Recent content by usarmyethan

If any of you were still wondering how this came out, no I did not die. I'm getting ready for fire school so i've ceased all modding and been packing up to leave dfw. This is the cleanest picture of my car at the moment.

Yeah I realize I could have bought different bronze wheels that were already fitted and not rashed etc. but this is very rare to have been done. And I love the way that look. So wide and well stanced.

The ones I got have some pretty bad rash but I'm sending em off in about a month to get repaired and powdercoated bronze.

I have one or two side profile pics of the stock wheels (for flush reference) on my phone. I got another side profile pic up on my facebook that i'll share to here with the new wheels. I know... so much facebook... damn social networking.

I'm running wheels right now that are 17x8 with 55.6mm hub bore on sportlines (1.8in drop). Technically they don't fit but I got spacers that allowed the wheel hub to clear the axle hub. This is not recommended if you ever plan on taking the car around a track or any sort. Yes I rub when I...

Finished product (for now) needs alot of cleaning up (rash etc.) and then to be PC'd dark bronze.

So far pics are restricted to my facebook. I apologize because with 65+ views on this topic people are probably clicking wanting to see pics. I'll take ones tomorrow when it's driveable since I took a company car home tonight. Well the fenders MAY not have to be rolled. It's the rear quarter...

I'm in the process of properly fitting my STI wheels onto my 3 so after I roll fenders and whatnot I'll get good pictures and post em up ;)

The one I got isn't universal. Its the exact size meant for a mazda hub (04-09 theyre all the same). 67.1mm hub bore and a 114.3 bolt pattern. I'm taking the rear ones off for now to stop them from rattling since nothing is actually forcing them onto the hub. Then an adapter maybe in the works...

I'm on sportlines as well. Just be careful of the offset when you get aftermarket wheels though. I just threw STI wheels on mine and when I hit bumps the tire rubs the metal part of the fender in the back. But other than that I love the way it corners with that and my strut bar.

Yes, I got STI wheels last week and yes I put them on my car today. Still needs work though. It's been done and documented 3 times. Once by a girl in canada with no lowering springs who put spacers on so that the difference in hub sizes wasn't an effect. Another by a guy who had the hub on the...