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Do You Like The New Look Or The Old?

The 22 inches MK Wheels
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The 17 Dale Earnhart Jr. 17 inch Wheels
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My New 22 inch Wheels On My Bonneville

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This Here Bonneville Is A Texas Edition Bville and it Shows Take A Look At The Pictures

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Let Me Know What You Think About The New Wheels ?
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i like the earnhardt better personally, but im also not much of a fan of big rims.



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The 17"s.

Less rotating mass = less driveline problems
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love the tails ;)!!!!!!

and i like the rims :-D
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dbeast420 wrote:The 17"s.

Less rotating mass = less driveline problems
bigger rims mean driveline problems ?? please explain

and i love the rims..
i have the falken 452's on my summer rims also
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b'cause everything is bigger in Texas :)
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FTW :banana: and i'm not even from Texas
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Ya you Texan's like em big. It's a real buggy now!

Sure hope you don't have many pot holes.

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I like the style of the rims, I think it would look better slightly smaller like 18 to 20 inch.

Btw what is the Texas Edition? Is that from the factory?
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Post by ohenry5 »

Theres no such thing as the Texas Edition, he just put the badges on there for his own unique ride. I'm not a fan of big rims but I actually like these, but maybe in a little smaller size. I agree, like the tails as well.
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Post by RJGill84 »

18" I think is ideal for the 00+ Bonneville. Not too big, but not small either. The GXP rims are my personal favorite.

I like the Texas Edition badge, although I wouldnt have put it in that location.
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I think the 18's look good, very understated. I could go up to 20" depending on the rim. Thats for looks though, i wouldn't run a 20" around here. Our roads are crap, i bent my 17" rims and i have a lot of tire around them.
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22" - they look mean.
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I really like the Earnhardt rims, and I usually HATE big rims on a B-ville...

But I actually really like those rims on your car
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its funny because the brakes look soooooo small
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Post by 00Beast »

You'll have driveline issues because the engine, transmission and axles are going to have a hard time trying to get those big wheels moving, and the brakes are going to have a much harder time stopping them. I'd upgrade to GXP brakes, minimum, to keep your car at about stock braking issues.

I like the wheels, I'm just not a fan of the issues they create, as well as the terrible ride they give, because of the tiny side wall. They'd look really good as an 18" or even a 20" wheel, though.
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22's look great :beerchug:
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Looks great man I live here in houston too i have 20's on my SSE. i thought about going with 22's but those tires are very very expensive
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Ugh, just a personal opinion take it or leave it, the car looks like it's on stilts and has very little rubber to burn..
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