Lung Fu Mo Shi

Quickie photoshop. People have asked, and I wanted to know. Whipped up a few simple Photoshops of some particular wheels.

Gunmetal SSR Comps (no center):



Silver SSR Comps (w/ center):



BBS RG-R:



OZ Superleggera



SSR GT1



Gunmetal SSR GT3

iamhomin

ew -_-;

AKay

yo thats hot lung fu.you got some good photoshop skills.
I actually picked up my old rims from the dealer the other day they were 10 spoke exel rims 18inch. I was going to sell them but they actually kinda look hot next to em. So next week when i get paid im gonna see how they look on the car and take it to the tire shop to get them put on.
AKay

dom

Sorry Lung, I don't like any of em.

But who cares what I think

How about chopping on some Volk Rims

ClutchPerformer

Ditto. How about some silver GT-C's on a CG TSX?

Lung Fu Mo Shi

I'll continue the Photoshopping here tongiht. I'll try to fulfill requests as well. I need a good pic of a CG TSX though, preferrably similar to the SSM I have.

I have a decent pic. I'm also going to redo some of these SSM's at a higher resolution so the wheels are less blurred.

Anyway, it's pretty easy to do it this way, so...

STC

iTrader: (1)

The gunmetal competitions are sweet!

ortiz

Nice pics.

If you have time I would love ot see some crome wheels.

BlackTSX

can you make that car black?

Spud

Can't beat the stock rims IMHO...

Spud

...but good work on the pics.

TSXnT-dot

TSX has one of the best set of stock rims out there IMHO.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

I'm starting to agree with you.

The only thing that I've foun comparable are the SSR Comps in silver. All the others just don't really fit.

Still, my goal is to upgrade the tires. But, if I'm going to wider and lighter rims, I can't upgrade the tires on the stocks.

I'M IN A QUANDRY!

bowersan

I think what people have to understand about the tsx design is that everything has a certain weight to it, a certain balance to compliment the lines of the design.

The stock seven spokes work because they are thick, uniform, and plain. All the rims above, IMHO are too thin for the TSX's modern flat-panel styling.

J.

ClutchPerformer

Best-looking, yes. But they're heavy.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

Yup. My whole idea was to put as wide of rubber as I can on. To do this I would like to get 8" wide rims, or at least 7.5" (depending on fitment). Since I would be spending the money away for wider, why not go an inch bigger in diameter and lighter to boot.

Overall the rims would average $1600, while I could sell the old ones for about $600, netting $1000.

My whole computer was about that much and I spend some serious time researching parts, etc. I want to do the same for the rims. I've heard on other message boards (M3 ones) that the SSR's are soft and bend easily. Not good for a street wheel...but that's just hearsay. They recommended some others, but I checked the price...$3700 for a set of 4...in a word, "no".

I also want to maintain the sport/luxo style of the TSX. Looking at those SSR comps from the M3 in gunmetal...the car looks good, but WAY over-sporty. In silver, they look better.

As it was mentioned above, the TSX needs less "spokey" wheels. Wide, flat spokes are the way to go. The TL ones would probably works too. I think this is why the SSRs seem to look better...6-spokes, about 1.5" wide, very close to the 2" wide 7-spokes of the stock.

Anyway, I refuse to just go out and buy some and slap them on.

ClutchPerformer

Same here. Do you know what offsets are acceptable with this wheel width? I'm looking at some 19x8 with a +44, but I'm not sure. I'm not even sure what the stock wheel specs are, but the FAQ is coming soon

$3700!!!

Iceman

Thanks for the photochops, Lung! Great food for thought. I like the Oz wheels, but I agree it will be hard to improve on the stock rims.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

The stock wheels are 17"x7" with 55mm offset. So, if I go from a 215 to 235mm wide tire, and from 55mm to 44mm, In total I stick out 21mm from stock on the outside, and -1mm on the inside wheel.

Basically I'm going to go out and use some little paper tabs cut and bent to the right length and tape them to my wheel to look at protrusion.

BTW, which wheels are you looking at?

ClutchPerformer

Sorry, I meant to type +40 offset. But still, that's quite a difference. Would more or less offset make that 21mm smaller? As much as I know about engines and gears, I don't know crap about wheels....:o

I was looking at these. Click on the left picture to get a close-up.

Lung Fu Mo Shi

How I arrived at the number:

1) (New Tire Width) - (Stock Tire Width)

2) Divide by 2

3) Add (Stock Wheel Offset) - (New Wheel Offset)

So your 40mm offset wheels would stick out 25 mm from where the stock wheels are now...a full inch.

ClutchPerformer

Oh well....:P

They look really good on the car, too (now I'm wondering how they got them on). I have two pics, but nowhere to host...

ortiz

E-Mail them to me and I will host them. r-ortiz@comcast.net

ClutchPerformer

Done.

ortiz

Here are your pics...

ClutchPerformer

Thanks a lot. I think they look great, but I don't know what that extra inch sticking out will do as far as rubbing....

ortiz

I was just wondering your car looks lowered. Is it?

By the way on the rims.

ClutchPerformer

It's not my car, but the car in the pictures is definitely lowered. Probably Eibach Sportline. I don't know of any other kit that drops that much. Look at the front wheel in the top pic.

BlackTSX

DAMN thats H O T !!!!!

ClutchPerformer

Told ya... But will they FIT (without rubbing)? That's the question. Also I don't know how much they weigh...:P

ucsdtriton

I've seen that exact red TSX and rims for sale on ebay a couple of weeks back... sweet but I'm wondering if the 19s ride would be too harsh?...

ClutchPerformer

Yeah, that's actually where I got the pics from.