Unity, those wheels are teh secks!!! Where'd you get them and what are they? Do they fit the mark VIII or do you have a cobra conversion?
Sit down, only $90 each from wheelsandspinners.com They are Verde, seem like a decent brand. I believe you get what you pay for. They retail for much more normally, but I did a lot of looking around on the Verde name before buying. No on seemed to have any complaints on the brand. They fit right on.
The hubs, brakes, etc are all stock. No need to roll fender, but I do on one side since the car seems to have had some bad body work done in the past. Once side clears, the other not by much. Fender needs a little tug out.
unity your mark looks good although I see a harsher ride and bent rims in your future!!!
The ride is as smooth as glass. Something I did not expect and may not get without the air ride in place. The Yokohama S.drive tires probably help with that too and I think in part the increase in ride height. When normally driving its a little higher than I had it with stock wheels. The ONLY thing I notice is the "kicker ball" sounds when I hot a hard bump.
I hit a pot-hole this weekend. I was making a full u-turn and it was black, not because it was full of fresh black-top like I though, but was a huge freaken hole. Any wheel in a full turn would have been damaged, I hit a bump a couple month ago with stock rims and blew a tire hitting it straight on. This time the wheel was in full tilt and more vulnerable to the edge.
Unity, what's the aspect ratio on those tires and how does it ride? It definitely makes the Mark look "hot".
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I think the baby blue hue of the car makes it look HOT! That and the baby blue curb he parked next to!
Haha....it does look pretty sick though! Is that a BLACK hood? Going for the carbon fiber look?
Ya, crappy cell phone pics
Not sure if you recall, but long ago I suffered high-speed hood separation. Black was all I could get in a hurry. A few guys say the black rims and black hood look great together, this was from other Mark VIII owners. Want a silver paint-job, but now I am on the fence about doing a simple two-tone.