New wheels and lowered.

edrive73

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2007 Mazdaspeed 3
Installed the H&R springs this weekend and some Enkei Evo 5 18 x 7.5 +45 offset in Hyper Black today. Here are some pics.
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Thanks for the pics. Mine is black too, and I was considering these same wheels and springs. Something about dark rims makes them look smaller than OEM. They look like you went down to 17"s for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking your setup, I just think it's not for me. I'm gonna end up having to go with a lighter silver colored wheel, despite my desire for a darker wheel.
 
the drop looks good but i am not digging the rims...one day ill find an aftermarket set i like!
 
Thanks for the pics. Mine is black too, and I was considering these same wheels and springs. Something about dark rims makes them look smaller than OEM. They look like you went down to 17"s for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking your setup, I just think it's not for me. I'm gonna end up having to go with a lighter silver colored wheel, despite my desire for a darker wheel.
I think that they look smaller because the spokes don't extend to the edge of the rim. What you see the most when you look at the wheel are the spokes, and those probably are 17", or less. Wheels always look bigger when the spokes reach all the way to the lip.

The set-up does look nice tho, man!
 
Did you put a rear camber kit on there also? I'm about 99% on the H&R springs and want to make sure if I need a camber kit I will order it all together.
 
Just wondering whats the ground clearance on the front with the H&R springs want to add GV front lip, scared i would scrap the front GV lip
 
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