UA6 on 18" Volk RE30 in MG blue

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10-26-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ebelp

Dammit...after seeing your stance, I have to go buy spacers. Thanks a lot :P

Gorgeous. Where in NY are you?

btw, imageshack is doing something funky to those pictures bc every smooth edge is jagged.

I'm in Little Neck NY, right by Nassau.

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Originally Posted by acura_dipset_tl

Im not sure how i feel about this set up

I Guess moar low would help. You might have to send your suspension to tein to get them to loosen those perches.

Yeah the car needs to come together to complement the wheels; I will update as it comes together!

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Originally Posted by crazy haitian

lower the back more and spacer's all around will help your stance

Definitely not adding spacers in the rear but am thinking of adding them up front.

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Originally Posted by vipTL

Looks good Brian! Can't help but notice looks like you could have used alot wider tires the stretch on he rear looks unnessesary, judging from pics I u can a 245 and a 265 easy

Yeah I probably could have gotten away with a 235 or a 245. If I go 255 it would definitely be a 35 series. But I wanted to be "safer" than sorry, with respect to rubbing.

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Originally Posted by murph145

^ yea a 225 on the rear is a lil overly done IMO too... I am running a 265 on a 10.5" rim on my car with a pretty aggressive offset and I am dumped another 1"+ and dont rub at all.... maybe up the tire widths on those rims

You are able to run 265 because the thickness is a 30 series, I would definitely try 255 30 if they were 19s.

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Originally Posted by sevank21

Looks good. Just need to go lower.

Here's a thought. Use one spanner wrench and hold the bottom perch. With the other spanner wrench, use force to spin the upper perch UP. That worked for me when my perches were stuck.

Yeah that doesn't work, lol, it will need some seriosu treatment. The car will not go lower any time soon as winter is around the corner, but come next april, I will definitely lower it about another inch.

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Originally Posted by jwr0ng626

instead of using the stupid wrenches, have u tried banging it loose with a hammer and screwdriver? Then when its "free", you can try going at it with the wrench?

Not gonna bang anything, I don't want to compromise the threads of the strut.

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Originally Posted by DecaFe1

Pb blast

An idea

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Originally Posted by huystAr

+1 id probably like the set up a lot more once you go lower

Oh it'll be a lot lower next year

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Originally Posted by 04 tl

Looks good Brian .. Stop by this weekend I'll get them loose.

How do you plan on doing that? I haven't tried, however, using a breaker bar for more torque. Add PB Blast and it might budge...

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Originally Posted by 4play

looks awesome man! any more pics of your lower grills? is it empty on the insides next to the leds? it would look super sick with the chrome strip down there

I am thinking of purchasing type-s lower grills, cutting away at the circle for the fog light. Enough to squeeze it in the slots.

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Originally Posted by jwr0ng626

is the front driver side lower than passenger?

Just a tad, I've been meaning to fix the heights on all corners but the perches won't budge.

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Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs

Looks nice.

Is it just me or does that color makes the wheels look really small?

The wheels got a lot bigger after I used some tire shine

Once the car is lower and tire shine is on, the wheels look a bit bigger.

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Originally Posted by ILLustriousUA6

PMU teal color BBK will set this off like none other..

This is exactly what I plan on doing

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Originally Posted by jptl04

^^^
this!

your past wheel selections have been better IMHO, but now seeing them in these pics they're growing on me. the rear tire fitment is nuts! cant wait what you have in store for the custom front spoiler. the benz DRL's look sweet.

overall even missing a few things your car still gets a

Thanks Jaime, means a lot coming from you!

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Originally Posted by UASICK

Thumbs up, as always when it comes to you and your creativity. One question though, what happened to the front and rear a-spec? See the sides but yeah haha

I got rid of the front a-spec with my old bumper; my new front a-spec will need to be modified so I'm holding on that. As for the rear, I hit my moms car while parking in reverse (on a hill) so I plan on getting a new bumper with a-spec in the near future.

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10-27-2011, 08:13 AM

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Ride looks good man, good work as usual

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10-27-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bforbrian

wouldnt it have made sense to get a new rear bumper when your car was in the shop for a repaint due to hail damage lol

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10-31-2011, 11:46 PM

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Are you keeping this set of rims for a little while? On a side note do you wanna come to the track nov 19th to hang and watch some drag racing? I put up a thread in the meets section, check it for all the info.

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11-01-2011, 04:33 PM

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Its just me but i dont know about this setup. I love the flat black Ce28's you had!!

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11-01-2011, 05:25 PM

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BJ, I might actually have them for a while... I'll check out your thread, thanks for the heads up.

I recently just did my headlights gunmetal/flat black and it complements the mag blue wheels so much better.. with an aspec kit you guys are sure to love it! Stay tuned..

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