I have recently lowered my car and will soon be shopping about for 18" wheels. Most of the pics on here are for TJ or earlier but i know there are TL/TW owners with nice rides, any of you guys able to post what you got to give me some ideas.

I have looked at the 'post your ride' stuff but there aren't my TL's etc.

Thanks if you can help.

I have recently lowered my car and will soon be shopping about for 18" wheels. Most of the pics on here are for TJ or earlier but i know there are TL/TW owners with nice rides, any of you guys able to post what you got to give me some ideas.

I have looked at the 'post your ride' stuff but there aren't my TL's etc.

Thanks if you can help.

the TL VRX rims look alright... my car just needs to be lowered further

nice, what size wheels you got, plus do you have any other pics. Love the car though.

17X7.0 i think...

they are the stock VRX rims...

btw, there is a set of 4 in the for sale section

cheers, i'll check it out.

seen a white verada TL on 20's nearly tuckn rim. looked the goods!
any one on here got a TL / TW on 20's?
Saab, get 20's you will :badgrin:
thats alot of 20's ey

another nice wheels are the ANZ Mesh II i think thats what its call i fell in love with it... was gonna put it on the TF bit i have sold it... think i'll stick with this stockies for some time

Do you think black rims would look alright or do you think they would get lost on the car?

Do you think black rims would look alright or do you think they would get lost on the car?

black rims with machined lip look killer on black cars :D

I have a TL VR-X and have lowered my car and i will be puting
18's on mine because i still want it to be a smooooth ride.
The biger the rim the smaller the tyre and the harder the ride.
I have the VR-X 17's on at the moment till i save $2500 for
the rims i like.:)

How many TL VR-X's do we have in the club? and how many
are stock manaul? and how many have stock leather trim?
I'am just looking for more like me:D

any pics mate?

I have a TL VR-X and have lowered my car and i will be puting
18's on mine because i still want it to be a smooooth ride.
The biger the rim the smaller the tyre and the harder the ride.
I have the VR-X 17's on at the moment till i save $2500 for
the rims i like.:)

How many TL VR-X's do we have in the club? and how many
are stock manaul? and how many have stock leather trim?
I'am just looking for more like me:D

Im going to go out on a limb here, and guess not many.

Do you think black rims would look alright or do you think they would get lost on the car?

black rims on my KJ:
http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/3034/pb140872nu0.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/1267/pb140869qv5.jpg

will get daylight pics soon :P


note black rims with decent dish will look smaller, so on a TL i'd suggest atleast 19"

I have a TL VR-X and have lowered my car and i will be puting
18's on mine because i still want it to be a smooooth ride.
The biger the rim the smaller the tyre and the harder the ride.
I have the VR-X 17's on at the moment till i save $2500 for
the rims i like.:)

How many TL VR-X's do we have in the club? and how many
are stock manaul? and how many have stock leather trim?
I'am just looking for more like me:D

i have a TL VR, does that count?
came stock manual but no leather :(

Not me, I have a TL ES which came with 16" rims, (I think they are the Lancer rims?) and there is no width on the tyres. Also considering installing fog lights. But i love this car.

Not me, I have a TL ES which came with 16" rims, (I think they are the Lancer rims?) and there is no width on the tyres. Also considering installing fog lights. But i love this car.
they are nice, vrx rims would look ****, thats why you shouould let me buy them :P

Spackbase those look great, would make my magna look like a Decepticon. Freakin tops!!!

any pics mate?

I dont have a digital camera because my girl has it
and she is in Charleville for 6 months.
I can get some with my phone but mite
be crap and i don't know how to put them
on hear. :confused: little help :confused:

I dont have a digital camera because my girl has it
and she is in Charleville for 6 months.
I can get some with my phone but mite
be crap and i don't know how to put them
on hear. :confused: little help :confused:
can ya get them onto your computer?

Not sure if I still got pics with stock 17s lowered. So no pics with 17s/18s as stated for this thread. Perhaps only a lowered pic in 19s. lol

can ya get them onto your computer?

Yes thats ok but when i try to Upload the File from your Computer
it says its to big.

How many TL VR-X's do we have in the club? and how many
are stock manaul? and how many have stock leather trim?
I'am just looking for more like me:D

stock manual - TICK
stock leather trim - if you are refering to leather gear nob and steering wheel? TICK

I GOT IT!!!

stock manual - TICK
stock leather trim - if you are refering to leather gear nob and steering wheel? TICK

I GOT IT!!!

leather seats with the baseball stitching and VR-X on them,
gear nob and steering wheel?

Give us a decent res photo of your car on a good angle with the wheels straight if possible and I'll chop some wheels onto it for ya, see what style you like :)

stock leather trim - if you are refering to leather gear nob and steering wheel? TICK

I GOT IT!!!

No he isnt. Make a thread if you want to show off your VR-X.

I have a TL VR-X and have lowered my car and i will be puting
18's on mine because i still want it to be a smooooth ride.
The biger the rim the smaller the tyre and the harder the ride.
I have the VR-X 17's on at the moment till i save $2500 for
the rims i like.:)

How many TL VR-X's do we have in the club? and how many
are stock manaul? and how many have stock leather trim?
I'am just looking for more like me:D


I got a TL VRX lowerd on 18's and it's manual but it's far from stock

Lowered on enkei's (17").

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/grkvrx/amc4.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/grkvrx/amc2.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/grkvrx/amc1.jpg

Hope this helps.

TW Lowered on 17"

http://www.ecps.com.au/noble/magna.jpg

Give us a decent res photo of your car on a good angle with the wheels straight if possible and I'll chop some wheels onto it for ya, see what style you like :)

thanks mate, i'll try and do that this weekend. Do I just put the pick on here or is there a special format I need to use?

Again, thanks for that.

These pics are fantastic, I gotta get mine done.

A question about the TL: Has anyone bothered to remove the plastic slats that are screwed or fastened to the "smiley hole" on the front bumper?

You know on the VRX front bumper there is an inverted or upside down hole (splitter? is that the right term??) without any slats, by removing the slats on the front bumper of the TL would i create a similar look or are the bars too different? Does the VRX bar have a deeper hollow bit than the TL.

I am thinking of putting in round foggies and ditching the front slats from the 'smiley hole' thing aswell as whamming my Decepticon with 18's. What do you guys think?

Yes thats ok but when i try to Upload the File from your Computer
it says its to big.

:bump: ........

33922Not lowered yet though

TLES, are they 17"s and how much all up for tyres and wheels? Also did you get them in Melbourne by any chance and where? Those are very popular wheels at the moment, looks good.

Hi Saab

Yes, 17inch. Cost $1150 with tyres. Bought them in Newcastle. These are SSW Fusion 33928

http://www.stamfordwheels.com/

thanks mate, i'll try and do that this weekend. Do I just put the pick on here or is there a special format I need to use?

Again, thanks for that.
Yeah just a jpeg, higher res is better, so keep it at whatever the original shot is when taken by the camera. You'll have to load it on Photobucket or Imageshack. If you find a car with the wheels you like somewhere on the net, throw that up to and take a photo of your car on the same angle, that'll make it look most realistic :D

Lowered on enkei's (17").
Hope this helps.

thats a nice car... thats what i gotta do on my shopping list

any pics mate?

I got it working.

The first one is after lowering but the other
photos havebeen taken befor it was lowered.

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/3610/dsc00306pl5.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00306pl5.jpg)http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3539/dsc00241oo4.th.jpg (http://img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00241oo4.jpg)http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/7459/car1ga8.th.jpg (http://img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image=car1ga8.jpg)http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/9725/dsc00240xl9.th.jpg (http://img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00240xl9.jpg)http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/2397/dsc00234wt9.th.jpg (http://img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00234wt9.jpg)

Sexiest TL/TW ever (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2040977)

Wish it was mine :(

Sexiest TL/TW ever (http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2040977)

Wish it was mine :(

:stoopid: same, man thats sexy

33922Not lowered yet though

Oooh I quite like those wheels, look the same as those on the Audi A8.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/04-05_Audi_A8_L.jpg/250px-04-05_Audi_A8_L.jpg

Oooh I quite like those wheels, look the same as those on the Audi A8.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/04-05_Audi_A8_L.jpg/250px-04-05_Audi_A8_L.jpg

OMG. They do too

Bentattoo, nice pics. Have you any that are front on, I'd like to see the vrx front bar in black.

From the side my TL looks exactly the same, but i have 16's on it and i think it makes a big difference to the overall presentation.

here is the front of my VR-X

Bentattoo, nice pics. Have you any that are front on, I'd like to see the vrx front bar in black.

From the side my TL looks exactly the same, but i have 16's on it and i think it makes a big difference to the overall presentation.

Its dirty and some bugs on it so dont mind them
and its with my phone...... sorry:D

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1172/dsc00322mx6.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00322mx6.jpg)http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/19/dsc00320rp4.th.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00320rp4.jpg)

here is the front of my VR-X

Wow........ i cant believe that mine sate that high.
Get it lowered, i think it will look a lot better.... BUT it will sraaap
on things alot more.
I gess thats the price you pay to look good.

Wow........ i cant believe that mine sate that high.
Get it lowered, i think it will look a lot better.... BUT it will sraaap
on things alot more.
I gess thats the price you pay to look good.

i'm thinking of the lowering... and tinting.. i guess the angle i took the pic from didn't help my cause as it made the car look even higher

Oooh I quite like those wheels, look the same as those on the Audi A8.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/04-05_Audi_A8_L.jpg/250px-04-05_Audi_A8_L.jpg
BBoss Eleanor's are very similar to those too.

I would love to get a VRX front bar but its way to pricey. I think I might get some fog lights and bigger wheels. The fog light slots on the TL are much more slanted whereas the VRX is far more boxy.

Got the day off on Friday so I might look around for wheels and lights.

quick question, im sure its a silly one, but anyhow.

do the VRX have HID's as the foggies/driving lights?
bentattoo's vrx kinda looks like it does?

(my old elantra had HID foggies, and i loved them, if i could have them in the rada, i would :D )

I've just put ROH Fury 17's on my KW GTVi. Will have to grab some photos first though.

Hope I can figure out how to post pics - brb!

whats ur budget like? still would love to see these bad boys on a magna:

http://www.tempetyres.com.au/products_closeup.asp?part=&part_no=633
http://www.tempetyres.com.au/content/products/bg_zenettikaotik.jpg

Hey Spack,

those do look real nice but the price is hefty and they are 19"s. Though i agree that to get the big effect from wheels like those you gotta go a size or 2 bigger the price is probably too steep.

Hey Spack,

those do look real nice but the price is hefty and they are 19"s. Though i agree that to get the big effect from wheels like those you gotta go a size or 2 bigger the price is probably too steep.

These are the ones that i'am putting on
my car as soon as i get the coin!!

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/4721/diamod9blb7.th.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=diamod9blb7.jpg)

This is my KW GTVi with ROH Fury 17's - standard ride height. No plans for lowering. Scrapes enough as it is!

He3at, i think the standard ride height is pretty high, how are you scraping stuff from way up there?

Also nice wheels, how much all up?

He3at, i think the standard ride height is pretty high, how are you scraping stuff from way up there?

Also nice wheels, how much all up?

i have scraped on a stock TF and stock TJ (both should be the same height) but i'm yet to scrape in my TL *touch wood*.. but i'm hoping to lower it soon.

my standard height KL will scrape - but only on the really viscious speed bumps.

the front tow points also scrape when i back out of my driveway.. but i have learned how to swing the car so that it doesnt do that anymore.
and i wanna drop mine on its guts when it sometimes catches.. hmm ima need new sill panels soon enough im sure!

lol

the front tow points on my TF coped an abuse at stock height... cop even worst abuse when it got lowered...

My front bar on the sides where it dips down sort of thing are always catching on the bad crap and thats the lowest part of the car. I go straight over speed bumps no probs with superlow fronts.

I've got a fairly deep spoon drain at the entrance to my driveway which will scrape both front and rear if i'm not careful (or if there's a heavy load in the boot, it'll scrape the back regardless of angle or speed). Speed humps rough roads are fine though.

Wheels were 17x7 ROH Fury's at $179 apiece (I was told they're normally $220). Tyres are Toyo Proxes 4 225/50 ZR17 98W at $175 each. Took a lot of hunting to find tyres in this size with the 95+ load rating required by the placard - most of them are just short at 94! :rant:

Would've liked to go with 18's but thought it might not look that great without lowering. For some of the crap roads I have to deal with, maybe the 50 profile is better for my needs anyhow...

Regarding the pic of the black wheels Spackbase posted earlier, Bridgestone have in one of their catalogues a tyre and wheel package for a set of Advanti 18" Volt wheels for $1699. They are kind of similar to Spack's pic. They are a black 5 spoke wheel with what looks like a machined or silver edging on the spokes and a silver rim. Don't know if they go on a TL though?

Is that price any good?

the Advanti's:
http://www.yhi.com.au/ADVANTI/ADVANTI%20BIG/06_volt_big.jpg

look lil different

Yeah they do I suppose, the silver edging kind of makes the spokes look too thin. They aren't bad though, is that price ok.

dunno, my BSA rims were $2100 inc Toyo rubber, before $300 tradein on my old rims (16" rada rims with near new rubber).

i think mine were roughly $250 each for just the rims alone, so if you said $1000 for a good set of 18" rims, then depends on what rubber they put on.

that said, this was in january, prices may have dropped

some others:
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=409
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=209 (love these actually... M/B = machined/black... i think)
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=332 (will look hawt too)
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=272

19s...? ;)
http://www.bsawheels.com.au/users/ProductDetail.aspx?id=388


just some suggestions, mine have held up well :)

Of all of those I really like the 2nd last one. Subtle Gold 18"s with black touches would look great.

Hey Spack show us some pics of your car, I want to see your black wheels!

Hey Spack show us some pics of your car, I want to see your black wheels!

best i have for now:
http://www.aussiemagna.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54060

really need to take some daylight pics... didnt think dusk would turn out so shocking lol

I'm gettinga KL Verada in the next week, a rich red metallic colour.

Anyway, standard wheel looks shyte.

I'm looking at these in 18 x 8 around 1400 with tyres

Anyone have any comments on the genuine towbars for the KL model?

34873

I have a TL VR-X with black 19" rims.

Looks pretty good. Will try and get pics posted soon.

Haven't got it lowered, but I don't think I will. I don't want to be scraping over speed bumps :)