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'Drag' wheels, junk?

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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 11:59 AM
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Default 'Drag' wheels, junk?

they seem really cheap. not sure if theyre good or if theyre like OBX crap off ebay.

shopping for rims, its a toss up between bronze or gold with a polished lip. itll be on a olive green ej1. not painting it for another month, so i have time to decide on rims. pics are always appreciated ;D
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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is there a particular wheel your referring to? have a link?

btw i know a few peeps up your way...
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 12:22 PM
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There are many people with Drag Rims, so they have to be reliable.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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^ not really, there are tons of people that have slips, yet they have been very well known to break.

just my 0.2 but i really cant stand drag wheels, but its your car do what you want.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 01:41 PM
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My girl has some DR-15 Drag wheels on her 5th gen lude, I think they look like crap, and so does she. Big, heavy and not stock, that's all they are. If you ask me that is....
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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Default Re: 'Drag' wheels, junk?

well, its either bronze dr-29's
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=7&vid=006053

or gold dr-21's w/ the polished lip
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...w=7&vid=006053

again, its an olive green ej1. polished password jdm towhooks, lowered, etc. [just to give an idea]
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Nothing wrong with em I guess, just like rotas.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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Default Re: 'Drag' wheels, junk?

i think bronze looks better on the green, but i dont want them to be confused for black. too many ricers locally w/ spray painted black rims, etc. im tryna keep it jdm ;D

the gold/polished look nice with the polished towhooks, but the gold seems too bright on the green.

[i played around with a 6th gen coupe on forza 2, messing with colors lol]
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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if your trying to keep it "jdm" then dont bother with these peice of **** wheels.
Drag wheels are NOT jdm.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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well i dont have the kind of money for some mugen replica 700 a piece wheels etc, nor do i wanna ghetto spray a set of gsr blades. hah w/e, ill just keep shoppin around i guess.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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You dont need to spend 700 a wheel. check the wheel clasifieds there are tons of others opitons.
Mugen replcas for 700 a wheel!? thats way way to much.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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must be good if they still in business.
Im rockin dr23's

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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:27 PM
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dr-29's just look like knockoff rota circuit 10's...
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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ummmmmm it was on one of the first few pages of the wheel tires and suspension marketplace the other day. maybe not 700, but it wass insanely priced lols
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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Just get Rotas. Drags are mostly Rota copies anyway. Any wheel can break. The chance of a wheel breaking on a street car is very low. Rota supplies OEM wheels to many brands worldwide. Why pay more for something that makes little difference on a street car.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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Just get what YOU like, why are you asking for everyone else s opinion? Are you buying it with my money? no. Then think about what YOU like and buy that.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by alphalanos
Just get Rotas. Drags are mostly Rota copies anyway. Any wheel can break. The chance of a wheel breaking on a street car is very low. Rota supplies OEM wheels to many brands worldwide. Why pay more for something that makes little difference on a street car.
you just said get rotas, but "why pay more for little difference" would mean to get drags.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by H23_del_soul
Just get what YOU like, why are you asking for everyone else s opinion? Are you buying it with my money? no. Then think about what YOU like and buy that.
i CAN buy them with your money, if you would like ;D
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:54 PM
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i use to have some drag wheels not bad IMO sold them and got konig heliums. Really they arent bad wheels ppl hate on them bc they are copies of other wheels. If you cant afford the baller wheels then get them. Hell you can get diff. center caps and i bet you could trick some ppl and say they are real deal lol
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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^ not really, there are tons of people that have slips, yet they have been very well known to break.

just my 0.2 but i really cant stand drag wheels, but its your car do what you want.
Rota and Drag are 2 diff companies.

I have owned 2 pairs of slips for longer then 2 years, unless you have proof I don't see your .2

The only "proof" of them breaking is that picture of the idiot that hit a curb at hi speed and broke the center out.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by H23_del_soul
Just get what YOU like, why are you asking for everyone else s opinion? Are you buying it with my money? no. Then think about what YOU like and buy that.
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 06:47 PM
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silver dr-21's
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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 09:42 PM
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Default Re: 'Drag' wheels, junk?

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Rota and Drag are 2 diff companies.

I have owned 2 pairs of slips for longer then 2 years, unless you have proof I don't see your .2

The only "proof" of them breaking is that picture of the idiot that hit a curb at hi speed and broke the center out.
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tired of seeing that same picture and people saying they always break, any wheel can break if their's an idiot steering them. many people run drag wheels on this forum, haven't heard any bad things other than they're knockoffs. i personally think charcoal slips would look hot on an olive green ej
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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Originally Posted by civics4lyfe
well i dont have the kind of money for some mugen replica 700 a piece wheels etc, nor do i wanna ghetto spray a set of gsr blades. hah w/e, ill just keep shoppin around i guess.
If you are talking about real Mugen wheels they start at about $400 dollars per wheel.

The Mugen replicas are only about $500 dollars for a complete set of four wheels.
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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well right now the car is black w/ black wheels, i think the company is jwl? its some random ghetto race wheel company, they were alloy and previous owner did some "autozone powder coating" lol. im tryna stay away from the black wheels thing, ive seen gold wheels on spannish green civics, but i cant find bronze wheels on a green civic anywhere.
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