Rims vs No Rims at School?
 

hey guys,

so i'm planning on bringing my car up to messy ithaca, ny in the beginning of april. I'm stuck on whether i should put my 20s on before i come back up or if it's a bad idea. I know there is a self service car wash about 5 min from my dorm, so i could prob wash it once a week ( i WILL NOT take them to an automatic car wash because of my chrome lip, it'll eat it up!)

I really like how my X looks with them, but i dont know if i want to take the chance of them getting ruined up here. btw i DO NOT LET ANYONE DRIVE MY CAR.

what do u think i should do? :dunno:

Here are pics with and without

First off that is a sick white E53 they seem to be rare, my honest opinion is keep it looking stock and low profile. I have heard of peoples cars getting keyed/vandalized because of things like nice rims etc. Idiots get jealous and it drives them to do stupid things. Or they might just get unintentionally damaged, I know the stock wheels can take alot of punishment.

How is security at your school? At the very least invest in some good quality wheel locks.

Good luck dude

well ithaca is not a dangerous area... but yes, cornell is very competitive and there are some (probably) jealous people here..

i already have wheel locks. and youre probably right to stay low profile, but then again i spent 2500 last year on these things, it would be a shame to only run them for 3 months :(

You'd get made horrible fun of at my school for having those... YMMV.

Don't bother with them. You'll just bend them on a pothole and hate your life afterwords. Its college, your car is going to get beat up. No, you can't do anything about it. I'm anal compulsive about mine and its still a wreck.

So, I went to grad school at Cornell and my advice you is to not take that car anywhere near Ithaca... If the ice doesn't get you, the Townies will.

:rofl::rofl: thats really funny. yeah you did just put that townie thought in my head now. ohh no:yikes:

really? why?

Cause people can't get the sticks out of their vineyard vines dressed asses. It depends on your crowd I guess and you go to a bigger school. If you like it, go for it, but listen to what i said above

I like the stock wheels better, college or not. I don't personally care for many (if any) chrome wheels. Just my opinion though.

you know thats the funny thing, the pictures really make it look chrome. I agree that they do look crappy in chrome. in reality the lip is chrome and the center is painted. idk it must be the reflection.. :dunno: