Before anyone says anything, I already know! It's coming eventually, believe me.

OK, if you don't know, I'm sure somebody will still post what I am talking about anyways (lowering the car).

Just took a couple quick pics









I wasn't expecting them to arrive for another 10 days and the shop called me up and said, guess what, the wheels are here. So I quickly left work and had them changed out. This shop uses Nitrogen to fill the tires versus normal pump air. The wheels, damn, they are about 4lbs lighter (each) compared to the stock cast R wheels. The drivetrain should definitely like it as much as I like it. And yes the car needs to be dropped, just don't have the cash to do it right now, I don't want anything cheap for a sussy. I want an all aluminum setup to shave weight and also not rust out like steel. The ones I am looking at all are in the price range of $3500+. I think I may just buy a set of Swift lowering springs for the time being until the money is saved up. They drop the car approximately 1" and just slightly up the spring rate compared to stock. Like all of .3kg-mm front and rear.

 

looks good

y shi - who thinks MF10 should've been stock on all ITRs along w/ 4.9FDs (on dc2)

 

Good job on finally getting those wheels! They look great

Interesting point about the nitrogen gas for the tires. It is also widespread here in Taiwan.

 

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That´s what I call a brilliant idea !

Great wheels and car

 

I thought you were gonna get the Fightex?
That or i think the Aragosta's look sweet!

Also,i looked at the Swift Tohatsu website.Cant find any application for the EK9?
Any help?

 

Haha I knew I was gonna be jealous as soon as I saw this thread

Perfect choice IMHO

 

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y shi - who thinks MF10 should've been stock on all ITRs along w/ 4.9FDs (on dc2)</TD></TR></TABLE>
agreed completely. i want to get my fd for christmas

 

Great choice Chris

Now save up for the dampers we talked about

 

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Costco near Elkton MD. also has that available.

Nice looking wheels.

 

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Costco near Elkton MD. also has that available.

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What's the benefit of nitrogen besides being less dense (presuming)?

Awesome DC5 btw!

 

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What's the benefit of nitrogen besides being less dense (presuming)?
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g00gle sez:

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1. It has more mass, so it migrates through the tire three to four times slower. The result: Tires hold their psi longer.

2. It runs about 20% cooler. Less heat results in less tire degradation.

3. It drastically reduces oxidation on the rim and inner-liner (nitrogen systems almost totally eliminate oxygen -- the cause of oxidation -- from the mix).

4. It is environmentally safe.
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personally they wouldn't be my first or second choice of rims within the price range, but they do look fabulous on your R

 

looks good.

what size did you get?

 

Sweet

 

 

Nice. looking real good

 

Damnnnn you@!!! They look sweet man! Congrats

 

oh so sexy

 

Those look awesome on that DC5

 

blingblastic.

 

damn i've always love those rims... very nice

and i think everyone here agrees with yoshi

 

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What's the benefit of nitrogen besides being less dense (presuming)?

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racers tend to use it because it doesn't have any moisture in it and hence makes it less prone to temperature changes.

nice wheels btw.

and $3500 for a suspension? for the street? damn, that's a lot of dough. I could do pretty well with $1200 and use the rest for other mods. But hey, that's me.

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beautiful

 

damn nice i bet you have no idea how hard it is to mount tires on rims like those without messing up the rim... i messed up 2 of my wheels when mounting azines because of the stiff sidewall, props to the tire store