New rims for the Outback

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:13 pm

I've just put some new rims on my Outback and think it looks pretty good.
Bought off ebay and they had just been freshly powder coated in what was supposed to be grey but they are a pretty funny colour and have a distinct green tinge to them and therefore suit my car nicely. I actually photoshopped them to see what they would look like before I bid on them.
They have dunlop run flat tyres on them with about 50% life left - all up cost was $600 - tyres are worth nearly that each when they were new....

What does everyone else think :

And what I would like it to look like :

Post by **Alex** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:19 pm

hot!

i like.

hey my outback is the same as yours

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:27 pm

Nice, are those pics photoshopped?
Gun metal gray? am i right?
Cam

taza · Post by **taza** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:33 pm

Im not seeing any pics......?

taza · Post by **taza** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:34 pm

Im not seeing any pics......?

Oh wait now I am. OMFG they look bloody awesome mate!!!!! Just don't lower it otherwise it won't look good uless you get rid of the bullbar.

Taza

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:53 pm

Very nice. They suit your outback nicely

What size are they?

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:37 pm

taza wrote:Im not seeing any pics......?

Oh wait now I am. OMFG they look bloody awesome mate!!!!! Just don't lower it otherwise it won't look good uless you get rid of the bullbar.

Taza

Yeah I was mucking around with resizing the photos and deleted them and started again.
It won't be lowered, or at least not that far anyway - maybe just down to standard Liberty height - one day.

nachaluva wrote:Very nice. They suit your outback nicely

What size are they?

They are 17's running 225/50 tyres - which are just 1.1% smaller than standard 215/60/16.

Thanks for the kind comments - I really think they have made the car look a hundred times better - I'm not really a fan of green cars but the rims really make it bearable now........

taza · Post by **taza** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:48 pm

niterida wrote:Yeah I was mucking around with resizing the photos and deleted them and started again.
It won't be lowered, or at least not that far anyway - maybe just down to standard Liberty height - one day.

They are 17's running 225/50 tyres - which are just 1.1% smaller than standard 215/60/16.

Thanks for the kind comments - I really think they have made the car look a hundred times better - I'm not really a fan of green cars but the rims really make it bearable now........

Lib height would be ok. But I reckon stock suits with the bullbar and rims. If you don't want the car due to the green i'll happily take it off your hands for 3k. hahahaha

Na looks real good, can't wait to see it when im driving around town.

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:54 pm

+1 for me - look rool purdy

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:07 pm

taza wrote:Lib height would be ok. But I reckon stock suits with the bullbar and rims. If you don't want the car due to the green i'll happily take it off your hands for 3k. hahahaha

Na looks real good, can't wait to see it when im driving around town.

Well it only owes me $3.2K

But once I get the H6 in there it will owe me $6K

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:25 pm

keep the bullbar drop it on its guts and put a bigger engine in it

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:29 pm

niterida wrote:Well it only owes me $3.2K

But once I get the H6 in there it will owe me $6K

H6?

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:32 pm

EZG 30 i think basically its a flat six 3 litre boxer

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:36 pm

Yeah H6 = EZ30D = 3.0L six cylinder

Was down in Perth last week to do the conversion but the H6 I bought didn't have an exhasut manifold so had to put it on hold until I can get one (cheap!)

taza · Post by **taza** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:38 pm

What are you doing with the 2.5l in your OB? Are is the H6 going to be manual in your OB?

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:44 pm

taza wrote:What are you doing with the 2.5l in your OB? Are is the H6 going to be manual in your OB?

H6 and auto going in the Outback - Outback 2.5 and auto going in one of my Brumby's

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:47 pm

Once you lower it you maybe can swap the bullbar with Alex front bumper:)

But yeah looks very good:)

taza · Post by **taza** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:48 pm

niterida wrote:H6 and auto going in the Outback - Outback 2.5 and auto going in one of my Brumby's

auto ewww

I don't liek em. Just my personal preference. The H6 would be awesome with a manual

H6 in one of your project brumbys would be bloody mental

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:54 pm

guyph_01 wrote:Once you lower it you maybe can swap the bullbar with Alex front bumper:)

But yeah looks very good:)

Cheers Guy - I was going to get rid of the roo bar when i first bought the car - but then I hit a roo and thought with the amount of country driving I do it would be a bit silly to get rid of it.

taza wrote:auto ewww I don't liek em. Just my personal preference. The H6 would be awesome with a manual

H6 in one of your project brumbys would be bloody mental

I hate autos too. But the family car has to be auto so the missus can drive it and there is another good reason for the Brumby to be auto - just can't tell you what it is at the moment.

I had also thought of putting the H6 in the Brumby and it is still an option

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:40 pm

brumby with a h6 auto haha why dont we just chev it HAHAHAHA!!!