The Vapor meets the Dark Horse (wheels!)

anticubicle · Jan 22, 2009

Well, finally got the wheels mounted today! It's been eating me up having them sitting in my room but thanks to Tedd @ TMS I got a nice set of skins for em' +1 to Tedd!!! TY.

the setup:

20x9 Saleen Dark Horse Chrome with 255/35/20 Toyo Proxie 4
20x10 Saleen Dark Horse Chrome with 295/30/20 Toyo Proxie 4

and the pics. Sorry, nothing great. I just shot them really quick (no tripod handy) and spent 10 minutes in Photoshop on each.

Hope you like.

NastyStang113 · Jan 22, 2009

Nice. How do they hook up though? I thought they were pretty a hard compound tire. On a side note, what kind of camera do you have?

anticubicle · Jan 22, 2009

I dunno if they hook or not. If they don't*— no biggie. I dont street race much and I have ET Streets for the track

Nikon D80

NastyStang113 · Jan 22, 2009

Nice camera, I need to start learning how to use Photoshop. Thanks for reminding me.

Steel Horse · Jan 23, 2009

Those rims really set the car off. Nice choice. Do they make them in any size other than 20"?

kooldawg6 · Jan 23, 2009

Those are badass on your car! I hear ya on whether or not the "street" tires hook or not as it's mainly about the looks!

hms32 · Jan 23, 2009

I like the Proxes, I have them on my car as well. They are not a tire made for drag racing but good in the rain untill they start to get below half tread then they get a little squirlly.

gashog · Jan 23, 2009

anticubicle said:
I dunno if they hook or not. If they don't*— no biggie. I dont street race much and I have ET Streets for the track

Nikon D80

Those wheels look awesome. What did you do with your old ones? Didn't you have american racing before?

DarkFireGT · Jan 23, 2009

Looks good Anti.

anticubicle · Jan 23, 2009

Thanks everyone!!!

gashog said:
Those wheels look awesome. What did you do with your old ones? Didn't you have american racing before?

I sold them to a fella from MustangCollective. They were the Premium Package 18" ones.

walter · Jan 23, 2009

Blang Blang!

Sparty92 · Jan 24, 2009

I like them....

Did you just add 200lbs. of unsprung weight to your car?
Does it feel slower, and harder to stop/turn?

anticubicle · Jan 24, 2009

Sparty92 said:
I like them....

Did you just add 200lbs. of unsprung weight to your car?
Does it feel slower, and harder to stop/turn?

For one, these are definitely not as heavy as most 20's. I compared them to Shelby Razors when I picked the wheels up and the Razors felt like they weighed a ton compared to mine.

Secondly, yes. It feels slower but that's why I have track wheels.

Besides, I told myself "Once I hit 11's I'm working on appearance mods for a bit".

NastyStang113 · Jan 24, 2009

How much do they weigh?

anticubicle · Jan 24, 2009

Dont have the weight. Will have to ask around.

But let's put it this way....

A lot Lighter than 20" Shelby Razors
Not much heavier than Premium Package 18" Bullits

Towelly · Jan 28, 2009

What chin spoiler are you running? Your car looks super sharp! Congrats on the new wheels.!

walter · Jan 29, 2009

If I was to guess he's running a steeda carbon fiber unit..... right?

Preston951 · Jan 29, 2009

Nice! Those looks great!

Wherever you took those pictures really set off your car, too!

Sparty92 · Jan 29, 2009

anticubicle said:
For one, these are definitely not as heavy as most 20's. I compared them to Shelby Razors when I picked the wheels up and the Razors felt like they weighed a ton compared to mine.

Secondly, yes. It feels slower but that's why I have track wheels.

Besides, I told myself "Once I hit 11's I'm working on appearance mods for a bit".

If I recall....the Saleen "Heritage" wheels in 19" flavor....were forged. There is a good chance that Saleen may forge some of his other wheel designs. This would be the reason why they felt lighter than the Razors, which are cast aluminum.

I think 20's "look" great on this car, but I can't bring myself to reduce my performance at the expense of looks. I won't be building a HP monster anytime soon, just going with basic bolt-ons....so I want to keep as much HP as I can. Thus, forged wheels in 18" flavor will be chosen....whenever I can get the $ to do it.

08blueskunk · Jan 30, 2009

these cars i feel were made for 20's they look so good but not baller big and crazy they fit awesome in the wheel wells. to often cars with 20's look like wagon wheels

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Playing with my wife's really makes me want one.

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