new wheels, tires, and springs on the way!!!

[kicker22705]

don't buy springs from raceoptions on ebay... they are so incredibly slow. i paid over a week ago and they haven't even shipped them out yet.

once i get the springs and the black muteki lugs i order, i'll post pics of them on the car

 

[kicker22705]

eibach sportlines finally arrived. no more wheel gap as of tonight

 

[mr2 II]

them general tires got a lot of road noises

 

[Rush]

Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiics!!!

 

[shane02pro5]

They are the best tires I've had. I can't hear the road noise over the spooling turbo, loud exhaust and stereo jamming anyway. By far the best wet/dry traction I've had on this car!!!

them general tires got a lot of road noises

 

[thaikim]

Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiics!!!

yeah, what she said...

 

[kicker22705]

here they are... the gram lights 57maximum wrapped in general exclaim uhp, lowered on eibach sportlines, w/ black muteki lugs.

sorry bout the dirty car, it rained ALOT yesterday.

little less than a 2 finger gap all around and still needs time to settle. hopefully it'll be jus one. btw i used to have 4 in the front, 3 in the rear.

 

[kicker22705]

them general tires got a lot of road noises

i think they're much quieter than my previous kdw's and potenz's. they jus don't corner nearly as good as they do.

 

[mhrebin]

i need to change my short after seeing those pics.lol

looking damn good. i think those are the color wheels i wanna go with my silver pro. looks damn good.

 

[shane02pro5]

Looks real good! Those wheels were meant to be on a Ti for sure!!

Rain sucks!! I have washed my car pretty much once a week for the past 4-1/2 years. But it has been about 5 weeks now and she is feeling very neglected especially after putting in a new clutch and welded LSD. Re-charged the a/c but dirty as can be!!

 

[kicker22705]

thanks for the compliments. i'm really happy w/ the wayeverything fell together.

couple of my friends think i should rock a "rays" sticker on the front fender or bumper but i think i like it how is it.

thoughts and comments are welcome

 

[sandspeed]

rims look real nice!

The car still sits high up but looks good (alot better than stock ride height).

 

[kicker22705]

thanks.

those pics were before the springs settled. it droped another finger width since, making it 1 finger gap all around

 

[M.S.C - M.S.P]

so pretty, now i know what springs ima get =P

 

[kicker22705]

so pretty, now i know what springs ima get =P

thanks... after couple months of having the springs settle in, this is what i think of them.

the drop is great, bout 1 finger gap maybe less at all 4. car stays planted thru turns and reacts fairly similar as stock. the ride is nice on smooth surfaces, not bouncy at or harsh. only thing you gotta avoid is potholes, manholes, railroad tracks, etc b/c it can be extremely jarring if you hit any at any speed. It wasn't like that when i first got them, they absorbed rough surfaces much better than stock but the ride got harsher as time passed.

i rate them 8/10
if it ride comfort remained the same as the first couple weeks, i would easily give it 10/10.

 

[ND4MSP]

I was interested in the general tires your running. I am out of tread on my kdw's so its time for new tires. Was it a major letdown grip wise with the newer tires? Sadly this is about the only summer tire I can afford at the moment. Wheels look good btw.

 

[kicker22705]

its actually the tire roll that i noticed most. the exclaims 215/45/17 roll a lot more thru turns and feel less predictable than the kdw or stock potenza. i'm assuming this is from the softer tire walls and longer treads.

i switched to 215/40/17 when i got these rims and now that roll i was experiencing is gone and the feed back is much better.

the tires do lose grip thru turns earlier than the KDW but it feels very predictable and controlled when it begins to slide. straight line grip is very good, on par w/ kdw. Wet weather is also good. no issues w/ hydroplaning and such.

the ride comfort/noise is 10x better than anything i had on my car before and tread wear seems non existent.

i think they are good performance tires, great for the price. KDW perform better but they wear too fast and cost to much imo.

if performance is a major factor, espeically turning, i would suggest getting the 40 instead of 45 or sticking w/ the kdw's.

hope that helped. good luck.

I was interested in the general tires your running. I am out of tread on my kdw's so its time for new tires. Was it a major letdown grip wise with the newer tires? Sadly this is about the only summer tire I can afford at the moment. Wheels look good btw.

 

[M.S.C - M.S.P]

just got my sportlines installed, i'll have pics up soon. only thing thats killing me now is that i bent one of my RHs the day before and now the steering wheel shakes along with the car. gotta go to the rims shop today and ride with my donut for two days