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Not sure of the exact weight, but it felt half the weight of a BSA wheel I picked up at the same time. Thats sort of how the wheel won me over.

thats the next step. Im waiting on the driveway at work to get repaired so i can get up it. So I think thats gona happen in the next month or so. So the car will look like a bus for a little while longer.

cool, have u got any pics? I found this pic of a 200sx, but my wheels dont come it that colour. Probly a few different manafacturers with the same design

cool, have u got any pics?

They were $250 a tyre and $275 a wheel So overall they cost $2100 I didnt shop around cuz I work full time but I think that was a fair price. I could have got them for $1800 with Nankang tyres and a little bit more with Hancooks, but I didnt want to go cheap on tyres. As far as I understand, the wheels wont scrub, but I guess I'll find out tmoz. Next on my list is suspension.

They may look something like this

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Plus i got a RWC when I sold my last car with no spare in it at all

It works fine just the way it is, no light dimming at all. 4 Guage is whats reccomended by the amp manafacturer (Coustic). Plus im not that big into stereo installs. It just needs to function and be neat. Plus I dont like drilling holes in any part of the car to mount amps. Spare tyre already has a nice large earth location and it is hidden away. Take your spare out and you will see how much room is in there. I have checked it and the amps are fine. Plus the boot is very cool in the spare tyre well as compared to the rest of the car (especially in summer). What i think is an issue is mounting your amps under the seat and running your heater vents to your feet in a cold melbourne morning. I know what a hot amp is like. Try running a four channel into one sub. In my old car I ran two channels to each voice coil, and dropped by amp to a two ohm load in mono when it was only four ohm stable. It goes into protection mode after a while and then you can fry eggs on the heat sink. Sub works fine the way it is. Its the most bass ive heard out of a single 12 inch (sounds like I have two 12 inch subs), plus it is in a sealed box.

Doesnt the 120i use run flat tyres though? I could be wrong. ← You're right, all new BMWs use run flat tyres. I think it's not road worthy to be driving around without a spare. Or something along the lines of that. ← Im pretty sure law only states that if you have a spare tyre it must be secure. Thats in Victoria though.

The only reason I went 4 guage was because of the coustic amp. Its putting out 600RMS into 1 sub at 4ohm and its recomened in the instructions. The alpine v-power only produces 4*40RMS at 4ohm (my old amp was 4*60 RMS but I fried it in my last car) so it wasnt an issue but i had plenty of cable left over (I still have 2 metres left). Im using a Stinger earth for the coustic and a small no name for the Alpine. Stinger Positive battery terminal also. Spare Tyre is sitting in the garage. Alot of new cars dont even come with spare tyre (eg bmw 120i). Plus the wait of the spare tyre is replaced with the stereo, so no real diff in performance.

no glue but i ran out of pillow stuffing

Yep I considered it. So I tested it out for 2weeks with amps on a dodge bit of wood. Amps dont even get all that hot. Its a large space underneath so there is no issue

overall cost = $16 no drilling into the car or glue required easily removed if spare tyre is required for long trips

Step 11 Put the boot floor back in and hook up sub woofer. DONE!

Step 10 Put plastic trays back in place.

Step 9 Tuck in all the vinyl under the plastic in the boot

Step 8 Get some vinyl ($11 per metre from spotlight) or carpet and lay it in your boot. Mark it out and cut holes. Run wires through the vinyl. Install amps and wire up.

Step 7 Get a an old pillow, rip it pieces and line your spare tire with the stuffing. Drill holes in the mdf and then check that wires line up

Step 6 Mark out holes for power cables, RCAs, speaker wires

Step 5 Check amps for fit and position as you like

Step 4 Check for fit and remove plastic trays

Step 3 Mark out the curve as shown

Step 2 Get a piece of mdf ($5 from bunnings), and use your spare wheel to mark out a curve for the top

Here is what I did for my boot stereo install Step 1 Run all your cables and remove spare tyre