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Old 04-13-08, 01:42 PM
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The BF’s are amazing. Its still pretty cold around here with temps around 50 but they still are very sticky. With the stronger side wall handling, I have very quick response but it is also a rougher ride. I took the tires up to about 100mph with little noise (very quite tire). I would will buy these tires again.

The size is 250/50/15 which is the smallest these tires come in.
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Thats what i run too...I like the proxes but I want to try something new. Do you have any suspension work?
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My suspension is newer... But its only meets OE standards. It’s not lowered or anything, if that’s what you mean.
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nice ride... thanks for the links... i'm looking to get some rims as well
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Both your cars look awesome with the Rewinds. Last night I was researching wheels and you have convinced me to go with them.
You both are using 205/50 tires. Any thoughts on going with a wider tire?

Does anyone else have Rewinds photos?
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Originally Posted by johnfoothill
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Both your cars look awesome with the Rewinds. Last night I was researching wheels and you have convinced me to go with them.
You both are using 205/50 tires. Any thoughts on going with a wider tire?

Does anyone else have Rewinds photos?
That link is suspicious, and marked by Google as malware.

As for the tire size, with 205/50 and a set of racing beat springs, you just clear. I used some 1/8" spacers to give a little more clearance. If you want to go any wider, you will have to get into a coil-over setup.
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I can't make the link go away, it is stuck in my yahoo mail too.

The Racing Beat springs are 1" drop. Right?
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Originally Posted by johnfoothill
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I can't make the link go away, it is stuck in my yahoo mail too.

The Racing Beat springs are 1" drop. Right?
I think you have adware/spyware. Download this: http://www.spybotupdates.com/files/spybotsd152.exe and run it. 10 forum bucks says it goes away.

The RB springs are a 1" drop from stock, but stock setups sag and sometimes installing the lowering springs actually raise the car. Take a look at my pictures for the stance. Keep in mind that the rear is the same as the front because I loosened all the bolts for the linkage in the rear end, and then tightened them down with the weight of the car on the new springs.
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Just for the support of Konigs!
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Sarge, you just gave me a project for the day. I don't know what forum bucks are, but will let you know the spyware removal goes.

I am going to try the wheels without any other mods and see what happens, but will follow your spring advice if I get rubbing.
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Originally Posted by tallbozo
Just for the support of Konigs!
You are missing a center cap. They are only $10 from Konig, buy a replacement. Wheels look really good, what tires/springs are you running?
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