Alright, I decided to make a new post showing the end results of my redone ap2v1 wheels. I know a lot of you were interested in pictures of the wheels and tires mounted and I figured a new post would be best.

255/40/17
225/45/17. Hankook Ventus V12 EVO

Have driven with the wheels and tires the entire weekend and have experienced no chipping etc on the painted wheels. The tires are amazing and could not be any happier. If your thinking about upgrading from stock ap1s and your broke like me....this is the perfect set up for you. The wheels like 10x better and the car handles like a dream.

Lemme kno what you guys think

 

Not my color choice on GPW, but looks good from the pics. Did you do the painting yourself?

 

Looks good.

And I can totally vouch for the AP2 wheel upgrade making a huge difference, both on looks and the handling.

 

Looks good, needs spacers

 

it amazes me that you can drive around town with the car that low. looks great as-is though.

 

Haha thanks guys and yeah I experience zero rubbing and very very minimal front lip scraping (one spot in my normal commute). So to me it's worth the look of the car being that low. When spring comes my fronts are gonna be dropped like 1/4 an inch.

 

Looks good on the car, the gold wheels and tan interior compliment eachother nicely.

 

Its really not low at all. The second picture is just an illusion because there was an error when taking the pic with his digicam. If you look on the bottom, the photo didnt transfer or develop correctly. It look like the car is sitting on the ground.

 

Wheels look great. I love the license plate mounting point up front.

 

I think they look great! The gold looks perfect against GPW.

I just refinished my non-stagger AP2V1's as well! I agree they look better than the AP1's and the car just feels more planted with them on.