The Brian Spilner ..... EVO

[polishmafia]

Give them a throwback to the old car and paint them lime green!

[rose0529]

Just rattle can them what ever color you pic. Can just touch them up if they chip out after a year or two, not worth the cost of Powder Coating, imho.

I vote black or gunmetal.

[Kracka]

Anything but black or bronze...WAY played-out.

[awd-drifter]

Yea Id just leave them alone, they are winter wheels and will be covered up with crap most of the time anyway.

No red or white if you do anything. I like the bronze or gold or silver.

+1

Winter wheels are winter wheels. They'll get dirty extremely quickly during the winter. A very few rims I've worked on when I was at Discount Tires would also 'leak' near the bead because of corrosion but more then likely, it shouldn't leak. Red on Red is a hit and miss for me ;). Do white if you like to clean it weekly. Haha. Because my friend has white rims and man, he is tired of cleaning it pretty much every week. That color rim that Goodhart posted would definitely look ( . Y . )'s. :)

[Cammaxon]

Winter Tires arrived :)
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/cammaxon/RR%20EVO8/329780_10150319028965754_544735753_8519944_5729857 30_o.jpg


http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/cammaxon/RR%20EVO8/327532_10150319030100754_544735753_8519948_8577875 21_o.jpg

I honestly would have left them the way they were and saved the money but the wheels were originally sand blasted and then painted but the proper prep work wasn't done so it oxidized under the paint. half the paint peeled off exposing the raw material and they would have been in a world of hurt after a winter.

Look at the bottom of the wheel in the pic to see how bad it is...
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/cammaxon/RR%20EVO8/330022_10150319029565754_544735753_8519946_2141845 446_o.jpg

Btw that's dustin, he's a style member :)

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/cammaxon/RR%20EVO8/323991_10150319029300754_544735753_8519945_7889101 87_o.jpg

On the plus side they ARE getting the throw back... OEM Eagle center caps :)

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn172/cammaxon/RR%20EVO8/325378_10150319029835754_544735753_8519947_1615253 834_o.jpg

[scheides]

Ahh I see....see I would have just taken a sharpee to the chipped/flaking paint and scribbled it in to cover it up! :D :D :D

Seriously though yea, I can see why you'd want to clean them up with a little PC'ing.

Also...jealous...epic snow tires are epic..

[123abc]

Glad you got the Generals. I ran them all last winter on my 1g and was amazed at how much control they gave you. Even won an ice rallyx event for non-studded.

[Cammaxon]

E-85 in the winter.

I've ran E-85 in my DSM for 2 summers but NEVER in the winter. I know they change the formula around a bit in the winter but how is the evo going to start when it's below zero?

It has precision 1200cc injectors. This morning it was around 38F at camp ripley when I started it and I had to let it turn over a bit before it started.

Should I switch back to pump gas for the winter? Or will it be better once they get on the winter blend?

[mike55112]

I've driven e85 for the past few winters without much problems except when I ran aem ems in my silver evo. You can have someone play with your coldstart tables and you will have little to no problems with corn in the winter months.

[pkron05]

Make sure you're battery is good for winter too. That's what got me at drill last winter.