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Decided to test fit the sawblades today, just mocked them up with and without 10mm of spacers and without being able to bolt them up. The smallest adapters I can get are 15mm from MotorSports Technology and that is my gameplan, so they'll poke 5mm more than when I had 10mm of spacers in there. Which I think it all do-able.
I know I don't have any aftermarket suspension yet, but I'm working on getting a set of D2 Racing Coilovers since there aren't very many options for these cars.
Onto the pictures...
One quickie of the best wheel of the bunch.
Front Without Spacers (doesn't clear the shock, otherwise sits pretty good for my liking)
Threw some 10mm spacers on to get some clearance on the inside... it's gonna poke a bit more with 15mm adapters.
Now onto the rear! I started off without spacers, it looks like it could clear everything but not without tons of stretch, once it goes lower it would definitely hit the inside of the wheel well, fenders will definitely need to be pulled a bit once all is actually mounted up, the rear tires will probably be pretty stretched too.
Then I threw on 10mm of spacers and everything sat a bit better.
Wellll thats that so far... gotta sell the Enkei GF-1's I have from my old car (before I really got into the stance scene), then I'll order my adapters. Saving up this winter to buy my new suspension setup, then all I'll still need are tires and of course to get these wheels refinished whether i do them myself or send them somewhere to have them refinished, that will all be determined based on the cost to get them refinished somewhere locally.
I'm just sorta fishing for ideas here, still have to decide on what kind of finish I want on the sawblades. My current plan is to get adapters, tires and then slam it all before I refinish the wheels because I'd **** to throw a few hundred into the Sawblades just to come up empty and not be able to run them. That will also give me ample time to make a quality decision on the color.
-John
Since I know people will probably ask, I picked up the Sawblades for $100 from Craigslist, I first was uneasy and thought they were reps buy after finding out they are made by Enkei and that the stamping "Japan" on the inside of the wheel is correct I'm pretty pumped about my purchase, the chrome is all effed on 2 of them, kinda effed on another and alright on the last one. But the good thing is they're all uncurbed and straight so thats good news and definitely makes me more excited about getting these to fit.
I know I don't have any aftermarket suspension yet, but I'm working on getting a set of D2 Racing Coilovers since there aren't very many options for these cars.
Onto the pictures...
One quickie of the best wheel of the bunch.
Front Without Spacers (doesn't clear the shock, otherwise sits pretty good for my liking)
Threw some 10mm spacers on to get some clearance on the inside... it's gonna poke a bit more with 15mm adapters.
Now onto the rear! I started off without spacers, it looks like it could clear everything but not without tons of stretch, once it goes lower it would definitely hit the inside of the wheel well, fenders will definitely need to be pulled a bit once all is actually mounted up, the rear tires will probably be pretty stretched too.
Then I threw on 10mm of spacers and everything sat a bit better.
Wellll thats that so far... gotta sell the Enkei GF-1's I have from my old car (before I really got into the stance scene), then I'll order my adapters. Saving up this winter to buy my new suspension setup, then all I'll still need are tires and of course to get these wheels refinished whether i do them myself or send them somewhere to have them refinished, that will all be determined based on the cost to get them refinished somewhere locally.
I'm just sorta fishing for ideas here, still have to decide on what kind of finish I want on the sawblades. My current plan is to get adapters, tires and then slam it all before I refinish the wheels because I'd **** to throw a few hundred into the Sawblades just to come up empty and not be able to run them. That will also give me ample time to make a quality decision on the color.
-John
Since I know people will probably ask, I picked up the Sawblades for $100 from Craigslist, I first was uneasy and thought they were reps buy after finding out they are made by Enkei and that the stamping "Japan" on the inside of the wheel is correct I'm pretty pumped about my purchase, the chrome is all effed on 2 of them, kinda effed on another and alright on the last one. But the good thing is they're all uncurbed and straight so thats good news and definitely makes me more excited about getting these to fit.
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