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Well those wheels were 4 lug and extemely heavy for 17s. I went with a 5 lug conversion for better brakes and better wheel options.

Haha

Oh I didn't notice that you did 5 lug conversion, I thought you had 5 lugs lol.

Also with what brakes and rotors did you go? Did you notice a lot of difference?
 

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turbo_911 said:
Oh I didn't notice that you did 5 lug conversion, I thought you had 5 lugs lol.

Also with what brakes and rotors did you go? Did you notice a lot of difference?

Haha yeah I'm 5 lug now.

The brakes are definately ALOT better IMO. Stronger and more responsive. I used the oem rotors that came with the knuckle assembly. I resurfaced them and got some Wagner ceramic pads.

Once these ware down, I'm probably going to get either aome power slot slotted rotors or some brembo balnks with hawk pads.
 

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Oh nice nice. Just to let you know, I found Akkebono pads to be better than Hawk and produce a lot less dust (I have white rims)

Also right now I have centric OEM rotors and so far they are awesome and you can't beat a price for $25 a rotor.
 

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turbo_911 said:
Oh nice nice. Just to let you know, I found Akkebono pads to be better than Hawk and produce a lot less dust (I have white rims)

Also right now I have centric OEM rotors and so far they are awesome and you can't beat a price for $25 a rotor.

Cool thanks for the heads up!

An thanks Erick!
 

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I also think white could look good, but I know I wouldn't want to try to keep em clean.

They look great, no doubt about it. But I have to say I like the wheels on your car in your sig just a little more.
 

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I also think white could look good, but I know I wouldn't want to try to keep em clean.

They look great, no doubt about it. But I have to say I like the wheels on your car in your sig just a little more.

I'm going for an oem-ish clean look now. No more flush for me.

But I may get some 15mm spacers all around to space it out a bit.
 
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