Alright, well I've recent come into some money and decided to spend it on some new wheels.


I have a CSM, its pretty base as far as exterior, so the question is.


What should I go with for new rims on the CSM?

I dont really plan on doing the whole "black it out" thing, and I really, really love bronze colored with a lip on it for CSM.


So I'm thinking Enkei EV5 bronze.

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These are the rims that started my gold/bronze rims on CSM fetish:
Ray's Gram Lights 57 Pro's, but they are WAY to expensive for me right now (700+ EACH!)



I'd prefer gold/bronze with 5 or 6 spoke, but honestly I'm open to anything that looks good on CSM.

I'm trying to stay at 250 each or less, but anything close I can take a look at.

Basically, I'd like a look-a-like of these ray's gramlights 57 pro, but I cant really find much that looks similar to them.

Thanks.

Added:


Those Nippon Racing wishbone rims are also hella sexy but I havent been able to find a place to buy these at so I'm not really sure if they still make them or what.

 

Go with the Enkeis. They have a good build quality with a low price.

 

Older picture, but I'm rocking Enkei j10's on my CSM.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049528@N03/4980452950/http://www.flickr.com/photos/53049528@N03/4980452950/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/53049528@N03/, on Flickr



My dad has Enkei's on his 2000 Dodge Durango. Good quality stuff for cheap!

 

Those look pretty nice. I like the lip.

 

How do you think the Bronze EV5's look?

As far as the color I mean, I feel like I need to see them in person before I decide to get them, thats the only thing holding me back from pulling the trigger.

 

I think they look great, I'm a big fan of 5 spokes. But it is your car, don't worry about what other people think

 

+1 Enkeis are probably the best 'cheap' wheel out there.

 

I just wish someone had a picture of the Enkei's bronze on a CSM.

Its a lot of money so I'm just trying to make sure I make a choice I'm happy with.

Theres a Flint Mica with them, but Its tough to tell how it'll look on a CSM since they're pretty different.

There arent many pictures of the internet of the bronze EV5's on a tC.

 

go for the bronze enkei, it would look clean.. not much fan of gold and silver.. Some hypersilver and CSM looks nice (not chrome) or some gun metal or hyperblack would be nice too.. not a fan of black and csm too.

gunmetal


hypersilver

 

Yeah, Im about 85% convinced to go with the enkei's right now. Just checkin around. Still have about a week before I get paid anyway.

So anybody with Enkei EV5's should post some pics and make me 100% convinced.





I'm going with 18's whatever I get, any idea what springs I should drop it on after that?

And as far as tires go, I cant really afford something too expensive, but I want something better then these stock tires, I'm sliding around all over the place in the rain. I think I need new tires period, but a suggestion on some decent tires would be cool. All-season tires that is.

 

I woud love to see those on your csm.. for springs hotchkis I think has a good drop and good overall look.. stechs have the lowest if you want to go that aggressive and trd and htech have conservative drop but still looks great.. all seasoned tires, toyo proxes 4 have great wet and dry traction, just not so good in snow ive heard

 

Well I live in Texas, It doesnt snow down here too much.

(Crossing my fingers because last Winter it snowed for the first time in probably 8 years..)

I was going to wait till after I get the 18's put on so I could see how much it needs to get dropped, but looking through the drops thread I'm thinking Hotchkis or H-techs, S-techs are aggressive but I'm not sure if I can handle em' here where the roads are comparable to Swiss Cheese.

 

Go with the Stechs, I think it's the perfect drop.

 

put those cheese on your samich! haha.. you can spend a bit more, you can get adjustable coilovers, i noticed coilovers are more affordable now adays

 

Go for it, those Enkei's are nice. Bronze would be something different on a CSM, I've actually been debating the same idea. Gunmetal is pretty common on silver cars, which is what I have on my car.

 

I'm going to pull the trigger Wednesday. Hopefully it all works out. I decided to go with some Nitto NT NeoGen ZR's for tires.

 

So how's the offset work? its +38mm, how is that going to look?

 

+38 is ok but depends on how wide the wheels is.. is it 8.5 up will look more aggressive but you would need to pull/roll your fenders and do negative camber

 

They're 7.5, but aside from the wheels and tires themselves is there anything else I need to think about cost-wise?

As far as going from 17's to 18's.

 

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