Ken, said it before for someone else, I really like the way these look! Nice, clean, simple, and no "extra" holes for universal fitments!

 

thanks! it looks like it came from the factory like that.
i really like the simplicity of these wheels, yet aggressive.

 

np! yah, seems like you just got a bad center cap.

 

Nice.

 

I thought the AR2's werent out til june! Woot, I was going to get another set of AR1's (since mine are too small) but maybe i'll pick those up instead.

 

Hey guys, I just thought I would let you know, but there was a car that was in this thread a while back and it is now being sold on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINT-...ayphotohosting

 

It's pretty low already. I'd guess it's down at least 2 inches from stock.
I'm already rubbing on my driveway, so I'm hesitant to go any lower.

 

If it was lowered 2 inches, you'd be tucking tire at the very least.....I don't think that's 2 inches of lowering as you still have a wheel gap. Wheels look awesome!!! But I agree, lower it and the car would come together. The only thing you're scraping is the drop-down lip under the car....just trim it or remove it and you'll never scrape again and you'll be able to get rid of the wheel gap

 

I was parked next to an R56 with H&R springs (1.5" IIRC) and my car was noticeably lower. He had stock OD tires and he had more wheel gap than I have. This combined with what Danny told me about how much he lowers to start with have me believing that it's a good 2 inches lower. I should have measured the tops of the wheel arches before and after. When it was first done on the stock S-winders, I couldn't see the tops of the rear tires.
I want to lower the front about 1/4 to 1/2" to level things out, but I doubt that I'll go much lower than that.
I agree that it'd look better lower, though.
I'll probably go with a 215/45 or 225/40, if something good and non-slick comes out, tire when it's time to replace these tires in about a year.

 

Beautiful. What size, what brand?

 

Kyowa Racing, 17"

 

Needs some SPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNGS!


(Sorry, too much sugar)

 

 

I'm using the tuner lugs from TSW. As for the quality, the finish looks real nice, the painted finish might scratch easily, will see. However I'm using high quality SSR's for the track.

 

17" MSW's

 

I'm waiting to see what TSW comes up with. They're supposedly working on a set of springs that splits the difference between current offerings (1.2" drop) and the JCSW springs (<0.4" drop). I don't like the extreme low-rider look, but the JCW springs don't go far enough to make a worthwhile difference. I'll probably do an 18.5mm rear sway bar at the same time.

 

thanks, those are 17x7.5 and are tirerack's SportEdition's.

 

wjgianne - you look real tense in that photo - loosen up

 

Tenzo Type-M's in 17x7

 

^^ give her another 1" drop and should rock!

 

Yea the design is nice, but the car is BEGGING to get slammed.

 

Coilovers will come someday. The brake calipers are begging to be painted now.

 

I'm in the club! I'm in the club! Although, now seeing kenchan's latest pics, I'm off to look at some lowering options. Poop.

17" MB Seven X wheels (Discount Tires specials) wrapped in Wanli 205/40ZR17's. Some creative Craigslisting on my days off gets me cheap but nice looking new shoes. Just a quick shot taken in my "garage" tonight...

 

Heya Scoop, good to see ya here. (I'm on PSMINI also)
Those are nice looking rims; seven spokes are my preferred style, especially with polished lips. Do you know how much they weigh?

 

these are my new wheels,
18" TenzoR Mach 10