I Can Has Wheels?
.. **** i dont like chrome either
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Haz l33t wheelz.
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From: Costa Mesa CA
Originally Posted by qwikredline
...and the 9.5 rear versus front, well it makes more sense to run the wide wheels up front from a handling response point of view, but for looks the other way round.If you are going enkei RPF1 like the Koni cars, thats the lightest cheapest race wheel around in 17 and should clear the brembos...you may end up with a twb with integral adjustable chrome moly bar, a Time Attack iteration we never used; (coz i got it and to make new twb is stupid money at the moment...) but in the meantime i will email you with the latest spec, and the pricing as i develop it, Maven is the source for US GM OEM parts best prices, easiest way to do it....
folks beckmeister is making a big leap here so give him a round of applause; he will have a koni/time attack style 114.3 pcd hubs, abs fully functional, with TC axles, knuckles and brakes at the front and stock sc rear brakes. Down the pike when i have completed the PFC floating 28mm rotor for the TC brakes, he will get that. If Steddy is a good boy he can get that as well.
The only improvement for the TC brembo set up IMHO is a thicker floating rotor. That will mean modifying the caliper, not running the antisqueak shims and maybe cutting the pistons back to open the bridge to accept a 2 mm thicker rotor...all this will (if he wishes) become available thru Josh for the retail market in the USA.
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folks beckmeister is making a big leap here so give him a round of applause; he will have a koni/time attack style 114.3 pcd hubs, abs fully functional, with TC axles, knuckles and brakes at the front and stock sc rear brakes. Down the pike when i have completed the PFC floating 28mm rotor for the TC brakes, he will get that. If Steddy is a good boy he can get that as well.
The only improvement for the TC brembo set up IMHO is a thicker floating rotor. That will mean modifying the caliper, not running the antisqueak shims and maybe cutting the pistons back to open the bridge to accept a 2 mm thicker rotor...all this will (if he wishes) become available thru Josh for the retail market in the USA.
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Those are going to look BA! I tried to talk myself into buying 19's, but I don't think I could deal with the harsh ride. That and I don't want the possibility of having to replace a bent rim if I hit a huge pothole.
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Haz l33t wheelz.
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as true as that is, California roads aren't crazy bad, and i'm on coilovers, so 1" bigger wheels won't really hamper ride quality noticeably. I haven't had them weighed, but they probably weigh the same as the stockers, maybe a teensy bit more.
19s are perfectly proportional to the balt's wheel wells especially with the SS body kit.
19s are perfectly proportional to the balt's wheel wells especially with the SS body kit.
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Haz l33t wheelz.
Joined: 09-14-07
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From: Costa Mesa CA
haha. thanks for the free bumps.
you never said whether or not you even liked the wheels.
you never said whether or not you even liked the wheels.
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