED
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      #3
      Try to find some stock wheel covers from a bone yard. The "six spoke" design. They're the only ones I've seen that look decent.
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        #4
        Yeah, I would go with decent looking wheel covers, preferably the stock ones. You can either find them used, or pay $60 at the dealer. You can also go with namy universal ones for around $20. Do not get chrome, though, it looks tacky. One thing I do not like about universal fit, is that it is never as tight of a fit as Mazda wheel covers.
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          #5
          ohh yeh ok thanks guys, i was actually thinking this last night of going to the junkyard sometime and getting some stock hubcaps off of some 2nd gens i saw. when i bought my car it only had 2 stock hubs on so i jsut took them off (should have kept them instead of trashing them) but yeh ill just run the steelies untill i can run to the junkyard

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            #6
            dawg, just get a first gen LX rims they're pretty cheap.

            Man I can already see ur car in my head w/ the mods that u already have...
            I say sell ur spoiler because thats just extra weigh then buy the used rims w/ some used decent tires.

            Spoiler and muffler ur first mods? u should've use the money toward some decent set of OEM rims or lowering springs.
            Last edited by 1ofdfew323; 01-08-2005, 10:17 PM.

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              #7
              hahah the muffler i got hella cheap from a friend so i just installed it, the wing i got from my dad on christmas even tho i dont like it my dad thinks its hella cool so im pretty much leaving it on there for him so i wont hurt his feelings. once i leave this base to one farther away i will be putting this spoiler on ebay and getting a stock spoiler.

              are those 1st gen LX rims 13inch? maybe i can find some decent ones at the junkyard

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                #8
                14"

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                  #9
                  aight, thanks man

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                    #10
                    i have a set of 6 spoke first gen rims, not sure what they're off of though...but they look pretty good, in my opinion. 14" too, so the car sits just a tad higher, and my speedo is off ever so slightly ( at 45 my speedo reads about 46.5-47)

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