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OZ Ultraleggera's....17's or 18's?

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Old 03-24-2006, 04:38 AM
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Default OZ Ultraleggera's....17's or 18's?

<center><img src="http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheels/oz/swap/oz_ultraleggera_ltg_ci3_l.jpg"></center><p>What would you go with and why? My current wheels are 18's but they are curbed so bad other people are embarrassed for me!
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Default Re: OZ Ultraleggera's....17's or 18's?

Can you tell me where you got your darkened rear lights and number plate fascia - they look great. I'm in the UK and most US suppliers don't ship over here unfortunately but it's always worth asking them.
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Default The tails are from Hella..

I got them from Ebay but they shipped from Germany. The plate cover is just that, a tinted cover. You can get them in the US at any autoparts store. The Hella's you should be able to get real cheap loacally I would think...If for some reason you can't find a plate cover let me know. We could figure something out, It's light &amp; would be cheap to mail..at least I would think.<ul><li><a href="http://www.hella.com/produktion/HellaCOM/WebSite/HellaCOM.jsp">http://www.hella.com/produktion/HellaCOM/WebSite/HellaCOM.jsp</a</li></ul>
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Go 18's. 17's with the OZ's will look really small in my opinion.
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Default Two things to consider

It doesn't look like you are lowered and you already have 18's so you already know about the fender gap issue. The other consideration is potholes. I don't know about your current wheels but the SL's are a bit soft. If you go with 18's you have a higher chance of bending them.
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18's would look very nice on your car. 17's might look a bit small.
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OZs are light, which is good. But probably more succeptible to bending. So I say 17"s.
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Leave the wheels you have on there and spend the money on lowering, IMHO.
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....oh and refinish the current wheels (just re-read your post)...
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Default all the above points are valid.....I have a set of 17's and use them on the track.....

they're great...


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