Chill red....

 

Thank you. Don't keep us hanging like that!

 

LOL. I'll do my best not to...

 

Does anybody have the NM Eng. RSe05 wheels in the gunmetal? I'd love to see a photo of those. I'm torn between the silver and gunmetal.

 

Rotiform NUE et30 17x8 with P225/45R-17 Pirelli P Zero Nero All Season Run Flats

I do get some rubbing in the back when I pack the car up and hit bumps or dips in the road. Doesn't look like my inspiration photos had that issue.. any thoughts?







The attached photos were my inspiration...

 

Why it worked for us:
1. We are all lowered
2. We have a crap load of negative camber in the back to tuck the wheel in
3. We all run undersized tires. At least for me, I ran 205/40s.

225/45 is way too wide for a flush look. If you plan on lowering it, you need smaller tires.

 

Are we talking about coilovers or shocks/springs?

 

Springs "work", but coilovers are best for that setup. Or you can go for an air setup like rallye.
Anyhow, you need to adjust camber in the back so it tucks in. You can get camber plates for the fronts, but it's not necessary.

 

Lowered and with my new wheels

 

RobMuntean - really like those cross spokes in black.

My Enkei Imola's updated with a set of Wilwoods...

 

Looks great! I will be joining the Wilwood club one day, but it will be a slow process. So many other things I want to do first (Recaro Sportster CS seats being the big one).

 

Thanks:-)

I love Enkei's! I almost went that route similar to those, btw how much was the wilwoods setup?

 

Really nice...

 

I've have been getting some serious vibration issues. I've had the wheels and tires balanced twice now. One tech told me it was because the bore is 57.1mm and the hub is 56.1mm and I need a spacer.

So I reached out to Rotiform and they told me that I should put electrical tape around the hub to fill the gap because I wont find a spacer that size. They also suggested that the 1mm gap shouldn't cause a problem; I can assure you that there is vibration and something is not right, and my only logical guess is the 1mm gap.

Did you have vibration issues?

 

1. needs coilovers. those wheels do not work with wheel gap... shorter springs will ruin your ride
2. why the tractor tyres? 205/14/17 really is the maximum you should be using on wheels with this width and offset
3. mudflaps need to go

 

In got 56.1 hub rings from Tirerack for my ASA's. Try Tirerack.

 

I've never heard of a 1mm hub ring, in fact I think it wouldn't even be possible to make one strong enough (titanium maybe?).

 

That's a good looking setup. What coilovers are you running? camber plates? do you have huge camber front and/or rear? what offset are yours? do you have TPMS?

1. Coilovers are on my list of things I've thought about buying, but the "tractor tires" I currently have would not tuck. Also, my car has the Sport Suspension option, would coilovers perform better? I also like the outdoors and don't want to lower my car because I need to take it on gravel roads and dont want to have to worry about clearance.

2. I wanted all season tires because I didn't want two sets of wheels again (summer and winter). Also, I wanted runflats; I got rid of my runflats on my 135i and lost a lot of the stiff turn-in feel (I didn't want to loose any of the go-kart type feel on this car). Stretching runflats did not seem like an option. So 225/45 is the size I was stuck with. I was also not familiar with stretching tires and what would look best.

3. Had to have the mudflaps with this setup; my paint was taking a beating with all the sand and rocks on the road from the winter.

 

Thanks. After labor, a little over a grand... Fronts only.

 

love the classic look of the original holies...

125,000 miles and going strong
(second set of holies with blizzaks mounted for winter)

9 Minnesota Winters-still a beauty! by jimmy_racoon, on Flickr

 

17 x 7.5 Black Sparco Pro Corsa
215/45ZR17 BFGoodrich g-Force Sport COMP-2

Just came in. Two months back ordered but well worth the wait.




That and some other projects I did over the past week.
https://plus.google.com/photos/11843...28689144868945

 

We don't get to see the wheels?

 

Sorry Picasa was being difficult. Pictures are now up

 

Looking Very Good! Black and Red is my favorite combo and black wheels are required!

 

Added some 8mm wheel spacers so they are effectively 16x7 et35. Still not perfectly flush but its closer to the look I am after without having any rubbing issues. Hellafunctional FTW!