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TinMan09 02-28-12 09:01 PM

Looks like a painted shine auto low profile spoiler.

GoodfellaFD3S 02-28-12 10:41 PM


Originally Posted by Exidous (Post 10993015)
I must say I am a little disappointed with CCW's fitment numbers for the 18x10's in the rear. Front is dead on. I got the 18x10 sp500's with +50.5 all round and the back just plain old sits in too far. Even with a 5mm spacer. :-( I have coilovers and aftermarket trailing arms and could easily fit 18x11 had the offset been more precise.

Also those rears are probably around +40 being that they are 18x11 and stock trailing arms and needing a little pulling on the fenders.

They call it a 'square fitment' for a reason.... the wheels and tires are the same size ;)

It has nothing to do with CCW. People go with that sizing to be able to rotate, which is helpful for track use. my 18x10 +50 Fikse have the same look, because the FD has more room in the rear fender relative to the front. Thus, you won't be as flush in the back as you are in the front with tire/wheel size constant. Hell, look at a stock FD with stock wheels :lol:

LS1Pariah 02-29-12 03:28 PM


Originally Posted by TinMan09 (Post 10998200)
Looks like a painted shine auto low profile spoiler.

Correct sir!

LS1Pariah 02-29-12 03:33 PM

One huge thing I noticed with the new wheels that was not awesome was my new found horrible understeer. On the 10's I had Falken Azenis 265/35 F and Ventus RS3 285/35 R and the car handled spectacularly. All I did was add an inch to the rears, with a wider track, and suddenly I had the worst turn in understeer. I absolutely hated it. I wound up putting some Nitto NT-01's on the front in 275/35 and its 100% back to normal. They are not DOT tires, but Hankook RS3's were on back order, and I have an extended trip to the mountains of NC & GA coming up, and cannot have the car handling like it was. I don't put a lot of miles on the car, nor do I drive it in the rain so hopefully the Nitto's give me a few thousand miles...

Exidous 03-02-12 01:00 AM


Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S (Post 10998359)
They call it a 'square fitment' for a reason.... the wheels and tires are the same size ;)

It has nothing to do with CCW. People go with that sizing to be able to rotate, which is helpful for track use. my 18x10 +50 Fikse have the same look, because the FD has more room in the rear fender relative to the front. Thus, you won't be as flush in the back as you are in the front with tire/wheel size constant. Hell, look at a stock FD with stock wheels :lol:

I understand what you are saying entirely but that's not what I was looking for when I bought them. I just wanted them to be flush (not that hellaflush stuff) without rubbing. I ended up with a good .5-.75" to spare on the outside after I minimized the inside lip. I am looking into some arp studs and a 10-15mm spacer shortly.

You're dead on about the stock wheels in the back. You could hang out in there on the weekend if you wanted. :-)


Originally Posted by LS1Pariah (Post 10999224)
One huge thing I noticed with the new wheels that was not awesome was my new found horrible understeer. On the 10's I had Falken Azenis 265/35 F and Ventus RS3 285/35 R and the car handled spectacularly. All I did was add an inch to the rears, with a wider track, and suddenly I had the worst turn in understeer. I absolutely hated it. I wound up putting some Nitto NT-01's on the front in 275/35 and its 100% back to normal. They are not DOT tires, but Hankook RS3's were on back order, and I have an extended trip to the mountains of NC & GA coming up, and cannot have the car handling like it was. I don't put a lot of miles on the car, nor do I drive it in the rain so hopefully the Nitto's give me a few thousand miles...

I have 285/30-18 all round and noticed a fair deal of under steer as well. This is probably due to having a front swap bar that is just too big. I get little to no roll in a corner. I'd imagine it being worse with a 265 in the front. This was all for autox with turn speeds in the 30-40's so not really all that useful on the track. (very small courses)

fd3s20b 03-08-12 04:40 PM

Love the wheels they look perfect on your 7. :nod:

lane_change 03-11-12 09:22 AM

How are those seats for human fitment? 150lb? 200lb? 5'4"? 6'2"?

They look good in the car and if they could fit someone around 6' and around 200lb with a 34" waist then they may be an option for me to consider.

Good looking car....can't go wrong with CCW classics.

Silvertongue62 03-26-12 07:40 PM

Now that's hot !


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