New Rims for the Mach

twogts4us · Apr 30, 2009

As much as I love my AR Torq Thrust II rims, I've grown tired of having to polish them way too often. (Polish, not clean, not wipe down...elbow grease intense polishing...I guess I've grown lazy in my days)

So what will be taking their place? From Late Model Restoration, the 10th Anniversary Cobra knockoffs from SVE in bronze (with a polished lip). Nothing wrong with em, but everyone and their mother has two tone black and silver/polished/chrome, so I went with bronze...IMO, it's a bit of a tribute to old trans am racing style wheels.

I bought the 9" and 10" set with 274/40 and 315/35 Sumi rubber. They arrived today - woohoo!

One additional note - I'll be replacing the "SVE" center caps for some OEM "SVT" center caps very soon. The SVE ones are nice, but what the heck is SVE? LOL

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EPIK · May 1, 2009

Looks good, nice choice... I like that Bronze color alot...

twogts4us · May 1, 2009

Thanks Epik!

98MACH1R · May 1, 2009

oh man thank you for getting those wheels, no offense if this comes out rude but i have never like those old rims on your car. I think your car is 50x better now, the only thing that im not really feeling is the front license plate frame.

COramprat · May 1, 2009

I like 'em. Being different is why I have Mach 1 wheels on my 96.

gfong · May 1, 2009

Looks good

04fullitgt · May 1, 2009

twogts4us · May 1, 2009

98MACH1R said:
oh man thank you for getting those wheels, no offense if this comes out rude but i have never like those old rims on your car. I think your car is 50x better now, the only thing that im not really feeling is the front license plate frame.

I still dig the Torq Thrusts, but they never stay clean...NEVER. Thanks for the kind words. I hate the front license plate too, but it came that way to me. :notnice:

Night Shifter · May 3, 2009

those look great mang!

im still waiting for the non DD up front so that i can buy them... not a fan of DD all the way around but it looks killer on your car

EPIK · May 3, 2009

Off topic, but check these out fellas!!!!

18" SVE Wheels - Renderings and Molds - LRS Blog

02nightmaregt · May 3, 2009

Dude i love those! I really dig the bronze! I'm even starting to like the slight lip on the front wheels.

LaserSVT · May 3, 2009

Holy freaking huge pictures Batman!

j_lutter31 · May 3, 2009

so what happened to the torque thrusts?? Wanna sell em? If so what size are they...

twogts4us · May 4, 2009

Huge pics? Yeah, I have a digital SLR

Torqs for sale - yep, but I'm trying to sell em locally first...I'll keep you in mind if I'm unable to sell em here. They are SN-95 specific, 17X11 and 17X9.5 with 315/35 and 275/40 rubber. The fronts are a year old and still in good shape. The rears are done and need replaced.

san~man · May 5, 2009

Please sign up for a free photobucket account and re-post the pics.

joshjwc9 · May 5, 2009

Oh man......those were the exact ones I was looking at for my car.....

I saw the pictures on LRS of the bronze ones on a Rio Red GTS and I fell in love with them.

Now someone locally will have the same exact rims...Darn....

They look killer man!