Looks like I'll finally have my wheels on by next weekend. Installing my extended lug studs this weekend and hopefully going to see Ollie this weekend to get his fender roller. Spacers will be here early next week. Win.
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Looks like I'll finally have my wheels on by next weekend. Installing my extended lug studs this weekend and hopefully going to see Ollie this weekend to get his fender roller. Spacers will be here early next week. Win.
About time you get shit done! :eyebrowsQuote:
Originally Posted by andybob
Should take about 15 minutes. A man on each corner, cake walk.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickBroderick
Excellent.
New rimzQuote:
Originally Posted by carebearM3
Nice, you still riding with me to sowo?Quote:
Originally Posted by andybob
Hookin Again?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielan
You're telling me. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by carebearM3
I can't wait to see peoples reactions of a Kia sitting right on Walds. :eyebrows
Bleh. Wtf happened to the days of 1200 civics and e30s on craigslist?
Yeah. As much as I want to drive it down, I don't have the money for gas. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Dudermagee
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Originally Posted by Francois Dillinger
I blame gas prices
Kelly any reason you want a 215/35 and not a 205/40?
They're almost identical
Cool, I don't feel like driving alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by andybob
Whichever is more readily available.Quote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
must be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dudermagee
want to buy a beater so i can drive it while i try to find a nice car i like, or to daily so i can get a project.
Oh aight gotcha. I've never liked running 35 sidewalls, always worried about bending or cracking ish. I drove into the city with my wheels on. Potholes galore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielan
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Originally Posted by got splits?
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
Am I wrong? Overall diameter is almost the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by Francois Dillinger
Edit: Oh wait I know what you mean. Yeah I just didn't like knowing I had a 35 sidewall, scared me. But still you know what I meant.
Falken 912 205/40 stretch really nice on 9's:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...s/001a68ee.jpg
Same tire on an 8:
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...s/8cc76ce8.jpg
Nice those look good.
Nankangs stretch pretty good, my 205/40s on 9 stretched alitte more than that did.
Haha me neither, but I like how they stretch. I have 205 40s on an 8.5, so very mild stretch. Affordable price. Works for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielan
Are the ACS 18x8.5?
Kelly you gonna need some 25mm's for the rears and at least 15mm's for the fronts.
912's have a curb protector lip that's kinda bulky. That's one of the biggest changes between the 912's and the 512's according to out tire rep at work.Quote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
I talked with him for about a half hour one day debating the whole 512 vs 912 issue. He talked to Falken and the "core" of the 912 tire is the same mold they used for the 512, they just added the bigger curb lip to help re-inforce the sidewall.
I guess that might be why they don't run narrow like the 512's do.Quote:
Originally Posted by andybob
Fuck I'd love to find 205 and 215/40/18 512's to run on the RS.
Fucking A! Passed my 4th kidney stone since Feb.
I had a set of bridgestones that had the same curb protector deal, I thought it was a little goofy. I'm much happier with the FK452s.Quote:
Originally Posted by andybob
That's interesting that 512s and 912s are so similar.
If you find them you'd better buy them now. They are getting pretty rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
Da fuq?Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuss
Bad luck I guess. Pretty painful.Quote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
Our tire rep told me that the 912 replaced the 512 that's why they are so similar. According to him, the 512's were garbage in the rain so the redesign 912's improved wet traction and overall quality of the tire. Also, the 512's used to have cracking issues on the sidewalls, and the addition of the curb protector strip on the 912's eliminated this.Quote:
Originally Posted by EThirtySicks
Like I said, this is just what he told me, but I'm pretty sure his info is legit. I know he goes to a lot of seminars around the country when tire manufactures release new products.
And so I've heard. Ouch.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuss
The Bruins lost, it's a good thing I'm not a real fan.
Hope I never have to pass a kidney stone, but know I will with how I eat :/. Is it as bad as everyone says?
Kielan, you should have that dude send you photos of the rear of the wheels, if they are real it will have a stamp like this. Price is really solid if they are real.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y55...e/IMG_4763.jpg
Also, impressed at your devotion to keeping stereotypes alive, big, skinny, chrome wheels on an e46 :P
:roflQuote:
Originally Posted by Moose
Also I eat pretty damn shitty :\ I gotta stop. My doctor told me I've been lucky it hasn't caught up with my cause I'm young and active and stuff. He was like got a year or so left to keep stuffing my face and not give a fuck :rofl
The worst part is the pain you feel in you lower left back as it's passing, ridiculously horrible. And then the next couple days consist of "matter" coming out you dickhole. It's fucking awesome.
And that's enough of the internet for me tonight. Urgh sounds brutalQuote:
Originally Posted by kbuss
That picture reminds me of something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moose
See all that rust/corrosion on the wheel where it bolts to the hub? Believe it or not that stuff can create balance issues when balancing tires. I've seen it at work. On every set of aluminum wheels we take off a car at work, we take the time to hit them quick with a scotch brite pad on a die grinder to take that stuff off.
Since we are all car people, I just though it I would share that little bit of info.
I **** kids.
Yeah 18x8.5Quote:
Originally Posted by EThirtySicks
Khalil don't tell me what I need, I know quite well what I need. And those specs you just gave me are fucking bitch status. I'll be going lower offset than that.Quote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
Or you could just eat right, and hydrate yourself, and never have to deal with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuss
GFY Jeremy, they won't be chrome once I put them on the car. And 18s aren't big for an E46. IMO they fill the wheel wells best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moose
Motherfucker how many times did you say 18s were to big on my car? :roflQuote:
Originally Posted by Kielan
Also I know those aren't the most aggressive, don't now what the eff you wanna do with those race lands. You give a fuck about your car, I never cared for mine or my fenders lulz.
I'm just going to get the fitment right, my goal isn't to be the lowest out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by got splits?
I eat pretty well actually. I could drink more water though, I drink too much milk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kielan