New rims 1 of 4

[Magny]

I just orderd a Kosei K1 lightweight rim from tirerack.com yesterday, gonna be getting it on monday or tuesday since their map shows a 1 day delivery time. I just hope it fits. I am getting them 1 a month, so in 3 more months (not including this one) when the last one comes in, they are all going on at the same time to keep even tread wear, instead of going :rice:'ed out with just 2 rears. I might go this route if my patience gets in the way LOL, hope I don't.

[Justin86]

Nice, I want those wheels. What size tire are you getting?

[blazin3gen]

nice man i bet itll be worth wait!!

[Magny]

im getting the 17X7 with 205/40WR17, they are the white ones, I'll scramble around for the pic.........got it:
http://www.tirerack.com/images/wheelrack/wheel_images/Kosei/K1_Racing.KW.dw.gif

Getting them with these rubbers on them:
http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/kumho/ku_712_s.jpg

they are Kumho ECTSA Supra 712

[Justin86]

kool. :D
I want the black 16x7 with some fat tread squeezing.

[Busted_Blue]

nooooo dont get kumho 712! Go FALKEN Ziex 512. From personal experience the 512 is by far a better tire than kumho in terms of road noise/treadwear as well as grip!

Nice rims by the way, my friend is getting those for his sentra. Very light.

[Magny]

right now those are the cheapest ones i can get considering my budget. when i have the money later on after these wear out i am gettin nitto 555's on them

[Magny]

YYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY, got my delivery by the browns. tight as hell to see these things in real life instead of the magazine LOL, gettin pics of it by itself right now, hold on...........................there we go:
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0525Image0061.jpg
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0525Image0062.jpg

[Magny]

on the back of the rim, these are imprinted on it:

back of center area:
offset:+45
17X7.5JJ
Kosei Japan
Made in Japan

on the spokes:
5X100 505kg
4X100 500kg
4X114.3 620kg
5X114.3 690kg
5X120 650kg

[NXRacer]

i was thinking about getting those in a 15 on my car with like 55 series tires on it. that would look sweeet. shouldnt have gotten white IMO. Get a picture of it against your car. i wanna see how it looks.

[Magny]

LOL white was the only thing I rather have with black paint, if and whenever I get the paintjob done, I'll get the pics with it mounted instead of against it. gonna have to wait until tomorrow, I don't trust the area that I live in for seeing my sub system in my car, and since my jacks are in the trunk forget it...................wait, when I go to my wifes job I'll do it there, wait until later on today, hope I could get it done fast and easy. found out in the center cap area that whoever mounted this tire on the rim didnt use a rubber or plastic spacer to prevent the paint from chipping...............bastards.

[blazin3gen]

yea dude that look sweet!!! it will look hella clean with a black paint job!!

nice!

[89dxowner]

Those are sick as hell!

[maxoutracer]

those are even more bad ass if those were bronze!

[Magny]

lol dude anyone of those rims are painted, you can paint it to bronze if ya wanted to LOL

[Magny]

ok pics are in, just remember, the fugly 3" fender gap is from me not releasing the e-brake when I put the car back down.

http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0526Image0066.jpg
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0526Image0067.jpg
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0526Image0068.jpg
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0526Image0069.jpg
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0526Image0070.jpg
http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0526Image0071.jpg

*EDIT* oh by the way, notice the bumper liner (black capping), looks like its a genuine new piece when it actually is the original with armor-all soaked into it, still is like that now

[Magny]

bumpidy bump

[blazin3gen]

sweet dude u put it on w00t that looks awesome bro

[blazin3gen]

w00t lets see the whole setup,

BAM!

yea its shitty heres what u get for 5min work lol

u get the point lol



http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/469000-469999/469022_101_full.jpg

[AccordEpicenter]

wow dude looks very nice, i have a brand new set of 205/40/zr17s myself and was worried about the fender gap issue in the wheelwells myself, and actually after seeing your car, its not bad at all. I was almost gonna save up and lower the car first but after seeing yours i might not.

[Magny]

just remember, that fender gap is because when I lowered the car back to the ground the e-brake was holding my car up so thats why it looks like it has a 3" gap. it actually is about 1 3/4" gap mabey 2" cause when I went to leave back to home I released my e-brake and my whole left side of the car droped down to its stock height. if you want to lower the car, you can but put them on first to see how much room you have to play with first. best thing to do before buying lowering springs and screwing everything over in the end.

hey blazin, although it looks a little off with the photo editing, it still looks good, even gives the side a thought about how it would really look with the end result.

BTW, I am gonna be getting a right side to replace my rear set of wheels and go ricer mode for 3-4 months cause I really need to replace my rear tires urgently, so when I get my second one in, I am gonna get a new clutch and flywheel before I get the front 2. Didnt really want to go this route, but gonna have to now since I really need to change the rears fast.

[Busted_Blue]

I think those rims look really odd on your car since the rims are white.. have fun keeping them white though magny.

I personally think bronze would've look better.

[Project-LXi]

Looks good, would look nice and clean with a sticker removal conversion.

[Magny]

bah dont worry about the weirdness with the white and fugly brown, the car is gonna get a black peralecent paint job next year. as for the sticker removal conversion as project-lxi, its gonna be done when the paint job gets done. the stickers are faded anyways, tried removing them with all kinds of stuff and still hasn't came off yet, so still trying to get them off.

[Justin86]

Actually the fender gap looks much worse in person. Once I got my 17" I got coilover ASAP casue I couldn't stand the huge gap.

[hkplayer]

it looks good magny!...and the armor-all use on the black stuff on our cars...it works well usually?

[Magny]

...and the armor-all use on the black stuff on our cars...it works well usually?
it actually is still black after 2 weeks of being on there, has't faded its color to that greyish look yet

[ivanfbi]

:mad: IF you will not remove the APC stickers, I will come and take your wheels! :burn:

[Justin86]

:mad: IF you will not remove the APC stickers, I will come and take your wheels! :burn:
Not unless I beat you do it. Then I will sell them to get the same wheel in 16x7. :lol:

[jigga225]

just remember, that fender gap is because when I lowered the car back to the ground the e-brake was holding my car up so thats why it looks like it has a 3" gap. it actually is about 1 3/4" gap mabey 2" cause when I went to leave back to home I released my e-brake and my whole left side of the car droped down to its stock height. .

man what are you talkin about?
sorry to say, but I dont know how the e-brake will make your car look higher...
Even when it does settle, u're gonna have a whole fist of space in the front.. just gotta face it..
and start saving your bread to lower...
peace

[Magny]

nah man, its just like sitting at a dead stop on a hill at about 30 degree angle just about and pulling the e-brake and letting go of the brake. when you do that, the rear raises up by about 2" more or less. I'll get a picture of it tomorrow, this time I'll let the e-brake go and let the car sit down like it supposed to. I'm gonna do it with the new rim on so I can get a better look at the fender gap.

[jigga225]

alright man, but dont wear yourself out jacking the car up and down a bunch of times just to change that rim, then take it right back off.

[Mattphi]

yea you will definatly need to lower that thing cuz right about now it looks like a 4X4 lol. Mine did too but then i bought my coilovers...wow big difference. But i am definatly likin that rim...when u get the next 3 your ride will be hotness

[Magny]

got my 2nd rim in today, gonna mount them and go ricer mode for 3 months, but will get pics with them on and also settle the dispute about the e-brake thing with a pic too.

http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/2004_0622Image0041.jpg

[NXRacer]

i'd wait to put em all on if i were you that way you wont have 4 tires wearing unevenly. Thats just what i'd do.

[Magny]

bah once I get the front two on after I get my clutch renewed, I am gonna attempt a few sec. burnout. never gotten my car to do a burnout at all with euro touring tires, so why not. anyways it doesnt really matter about the tread wear, cause these tires arent the ones I really wanted anyways. I wanted nitto xtremes, but the people at tirerack.com dont have them, so gonna have to suffer for a while and a long ass one at that. but still it will come eventually.

anyways pics of them installed and locked down are at this site:

Pictures (http://img71.photobucket.com/albums/v216/Magny/)

as for that fender gappage, the original steelies mounted left me with a 3 finger gap and now with these rims on I am left with a 2 finger gap so roughly 1 3/4" gap compared to a 2 1/2" gap before

[Magny]

bumpage

[Magny]

ok, your right, after removing all the crap in my trunk (including my heavy ass sub system amp and all), all the junk in my rear seating area, it raised the car back to its stock location of 2.25" gap, so it was because of all the weight on the rear that was holding it down.