Originally Posted by xfirecoupe
Ok, that definetly gives me something to go off of. I'll probably order those spacers as soon as my order for the rims go through. Not having to find color specific bolts is great too. If you were doing it all over again, were there lug bolts that you could have bought that you wouldnt have had to grind 2mm off of AND not worry about your e-brake springs AND work with the Stern ST1's, or is this gonna be trial and error on the bolts?
You will also want to make sure you are getting the correct type of lug bolt. The OEM bolt's are ball seat, the Stern's I have are conical. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, but what I did was get the wheels & spacer's that I wanted, put the spacer on the wheel, used an OEM bolt to stick through them both together to get a measurement of how long of a bolt I needed to thread into the hub 16mm. 16mm is how far the OEM's thread into the hub.
Originally Posted by downwardspiral
Well, he asked for opinions, I wasn't looking to ruin anyone's day. I think chrome is cool on cars that are made of metal. Then again, I would prefer the huge grilles on some of the oldies to be flat black. The whole 30" wheel craze ruined chrome for me. Plus, chromed engine parts such as alternators fail because the chrome doesn't allow heat to escape. There is alot I don't like about it... but I do have to say I love black chrome, but its expensive and nobody in NY does it (or chroming for that matter).
PS: fritz, those wheels have a nice shape, but I don't like the chrome. You paid for them though, and you seem satisfied. thats all that counts.
You didn't ruin my day, everybody has different taste in what they like, I was worried when I bought the wheel's that they would like RICE. But I ended up really liking them and get a lot of compliments on them & the car.