No gold rims, they might look good, but they stand out, and you don't really want that (especially when drifting around in the snow
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Ask Strat81, he turned his L wagon into an outback. He loves it, although it doesn't handle that well, he's done things to it (like rear strut bar) that help make it handle decently. I wouldn't say they handle terribly, just average for a medium size car.