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new shoe's for the metro!!
Topic Started: Feb 2 2011, 02:52 AM (2,613 Views)
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obsessed!!

got some 15x6.5 mb wheels, and 185/65/15 tires! :rocker

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Jittney
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Nice!
I've seen Fisher Price around here...but not mb... Milton Bradley? :lol
jk they look good.
How does it affect your speedo?
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Sweet. I need to get new tires myself... Just finished driving nearly 400 miles about an hour ago, it was AGONIZING in the rain with the bald tires. :(
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yiffzer
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I love how our Geo Metros look so much alike (except the wheels).
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yiffzer
Feb 2 2011, 03:44 AM
I love how our Geo Metros look so much alike (except the wheels).
lol they are twins!! :rocker

i loved the lower airdam so i played copy cat, works so friggin good...my friends give me so much sh*t about it, calling me a mexican landscaper!!

the wheels were a impulse buy the tires are blizzaks eat through the snow like a vulture!!! :stoner
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idmetro
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Looking good.
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MR Bill
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I want a set of wheel like yours. They look awesome on the car.

Bill
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snowfish
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Wow! Very Nice! Makes it feel like an entirely different car, eh?
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Johnny Mullet
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They look sweet!
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Very good looking :thumb
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Feb 2 2011, 04:15 AM
i loved the lower airdam so i played copy cat, works so friggin good...my friends give me so much sh*t about it, calling me a mexican landscaper!!
Care to remind them that Matt Kenseth drives aFord and is from Cambridge, Wisconsin plus Paul Menard drives a Chevrolet and comes from Eau Claire, Wisconsin. They drive cars for NASCAR and their cars have air dams on them. :O They call it aerodynamics. :deal
What a concept. :-/

Nice low profile tires. :thumb
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tribrid
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I like the rims, kind of look like the stock swift gt rims. What brand is MB? Is your engine the G10? if so how does it pull away from stops with the larger wheels?
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tribrid
Feb 2 2011, 12:43 PM
I like the rims, kind of look like the stock swift gt rims. What brand is MB? Is your engine the G10? if so how does it pull away from stops with the larger wheels?
thanks to all for the kudos!!! :rocker :cheers ^o)

discount tires carries the mb line exclusively....these are the five x models...i also like the seven x models.

yes i have the g10 (3/5)

it takes off fine from a stop..actually 1st gear is useable now, not so friggin short.

yes the pickup is diminished slightly say....15% but...the rpm drop on the highway is sooooo worth it!! :deal
i dropped 300-400 rpm on the high side, with 4.39 gears that is alot at 70 mph B-)

1st, 2nd, and 3rd feel more useable...4th is where the 15% drop in acceleration seems to occorre.

5th is ok i just need to install my +6 sprocket and the tourque will be back!
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Checked out discount tires website and they have some good prices on those MB 5/7 spoke rims. I think your 5 spoke rims also look a little like the five spoke mitsubishi eclipse rims around the 97 yr., only nicer. They really dress up your ride. I bet it cruises nice out on the highway. :drivin
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on mine
the 185 65 15 tires do not clear , they rub . the largest i can fit in the front is
185 60 15
and i can fit 185 65 15 or 195 60 15 in the rear

nothing larger

the Blizzacks are outstanding snow tires
but get them off when the weather changes , the soft rubber just melts off in the summer time
are you running at 50 psi ? in the tires ?

looks good but
i suspect that if you fabricated a clear cover for the space between your spokes or to fit over the entire wheel , your FE would improve
Edited by mwebb, Feb 5 2011, 01:30 PM.
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