Xstatic

i'm on 15's and with nuespeed race springs, my wheel gap is only 'bout 1"-1 1/2" but i don't know what kind of gap you get with other springs though......

Xstatic

.......i just checked and it is about 2", but that still doesn't look like a whole hell of a lot.... i had a friend w/ 17's....he didn't have much wheel gap, prolly like you, but his crx DID sit about 1 1/2" higher off the ground, kinda looked like it was raised up instead of lowered.....but that is my oppinion........but the whole car(even w/ the rims ) is sweet.......

REX VT

May be... but at least I can do with my car what it is intended for: TO DRIVE HARD!!

My gay wheelgap.............

Urban Business

i dont understand the whole muffler at an angle thing. if you want a mufler like that, it looks better running it straight back off the axle. or use a muffler (oem stylez) and use stock hanger locations.

D-Man

18s are too much

AbaZ

Well as you can see their is a large cut out on factory rear honda crx bumpers to the left. if that wasnt their I would have just went straight back like a normal civic, plus its kinda cool you can see the large pipe and it really shows when someone is behind you. The greddy SP exhaust is so overplayed, everyone has it on their crx/civics, it's small piping and highly restrictive muffler is crap, especially for 500 bucks. This system feels like driving with the entire exhaust off, their is hardly any backpressure at all, spools very fast.


Ugh, man I cant stand that wheel gap, but thats your opinion. I use to roll 16's just like that.

I dont drive my car hard? I bet I drive my car harder then anyone on this board, once summer is around I take it to the track all the time, I race every weekend at street races, I go on tons of road trips. I get an avg of 15mpg just because I cant keep my foot out of it, tires I smoke those 18's like they are nothing. Do I rub on a hard corner? No Not at all, Do I have a high center gravity? well probably with the 18's but it still can handle very well, when I do Solo events I always put the 14's on, I know better. This rims are what I roll on, cruzing rims.

Is it fast? well depends on your theroy of fast, I think a pretty fast street car is a 11sec car, and that is what my goal is.. This motor setup (mini-me) is ok, its just like the turbo ZC. I could probably get low to mid 13's on my slicks without a doubt.

I just really didnt expect all this hate for the 18's... I think they look pretty good.

Jeff

Speed_Ricer99

Great job on the turbo kit, and the muffler. Im not personally fond of the style of rims but each to his own, They'd look less out of place on a car with lots of body work, mabye youll get less criticizism about them then. That muffler looks like it runns REALLY low what is its clearance? have you ran low 13's on the track or is that a estimate?

Urban Business

its not hard to make another cut out in the bumber. where did a greddy sp come into play? i just think that the muffler coming out at an angle looks really ghetto. imo

"I bet I drive my car harder then anyone on this board, once summer is around I take it to the track all the time, I race every weekend at street races, I go on tons of road trips. I get an avg of 15mpg just because I cant keep my foot out of it, tires I smoke those 18's like they are nothing. "

my car sits on a dyno all day in 5th gear at 8k, big ol gravity gas tank feeds fuel in my cars tank. 50,000 gallons of gas in that bia. I'll run it like this for about 4 years straight. therfore MY car is the hardest driven on this board.... and the world!

oh an i tow my boat around on my hatch where ever i go and its up hill all the way. defintaly driven harder

J T*

I like the red one.

as for the 18"s, should have gone for some 20's

ZERO COOL

you gotta give him props on the fact that he's turboed and not just some slow *** with 18's.
Hey Abaz, where can I go to get custom piping done on a turbo? I really want to go turbo but
I don't like the idea of spending $3000+ for a setup.

AbaZ

hah, I didnt like the idea of spending that much money either! So I hit the junkyards and came up with a pretty cheap setup that can pack more punch then a small greddy kit. Custom pipes? what do you mean? as far as a downpipe or charge lines? for a downpipe the best place to go will be a exhaust shop, for charge pipes you can be creative as you want, I used factory DSM/Conquest charge lines another other hardware store stuff.

Jeff

REX VT

Mwa if I were you I would never say "harder then anyone on this board" .
Welcome to Holland!! Have fun with your 18's and extremely lowered car!
I want to maintain streetable and don't want to be crawling over every speedbump and other crazy speed-reducing crapp.......and I'm not even mentioning all the damn potholes..






You might be wondering howmuch of these we have.........ZILLIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where can we drive hard? On the highway and scarce pieces of road in the perefic ..I'm seriously thinking of buying a second car: preferably an off-roader..

You car is cool, but those rims are way too big.....actually 21's would be great for raising ground clearance but how do I turn?






[Modified by REX VT, 12:24 PM 2/10/2002]

E-lude78

hey man, nice ride....the wheels do look oversized but my saying is go big or go home. i'm planning to get a set of 18x7.5 racing hart c5's....what offsett are ur zoku's ?? and how much of a drop is there on ur crx.....my car is dropped 3.25 front and 3.00 in the rear i hope my 18's dont rub on my EF.

AbaZ

18x7.5, at least someone likes big rims! I am dropped 2.5 front and rear with a H&R race kit, I also have a Front and rear camber kit by Ingalls. If you ever get the c5's on take some pics I would love to see them! They are sweet!

Jeff

civicwagonman

well I personally like the rims on your car, definately like the turbo setup. keep up the lowbuck boostin'.

Smokinsax

I really like the clean look of your car.
Props on the turbo set-up. I was going through your site and saw that there was a lot of trial and error. Do you think that the set-up you have now is a winner? As for the rims, if 18's could enhance the performance of my car then I would be all for it, but I am all about performance with a clean car. JMO

dohcsideSi

nice ride i like the exhaust good job but i think you need the turbo to regain the power you lost with 18's damn, i've had 3 sets of 18's one on a 2k si and 2 on a 94 integra, i will never buy a set again...too slow! and no traction damn wheel hop

projectcrx

hey how much do you wnat to sell your turbo setup for after you put you zc and new turbo in in intrested
thnaks
do you have pics of you turbo and engin

crux131

AbaZ, the car is cool!

I like the wheels as well, bigger than I would want, but the car is clean and doesn't look ricey with them!

What kind of horsepower does this set-up put down?( sorry if it i n the thead,i may have missed it when I tired of everyone bashing your wheels an exhaust...lol )

I hope you hit your 11's, itlooks like you have put a lt of work into your car!


[Modified by crux131, 11:22 PM 2/21/2002]

rice4life

iTrader: (3)

what kind of times are you running with that engine-turbo set up?

MGD

COILOVERS= eliminated wheel gap

rice4life

iTrader: (3)

check these 17" out. They were from my 94gsr but i dont have it on any more. i have konig tuners 14", light as hell. wheel and tires weight 22 lbs.



[Modified by rice4life, 7:49 AM 2/22/2002]

ZeRoFouR-EF9

Hey do u have problems turning or anything with the 18's...what offsett are ur rims??? I can't wait to get my car back from the body shop and slap on the 18x7.5 c5 evo's

eddiemaker

are those 16's or 17's. i debating whether to put on 17's or 16's and then putting lowering springs on.

rice4life

iTrader: (3)

read the text on top of the picture. it says 17"