Month: April 2008

4 Inch Deep Lips on a Mini…When Pigs Fly!

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The Mini Cooper is one of the smallest cars out on the road today. The Mini is also the perfect car to showcase the R1 Wheels Mass Lip Technology. The R1 Wheels Mass Lip Technology allows front-wheel drive cars to have that deep lip that they could never get before. The secret of the Mass Lip is that the Mass Lip rear wheel and the regular lip front wheel are the same width in order to maintain the correct suspension and transmission characteristics.

The face of the rear Mass Lip wheel though is shaped to allow for a lip size of up to just under 4″ deep. The result is a Mini with 4″ deep lips in the rear and an aggressive staggered look. R1 Wheels has 6 different models that come in Mass Lip fitments. The particular model on this Mini are 18″ R1 Racing Drift wheels in Gloss Black. Lastly, as with all R1 Wheels, the Drift comes in a stainless steel chromed lip. Who said when pigs fly?

BMW M5 on 21" AM Forged Wheels Rims

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The new BMW M5 is the king of the four-door sports saloon. With gobs of torque and horsepower to spare, the M5 will make any sports car look slow. One of the best things about the new BMW M5 is that the car is much more tuner friendly in terms of the space it has under the fender, as this BMW M5 demonstrates with 21″ custom AM Forged Virtuoso wheels. This setup is a perfect example of the AM Forged Wheels proprietary forging that allows for maximum lip size while maintaining structural integrity. This BMW M5 has 4.5″ lip in the rear wheels! Enjoy the pictures and remember the AM Forged Wheels are fully custom and can be made specifically for your exotic, luxury, or sports car.

New Wheel Specials

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Since everyone just went through the experience of paying their taxes, we thought that you should get a break on a killer set of wheels to cheer yourself up. Throughout the entire rimsdealer.com website, we have slashed prices on wheels up to 50%. Some prices are so low they are below cost. Take advantage of this pricing as the specials will go fast. The products on special are updated every two weeks, but once they are updated they usually go with 72 hours.

1. Input your vehicle because specials are vehicle specific.

2. Select the “Specials Only” feature on the left navigation of the website.

3. Look for the “Red Specials Price” on the items to get a sale price.

New Zoom Feature at rimsdealer.com

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Ever wanted to just scroll over a product at rimsdealer.com and wish you could zoom in on just a special part of the product? Well now you can! The in-house website development team at rimsdealer.com has just upload a new software to allow “Custom Zoom” views by just placing the mouse over the product. Check out the a snapshot of the “Custom Zoom” in action below.

Scion tC Drift Car with Enkei Wheels?

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When someone mentions drifting, the Scion tC is one of the last cars that you would think of. To begin with the Scion tC is a front-wheel drive car which is the opposite of what you need for drifting. But this obviously did not stand in the way of a Toyota, RS*R, and Enkei team that created an incredible Scion tC drift monster.

The factory built front-wheel drive tC was turned into a drifting contender through a rear-wheel drive conversion performed by Japanese tuning and performance parts manufacturer, RS*R. To drift, the Scion tC was fitted with an all-wheel drive conversion. The Scion tC shares its platform with Toyota's Japanese market Avensis four-wheel drive and Caldina all-wheel drive, enabling it to undergo the conversion. Last but not least, the Scion tC is fitted with a set of hot Enkei wheels, Enkei RP03 wheels in SBC Chrome to be exact.