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Old 04-05-2011, 04:44 PM
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HAHAHA Didn't take me long to return thou, did I?
No, it didnt - cos you have a rocket strapped to the back of your car!
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Originally Posted by deriffic
I think we did a HK route few years back. Not many multi lane hwy and from point A to point B is just too short. BTW, the police is more hostile in the HK side.

Even the roads are in pretty poor condition too....

Only good road for spirited driving is to Stanley/Shek O, but that is always blocked by double decker buses etc...

The drive into Sai Kung coountry park is quite good, isnt it?
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Old 04-05-2011, 05:46 PM
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Good idea, then we can have Burger King in the Peak..... Ha ha ha
Yeah that good but loads of cars at night unless after 12am which BK is closed
last time I went all the way up to the top past the peak.
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:03 PM
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Thanks a lot! I know Taiwan rims are heavier, just not quite sure to what extent it will affect the starting and consumption.

Looking forward to another gathering!

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You just missed out on a very good meetup yesterday night.
There were over 20 cars which is very rare for us

Taiwan rims are ok the down side is the wight.
I used to have 2 set of Taiwan rims.
ACS 19" and 177 18"
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:07 PM
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I see.. will adding lead ("dun tyre", balancing the wheel) help?

Thanks for your advice!

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Personally, I don't like the Taiwan wheels much, you'd need to use hub rings, and no matter how well you got it made, most of the time you will feel the vibrations from steering wheel ranging from 70km/h to 120km/h, I had 3 different sets made and all failed to stop the vibration... just my two cents
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by mark_hk
Even the roads are in pretty poor condition too....

Only good road for spirited driving is to Stanley/Shek O, but that is always blocked by double decker buses etc...

The drive into Sai Kung coountry park is quite good, isnt it?
I've done it once during day time and it was quite beautiful and fun. There is a parking lot in the middle where there is a small food store offering good noodles.
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by massam
I see.. will adding lead ("dun tyre", balancing the wheel) help?

Thanks for your advice!
help abit not much.
also 19" is going to cost 1650 each
there are some branded rims only cost 7k to 10k on tyrerack check them out.
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Old 04-05-2011, 07:52 PM
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There are so many types of Taiwan rims... the brands/styles are just copying the real one so I don't know how to specify which one it is. (actually they all looks good...)

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19" is minimum! Not sure about which rims you are talking about though so hard for anyone to comment!
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Old 04-05-2011, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by massam
There are so many types of Taiwan rims... the brands/styles are just copying the real one so I don't know how to specify which one it is. (actually they all looks good...)

Thanks!
for our E60 its easy, ask for the offset of the rims and you will know if it is real or fake.
also for concave wheels it is even easyer becasue Taiwan can not make deep concave rims. Dont know why???
even the copy 177 are not that deep compare to the real 1s
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Originally Posted by massam
I see.. will adding lead ("dun tyre", balancing the wheel) help?

Thanks for your advice!
The tyre shop who sold you the wheels would always "? tyres", that didn't help me last time... pinguhk (19"FJ) is the ONLY lucky one I know who got the Taiwan ones working for him... I wonder why

Just stick to the OEM first, so you don't get yourself into trouble would be my two cents, only do mods that you won't regret later is a wiser choice...

Trust me, you are in no rush and don't mind these devils' temptationS here... I promise I won't tempt you... yet
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