New Wheels and tires.... Giovanna Killis

[SHOdded]

Looking forward to your driving impressions, kbeck.  You have a really good combo in play now.  These Hankooks are well regarded on shoforum.com.

[shoman04]

LOVE THE LOOKS  OF YOUR TIRES!!!!!! What brand are they? They look a little like my tires.



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[SwampRat]

LOVE THE LOOKS  OF YOUR TIRES!!!!!! What brand are they? They look a little like my tires.


Tires are : HANKOOK - Ventus V12 Evo 255/45ZR20


Will drop and lower when Megan Sells Me a set of Coilovers  for the 13+ platform   ..... Hopefully they will be for sale soon    .....

[MeanKS]

nice!

[Lanson]

I like it, I think a drop will make it more menacing too.

[mval]

a quick question to anybody out there who has wheels & I don't know for lack of what they are really call knibs. are they as hard to keep clean as i'm being told by a friend?

thanks in advance for help

[Lanson]

a quick question to anybody out there who has wheels & I don't know for lack of what they are really call knibs. are they as hard to keep clean as i'm being told by a friend?

thanks in advance for help

You mean these?



These are known as 3 piece wheel fasteners.  Some manufacturers use a faux part to simulate this on a one piece wheel, like my old Foose Nitrous wheels.  These are mostly known as "fasteners", in the industry. 

They can be very difficult to clean!  I use thick microfiber towels, soft cleaning brushes, etc to get them.  Chemical Guys wheel cleaner (I like Diablo and Sticky Gel, in dilution ratio with water (about 1:8 or 1:10 average)), and my wheels almost always look clean.

[BiGMaC]

a quick question to anybody out there who has wheels & I don't know for lack of what they are really call knibs. are they as hard to keep clean as i'm being told by a friend?

thanks in advance for help

You mean these?



These are known as 3 piece wheel fasteners.  Some manufacturers use a faux part to simulate this on a one piece wheel, like my old Foose Nitrous wheels.  These are mostly known as "fasteners", in the industry. 

They can be very difficult to clean!  I use thick microfiber towels, soft cleaning brushes, etc to get them.  Chemical Guys wheel cleaner (I like Diablo and Sticky Gel, in dilution ratio with water (about 1:8 or 1:10 average)), and my wheels almost always look clean.

Just don't let them go too long to avoid scrubbing which scratches.  I use Chemical Guys Honey Dew (rated 1400:1) at a dilution like Lanson suggests and a micro fiber mop if needed.  This bucket and tools are only used on my tires/wheels and nowhere else.

[DJE624]

a quick question to anybody out there who has wheels & I don't know for lack of what they are really call knibs. are they as hard to keep clean as i'm being told by a friend?

thanks in advance for help

One reason I went with the Vortex.

[mval]

that's what i was afraid of thanks guys

[BiGMaC]

that's what i was afraid of thanks guys

Don't let it scare you off a wheel you like... As for me I wash even smooth one piece wheels this way.

[Lanson]

that's what i was afraid of thanks guys

Don't let it scare you off a wheel you like... As for me I wash even smooth one piece wheels this way.

I totally agree, buy the wheel you like for more than how easy/hard it is to clean.  In the end, a hard to clean wheel just means you spend more time in front of them, and since you like them...that's not so bad.     You can use wheel sealants like RejeX that would help make the wheel easier to clean, and keep it pretty and shiny.  Because these shapes are a little hard to wax/seal, spray products are a good call.

[SwampRat]

One of the reasons I hesitated on the  Killis was Because they have so many Spokes .
Yeh they will be a P I T A to Keep clean but I like the Look a lot better over the Mecca's

[Shonuff1140]

Really like these wheels, I had Breyton 5 stars initially, and swapped to Nurberings. I think our cars look better with more rim coverage since the vehicle is so large.

[mval]

anybody had any experience with vertini wheels, the wheel fastners on these are black so less maintance, similar to the TSW Cartage
& what color lugs do you think work best chrome or black. also if you don't put tpms's in them is that a problem?

thanks ahead of time
mikev