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is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:03 pm
by CHEETR
are svo's 16inch or 17inch? adn is this reasonable? 1000 for 6 of em

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/6-SVO-8-FORD-RIM ... 286.c0.m14

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:10 pm
by FordFairmont
**** no

another $300 can get you some brand new 18's with tyres & warranty etc etc.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:13 pm
by needfordspeed
I'd never pay $1k for SVO's they're 16"

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:17 pm
by Michael (HYPOEB)
plus there ugly :P

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:20 pm
by CHEETR
i dont want 18's...

i have 20z atm, im looking for something a bit smaller as the car is a daily.

ill leave 20z on the weekender, but the 20z are taking their toll on the eb, cant find any simmons so im thinking other avenues.

has to be 3piece or some form of tuff ford wheel... dont want anything generic like bloody gtp rims and typhoon rims and crap they look shit.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:42 pm
by FordFairmont

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 7:58 pm
by EF ECTIV
EL GTs painted in a silver or something similar would look the goods....

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 8:04 pm
by CHEETR
yer not a fan of el gt's kinda been done to death as well.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 9:22 pm
by EBOOST

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 8th, 2009, 11:24 pm
by private9
They do look fairly clean, but that's an awful lot of money for them.

I had some 17" EL GTs in silver, and they looked quite good, and a little different.

AJR Directors look great on EA-ED IMO if you're after a cheaper alternative to Simmons.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 12:26 pm
by CHEETR
its ok guys, i bought a set of AJR's for $500 today.

anyone know what size the rims are? as i have to buy 2 new tyres but not picking up the wheels till friday.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 12:36 pm
by EFFalcon
what kind of AJR's?

AJR's come in 3 different styles.

Directors/Signitures/Finns

Most common is Signitures, then Directors, then Finns.

They were available in 16-18" and being 3 piece can be any width.

however.. generally they're 17x8

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 12:42 pm
by CHEETR
all good, i just rung the bloke they are 16's with a fair bit of dish on em, organised tyres and stuff so they go on friday and the 20z with bloody adapters come off

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 1:28 pm
by bigdell
el gt's then paint the centre and spokes in black and leave a silver lip.
not to sure what it would look like but would be different.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 1:29 pm
by Dansedgli
What do AJR Finn's look like?

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 1:51 pm
by pHaT`eL
Multispoke rims, kinda like Azzuro's but with dish

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 1:53 pm
by XRated
Dansedgli wrote:What do AJR Finn's look like?


Fin (the better looking ones):

Image

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 1:59 pm
by EFFalcon
oops... i missed one style :P

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 2:10 pm
by CHEETR
the ones i got are the ones on that el but in 16inch

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 2:21 pm
by EFFalcon
They're signatures.

They're not very common in 16's

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 4:53 pm
by bigdell
black el gt's
Image

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 5:12 pm
by oneredED
CHEETR wrote:the ones i got are the ones on that el but in 16inch

A friend looked at a set of 16" signatures a month or two ago for a similar price, and they had fine cracks on two rims. As quoted by the wheel place he got a repair quote from, "AJR's are a shit wheel". Apparently the outer rims are soft as butter and the centres are brittle and prone to cracking (which I'd agree with, having bent two outers and cracked one centre). They look great though, and being 3 piece, shit is fixable.

Check them for cracks closely ;)

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 8:32 pm
by EFFalcon
agreed.
I've got 2 AJR's with bent outers.
i've got 1 AJR with a cracked inner
and 1 AJR with a badly cracked centre.

saying that, most copped big hits.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 8:36 pm
by SnyperEB
I got my 20's for cheaper!!

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 9th, 2009, 9:28 pm
by Dezza
IMO 20s are too big for e-series. I see this whole "bigger is better" philosophy as someone who's compensating for something else ;)

I must admit I paid about a grand for my SVOs over 2 years ago, and I know I paid way too much. They are a great looking wheel, and I reckon the 16's suit my car perfectly.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 10th, 2009, 3:52 pm
by CHEETR
well thanks for the heads up boyz.

went to look at them, all the way over to fucking thomastown and 2 rims had hair line fractures in them.

going to leave the 20z on now, and wait for some decent simmons to come up either 16inch V5's with heaps of dish or some fr's 17's,18's or 19's.. depends what comes up...

i have been right through all the wreckers, all over trading post, ford mods, ford forums, ebay... nothing that really stands out, not even a decent set of 17inch ajr's.

i'll wait out for something decent though.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 10th, 2009, 4:00 pm
by EFFalcon
Good thing you checked eh.
Pretty harsh that the guy wasnt upfront about it.

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 10th, 2009, 4:14 pm
by CHEETR
yer it was actually a wreckers ... no shock there ey

glad i posted up first though, would have never really checked for fractures in a 3piece wheel

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 10th, 2009, 7:55 pm
by oneredED
Fark! I'm glad I said something!

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 10th, 2009, 9:02 pm
by bentls
yeh u owe oneredED a beer lol...
on that note i reckon a set of EB GT's would look good... also maybe some EB ghia rims...? or those wheels sunny used to have t3 pursuit wheels or whatever they were...

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 11th, 2009, 11:57 am
by CHEETR
na i have eb ghhia rims in the backyard.. dont like em.

im keeping the 20z now but on the look out for some simmons for track use

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 11th, 2009, 8:40 pm
by needfordspeed

Re: is this a good price for svo's

PostPosted: September 11th, 2009, 10:14 pm
by CHEETR
nice find, im watching tham.