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New wheels 15x8.25 +20 "PICS"

Old Jul 19, 2014 | 08:17 PM
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New wheels 15x8.25 +20 "PICS"

Tracklite F-Forty

I'm on T3 Coilovers all around and with camber. I lowered the car about 1 1/2" all around, from where I had it before. I'm hitt the bumpstops a few times on the way home.


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What do you guys think? I like them
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 08:51 PM
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Too much stretch on the tires for my tires, but everything else is damn near perfect. Wheels are hawt.
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 08:53 PM
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those wheels are cool, i think the rear could be a tad higher though?
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 08:58 PM
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Me too, I think I will raise the rear about 3/4" this week.
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 09:08 PM
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Beautiful! New? Where?
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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 09:13 PM
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Thanks, I bought them today at a shop here in Miami called ESR performance with tires mounted. I"m sure they sell these on ebay and all over the internet. I know they a make them in 4x100 and 4x4100/114.3 universal (the ones I have)


http://traklitewheels.com/listing/wheels/f-forty/

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Old Jul 19, 2014 | 09:42 PM
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I'm digging the wheels for sure!
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 07:36 AM
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Looks good! What's the tire size? How much camber are you running?
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 10:16 AM
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Be sure to have a full tank of gas when measuring the rear height. Without the load or weight, your measurement will be off...im referrig to how low to go.
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Old Jul 20, 2014 | 11:38 AM
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195/45-15 I got them stretched because I wasn't sure about the fitment up front the wheel being 8.25" wide.

The fuel tank weight never came to mind. Thanks for reminding me. The tank was 3/4 full when I lowered it though.

I will check the camber later.
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Old Jul 21, 2014 | 08:58 AM
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My fitment is almost identical, but my front tires rub like a **** during hard/track driving. I have stock -SE wheels with BFG g-force for track days now...
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 06:06 PM
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Where are those rims from? and are they on the stock bolt pattern?
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 06:14 PM
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Tracklite they are 4 bolt universal. They also come in 4x100
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Old Jul 23, 2014 | 04:52 PM
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Probably going to have to raise the car a bit. Today my RB exhaust scraped a small speed bump at work.

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Old Jul 23, 2014 | 07:59 PM
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Looks sick man, nice car!
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Old Jul 27, 2014 | 10:24 AM
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I'm going to have to buy this

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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 01:48 PM
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Is picture #6 the wheel bead? That cant be safe lol.
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 03:35 PM
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i really dig these wheels. overall, your car looks absolutely gorgeous.
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 04:00 PM
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Thanks, now it's time to start saving for the 20B with ITB's
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 05:12 PM
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Nice rims, sharp car!

Re: scraping..reminds me of my old 1st gen with RB exhaust, scraped on the 'do not enter teeth' in pay for parking lots all the way down the presilencer.. Ha!
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