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i'd go for which ever was in the best condition with the lowest milage i have a 06 pre facelift GT and its good, i don't think the extra 20bhp makes that much difference. its slightly more noticable if you go for the latest with 309.

the GT pack included: Rays alloys 18" Full electric, heated leather seats Cruise control Full bose 6 speaker sound system My advise would be by the best car you can find in the best condition with the lowest miles possible for the cash you have. lots of people with the GT's change out alot of the parts. -The wheels are fairly easy to source as people seem to sell them when upgrading (you could save the hassle and just upgrade to aftermarkets) -Seats can be recovered for about £450 and you can choose your own leather and any embossing, embroiding piping colors etc, all your miss is the heated seat bit, and i'm sure that could be added. -cruise control is good, but if you have a car in good nick then its a small luxury to loose. -sound system alot of people with the bose unit actually swap it out for aftermarket units, as they sometimes suffer with the odd problem. you could get your self a very decent aftermarket unit and new speakers at a good price and possibly have a better sounding system. just depends on what you want. try 2 versions and see what you really want

do you think that a polished lip looks better than the ones with just hyper black to them?

thanks sarnie, most direct. if i was to go this route, should i go for a polished lip or do you think it would look alright in hyper black with no polished rim. i've seen some deep dishes in satblack, but nit sure if i like it or not.

i live in suffolk would that require winter wheels? im tempted to go all hyper black and not have a polished lip as it seems to be the polished lip that sufferes in winter. i'd want to keep the rays for when i sell up if i went this route. and wouldn't want to buyy extra tyres for the rays to use them as a wiunter wheel No idea if you need a winter wheel or not. Are you in the 3 snow flakes and it's on the news region? I'm in forgotten North Scotland where I feel more comfortable changing wheels in winter as we get quite a bit of snow. Black wheels look great on a blade Zed (see Jays car) but the price difference isn't *that* huge getting the new wheels. The problem for me would be the need to change your knackered rear tyres. we normally get a bit of snow around april time, and losts of frost, so they always salt the road. but if i did go the new wheel route i would be coating them in several layers of a good protective wax before fitting and then maintaining it ever after. as for knackered rears, they should be good for another 2000 miles which would probably take me well towards mid november. but i'd like to have neww rubber on before winter really kicks in.

i live in suffolk would that require winter wheels? im tempted to go all hyper black and not have a polished lip as it seems to be the polished lip that sufferes in winter. i'd want to keep the rays for when i sell up if i went this route. and wouldn't want to buyy extra tyres for the rays to use them as a wiunter wheel

i'm sure i must have seen a pic, but which ones did you go for in the end?

love BM's wheels and they are stunning, but way out of my price range, and i like the ones i posted up early the linea corse dyna's.

they are 19's and if money were no object i'd pick these over the rays any day. i'm just trying to be sensible, and i'm finding it really difficult. with the left over cash i could porperly sort out the clicking axle (which i keep postponing ) i do love those wheels i've been eyeing them up ever since rarerims put them up on here. not even sure they can get them yet as i don't think anyone supplies them in this country yet. plus the fact that i don't think they will come in at £1500 as thats roughly the gtr group buy price and thats with a club discount because your group buying.

these are the wheels i like and they are in hyper black which i quite like. was tempted to try and get the rays in hyper black. i do love those rims, but i really like the rays, the only thing about the rays was that they don't fill the arches so hopefully spacers and lowering would do that.

it is tempting, but i do quite like the rays. and its also the fact that powered coated rays will be easier to keep clean than the Linea Corse Dyna will through the winter, and keeping the polished lip in good nick etc. we are talking an extra £600 i could almost do the suspension for that and have sports setup etc. plus brake lines etc. i don't know i think it will be one of those last minute decisions, i'm trying to think with my head and not my heart.

i just had cider come out of my nose from laughing at the gnome pics, i think it was the naked gnome that made me laugh the most.

tempted to wait till october half term, then put it up on axle stands and take the wheels down, its also the cost of someone swapping all the tyres over and back and forth etc. what i'd prefer is someoen who had a winter set of wheels who would lend them to me for 3 days while mine got done, i'd even pay a rental fee will have to wait and see. not sure what i'm doing yet.

I'm not one for asking for advice usually like this, but i'm struggling with my direction. my tires have about 1-1.5mm left to the wear line on the tires at the rear, so i've seriously got to start giving the wheel situation some thought. I would love to spend £1500 on a set of new alloys, and i even know what set i'd get, thats not so much the issue. but for me thats a lot of cash, and there is so much i want to do, so i'm more and more inclined to get my current ones refurbed at the same time as changing the tires. they have bubbled slightly,i think i might also get some spacers at the same time. i've seen BM's wheels and i love the wide stance and the deep dish look and how it fills the arches, and feel the only way forward with standard rays will be to space and possibly lower as well. my estimate is: Refurb: £140 Fitting tyres : Guess £40 Tires: £500 for Ultrac ssantas spacers: £220 Total: £910 rough guide that leaves me with nearly £600 left over, for other goodies i will have a full nismo V1 kit on soon as well as headlight eyebrows, and i want the wheels to complement it. i want a menacing look to the car. my problem is if i go for a refurb on standard wheels; I'm not 100% sure which color to go for. i really like the satin black wheels on buster's but not sure how well that will go with a blade silver car. i don't think i want to go for the stock finish and was thinking about landing somewhere in between. like the chrome-black, hyper black, anthracite colors etc. what are peoples thoughts, I'm not looking for people to tell me what to do, but hoping that the suggestions might open my eyes a bit. if i went sat black would i need other dark items like carbon fiber on the car to off set the wheels like handles wing mirrors and bonnet etc

some of the new attatchements look good though

its a knack we seem to have here, the ability to pervert a thread in less than 5 posts.

only mentioned the stillen ones as they were on the z-store website.

its good to know, but in order to do that i'd need to borrow a set while the work was done.

quality wise they range in price for instance TK ones are £2500 down to about £500 for others. the stillen ones look good,

can't believe i missed out on these, well done mate, good find.

looking good, i think once it has sponsors on it it will look even better

go on sarah say something witty and push 1000 posts

cheers guys your all a bunch of leg ends

sobrien and ekona are both selling sets of 18's

probably be easier to do it like they do to pigs and just put an elastic band round them a nd wait for them to drop off