The front fenders just have a tab that needs to be removed, it's the front of the rear quarters that is so bothersome, and needs to be rolled.

I have the SPC camber adjustments for the rear. My goal is to get camber adjustments for the front, run -2° all the way around, and an 18 x 10 +50 with a 285/30. IMO that's as far as it can go without hysterics.

 

Nice. Can't wait to see if you are able to do it. 285 are crazy wide. 265 is good for me I think. I've already rolled the rear, but I may need to roll a little more.

 

It's going to take a lot of work, but it'll happen, someday. For now I'm content at 265 too.

 

Are you going to have to pull fenders to be able to fit that? +50 doesn't sound like you have to though. How much space will you have in the inner part of the wheel? And I'm glad it seems like you're running a square fitment all the way around. Not a fan of staggered unless your car is RWD.

 

No pull, just roll flat. I'm just barely rolled now.

Absolutely square, staggered on a FWD car is FTL, as bad as running 225's on 10" wheels with -6° camber. Fail.

 

Really? Nice. I wish I were brave enough to run 18x10. But I can't afford the tires. Too much for me. Staggared on FWD is fine if you're wider in front and smaller in the rear. That's the only way. 225's on 10" is pretty ugly. And that much camber is painful. I'm happy with my setup for now. I read earlier that you don't like Federal tires? What are you comparing to?

 

I actually meant to write 10.5. If you do the math, it's mostly on the inside. In fact, the 285 will only be outboard 3mm from where I am now, so I won't *need* to do anything at all, but I'm thinking I'll still have to work the camber a bit. From -1.5° to -2° should do nicely. The problem is the turning, as the wheel will be 22mm closer to the strut. I have the room with my BC Racing N/A coil-overs, but the turning will be a small issue. I'm not worried about it though.

I like grippy tires, and the Federals just don't give that for long. They're worse than RT 615's, and those are pretty bad.

 

Nice. 10.5" would be nice all the way around. Should look beastly, especially with a 285. As long as you clear your coilovers you should be fine. If it rubs on full lock, it's whatever. How often do we full lock anyway? I would rub on full lock with my RSX before, but it didn't bother me because I rarely went full lock. How do you like the BC coilovers? I have Tein Flex and they are pretty comfortable.

Which Federals were you on? I had Federal 595 SS which I was pretty happy with. I didn't track the car so it didn't bother me. It was pretty good for the occasional mountain/canyon run. I know they aren't that great, but for the price... They will do. The tires I have now are pretty crappy. Haha. But they came with the wheels. It was actually a CL win.

 

They ride too rough for my taste. I don't understand these companies that make race-spec rates for luxury cars, I mean, really? I have some softer springs they gave me to install, just haven't installed them yet. Hopefully they'll be much better when that happens.

I didn't buy them, I just drove on them. The 595's. They are fine when they're new, but just like all cheap tires, that peak performance doesn't last long. You'll have to forgive me, I'm a tire snob, ever since I got my first set of great tires I just couldn't go back, so my standards are very high in that regard.

 

Yeah that sucks. Race spec luxury car is almost an oxymoron. What are your current spring rates? I believe mine are 12 F and 6 R. That's off the top of my head. I maybe a little off. What did they give for you to change it too?

I get you on the tire game. That's a huge part of performance. If I could afford a $200+ tire I would, but sadly I cannot. So I need to keep it on the cheaper side. It's really just price range I have to go off of. Because I would go Yokohama Advan Neova for street if I could. Just living by my means I guess. Haha. I see you fancy with your Lotus.

 

12/6 I believe. They sent me 10/4. With the drop I'm at there is absolutely no reason that I shouldn't have a BETTER than factory ride, since I spent 5 times the cost of factory struts (to Acura).

The Advan Neova AD08R is nice, I use it as one of my street tires for the Exige. I also have the RT615's, A005s slicks, and R888's for street use.



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that is some car right there.. I like the pic you have with the slicks stacked up beside it!!

on topic, Im getting a roll next weekend on the front and rears. Im going to try 15mm and 20mm spacers F/R. Hopefully I dont have to go below -3 in the rear and -1 or -1.5 in the front. Im going to stick with the 235's.. I know you hate that andrew lol, but i like to be low.

Dont get me wrong I LOVE the wide tire/beefy look but I think with this car where I'm going for the conservative stretched/camber look.

If I had a RWD car id be throwing 10'' or 10.5'' wide wheels with 305 series lol

 

Are you sure I can't change your mind?

255...



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265...



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Hopefully I can eventually run 265/35r18. These will have to do for now. It's not aggressive enough for me though. But in time. I need to be patient.

 

It does look sweet, but I like moar low

 

Tis not low enough?



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no lol. but that does look great.


this is where I'm at with it now. Id like to go a hair lower. I have a STi lip for the front so once thats on it might look lower so ill probably just drop the rear down a hair.

 

Man, those wheels, that color. Money.

 

thanks man, that means a lot coming from you!

my advans are pretty chewed up in some spots. Going to get them refinished hopefully next spring/summer.

 

Love those wheels. Too baller for me. But I'm with VisualE, I don't like my cars too low either. Even my RSX was "too high" for fellow forum users on ClubRSX. But to each their own. Your car looks great regardless Sickest.

 

Those were the original wheels I wanted for my TL, but I simply can't afford to spend so much on my daily when I already have a toy car. In the end I decided on something with a classy look that didn't break the bank.

 

luckily I got them used and a great deal otherwise id still be on my waffles LOL

 

Nothing wrong with used wheels and tires. And nothing wrong with waffles either. I love the waffles actually. I was looking for a set, but everyone wanted too much money for theirs. What are the specs of the new wheels? You said Advan RS right? I miss having legit wheels. Loved my Advan RCII on my RSX.

 

^nice! My wheels are Advan RZ.. for the longest time I thought they were the RSII until I looked at the back stamp on the wheel, theyre very similar. I like the waffles too but I wanted something top notch lol.

And yes that RSX is very nice, just a tad too high for my taste but great looking nonetheless. I see you didnt have centre caps either.. It bugs me that I dont have any, looks weird.. but fuck theyre so pricey haha

 

I knew it. I was thinking Advan RZ, but I wasn't quite sure from those pictures. Love Advans, but man they are pricey. And you're right about the center caps. I can't afford them. I didn't mind rolling without them though. So whatever. Even my current wheels I left the caps out. LOL. Are those Advans 18x9?

And as for the RSX, I was planning to track the car. So I didn't want to go to low. Especially with those specs of wheels and tires. I wanted to go down maybe to 1 finger gap, but I never did. I ended up selling the car before anything else. I do miss it though.

 

yea I love those rsx's

yes they are the 18x9 but with the +45 offset which is what is giving me issues right now. Took weak. Gotta get them fenders rolled and spacers

 

I got a quick question about rims I am considering purchasing.
I know our bolt pattern is 5x114.3 but when it comes to offset I am not sure what will work.
I have a stock suspension just fyi.
Was wondering if wheels with a 24 offset will work?

I'm looking at these: Saleen Wheels 18x9 Hyper Black

 

they'll fit if you dont plan on dropping the car, but they will look really weird and probably poke out as well.. heres my car not dropped with my advans. looks like a god damn SUV lol

 

lol yeah no kidding, so if I wanted to drop the car, how much of a drop cold I go for?
I have no idea about how offset affects suspension or anything suspension related for that matter lol
Thanks for the pic as a reference, I swear my car sits lower than that though.....

 

Wrong thread. You can't fit a beefy (255/265) tire on an 18 x 9 +24.

 

Your car prob does sit a lil lower than that if you got 17s on it with stock suspension
just drop it until you start rubbing then raise it a hair above that

you should check out the fitment thread

 

If you're seriously considering lowering, I would probably lower first. After that you can start weighing out what wheels will fit. But a 18x9 +24 will only work with fender work and stretched tires. If you see my car above, I'm running a 18x9 +38 and it's already fairly close to the fender. The rear maybe able to fit it, but the fronts will probably have issues.

 

2006 RBP crew checking in! Haha. Man, it looks like you raised the car in this picture... Like higher than stock.

 

This thread needs more beef.



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haha thats OEM suspension. I put the coils in like a day after. I couldn't handle driving it like that

 

How did you end up in a perfect situation to get that picture? That's an awesome picture man.

I feel you. For me, I dropped it first. Drove it with stock wheels for about a week, got an alignment then swapped wheels.

 

I think I need some spacers for these wheels. What do you guys think?

 

I think you need to drop it more

Anything below 15mm spacer scares me as the dont have the extended studs. Im assuming a 15mm on those would make them poke out a lot?

 

I'm at the lowest I want to be. I hate driving crazy slow just to get over anything. Finger gap all the way around is good enough. Not a fan of being slammed.

And yeah, I'm scared to run spacers, but I want to kick out a little bit. I have a 7mm spacer that I will test fit. If I don't have enough thread on the stud, I will bail on that idea. Trail and error I guess. I just don't want anything failing on me.

 

I was kidding about slamming. lmk what the 7mm looks like