I did the unthinkable....

I ordered a set of 18" fanblades from Newtakeoff.com for my
2005 mineral gray GT.


I 'd been on the fence between black bullits and Fr500's, but in the back of my mind I kept thinking of the sickness that I felt the fanblades possessed for a stock wheel.

My ride is lowered (Eibach pro kit) and I *think* these will look at least "good" but hopefully they'll be totally sick.

Does anyone have a lowered ride and still have their stock fanblades?

If so, I would appreciate a post with a photo.

If not, I'll post mine once I get them on.

I think I'm going to go with the Nitto 555 in 255/45/18 all the way around, based on the reviews I've seen in the forums.

Thanks

 

if i was going to use stock fanblades on a non-stock car, i would have them chromed or powedercoated to set them off a little more.

 

Thats the same tire that I am running right now. It performs and looks great.

 

I'm switching to the Nitto redlines soon, mines going to be lowered next week and putting on the legend chin splitter, not other exterior mods. Clean and mean. The fanblades with redline tires will look exactly like a big hot wheels car. They are only made in one size, 255/45/18

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/fin...r=45&tc=NITHZ9

 

Plenty of pics over here http://www.06gt.com/coppermine/index.php?cat=10001

 

I started thinking about that myself after I saw a Saleen on Ebay where the dealer had powdercoated the wheels black.

I may look into that after I get used to them on the car.


I would still like to have the polished inside edge and paint the fanblade portion, basically like a black bullit wheel.

The possibility of redlines is intriguing. I know they would look good on a black GT , I don't know about mineral grey???

More pics when any of you get 'em.

Thanks

 

Lowered with Steeda Ultralite Springs. About 1" all the way around. This was before I got my aftermarket wheels/tires.







And a current one...

 

Scramblr...

Nice, thanks for the photos.

It looks like all you have left is a Kenne-Bell, you've got practically everything else.

I think that a powdercoated black fanblade would be sweet.

I'll have to see how it shakes out.