Time we had pictures of everyones Japanese wagons

Time we had pictures of everyones Japanese wagons

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DannyScene

6,596 posts

154 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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dmitry are you running spacers on yours? What size wheels are they?

dmitry

341 posts

161 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Good question. I've spent a fair amount of time researching wheel/tyre sizes before going with this setup so will try to give a detailed answer. They are 15x8 +10 offset and the tyres are Bridgestones Re002 195/50. I've had the arches rolled to avoid rubbing; now there is no rubbing even under hard cornering. However there is no chance to fit any track tyre (R888, NS2R, etc) on this width/offset wheels even with rolled arches. Also, this ride height is probably the lowest the car could go to, again, avoid rubbing, which is not a problem for me as I wanted a useful ride height with wishbones parallel to the ground, but may be an issue for a "slammed" type car.

Edit: ah, sorry, forgot to say - no spacers.

DannyScene

6,596 posts

154 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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dmitry said:
Good question. I've spent a fair amount of time researching wheel/tyre sizes before going with this setup so will try to give a detailed answer. They are 15x8 +10 offset and the tyres are Bridgestones Re002 195/50. I've had the arches rolled to avoid rubbing; now there is no rubbing even under hard cornering. However there is no chance to fit any track tyre (R888, NS2R, etc) on this width/offset wheels even with rolled arches. Also, this ride height is probably the lowest the car could go to, again, avoid rubbing, which is not a problem for me as I wanted a useful ride height with wishbones parallel to the ground, but may be an issue for a "slammed" type car.

Edit: ah, sorry, forgot to say - no spacers.
Thanks for the reply mate

I really want to either space my wheels out or get some wider wheels on mine but ideally I'd like some wide arches so will need really wide wheels to fill the space, I'd like to go lower as well but nothing drastic, can't stand hearing a car scrape on the ground

CoolFool

976 posts

113 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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dmitry said:
Haha thanks!

It isn't 100% finished yet

Spectacular! What a machine!
Cheers!

Midshipracer

229 posts

181 months

Saturday 16th May 2015
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MY MR2 Turbo



The Flying Ox

400 posts

172 months

Monday 18th May 2015
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Midshipracer said:
MY MR2 Turbo
Niiiiiiiice! I always lusted after the DoLuck kit when I had mine. I got as far as a set of 16" TE37s but reversed it into a ditch not long after headache

danjama

5,728 posts

141 months

Tuesday 19th May 2015
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That looks so good! Reminds me what a long way I have to go with mine.

Baskey

176 posts

145 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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My two , impreza turbo wagon and mx5 (well eunos roadster).

Was sunny so that dictated which one got driven !







themanwithnoname

1,634 posts

212 months

Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Oooh I've been waiting to post on this thread for months!

I've also been whoring my car to all and sundry!

On Saturday I became the elated owner of a Subaru Forester STI with the Litchfield Performance/330 pack...



With the reflection of our Civic Type R in the door



and a bit of badge.



Happy days.

Edited by themanwithnoname on Wednesday 20th May 20:12

Art0ir

9,401 posts

169 months

Thursday 21st May 2015
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Had to change them anyway...


TheDaniel

32 posts

132 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Art0ir said:
Had to change them anyway...

Who does a burnout in a RWD, de-spoilered Accord Type R?!? :P

Just kidding mate, Chasers ftw.

od404

545 posts

199 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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Back out on the road after rather long 'rest'


DannyScene

6,596 posts

154 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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JZZ30

1,070 posts

114 months

Thursday 28th May 2015
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Art0ir said:
Had to change them anyway...

Nice. I like them.

This is mine sitting on the 19's I bought it with



Much better ride on these original alloys I sourced.


Art0ir

9,401 posts

169 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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TheDaniel said:
Who does a burnout in a RWD, de-spoilered Accord Type R?!? :P

Just kidding mate, Chasers ftw.
Thanks.

It's actually quite pretty from a distance when washed too. A local guy took some snaps during the week.


giblet

8,824 posts

176 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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We need moar pics of it, get a readers ride thread up!

Art0ir

9,401 posts

169 months

Saturday 30th May 2015
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giblet said:
We need moar pics of it, get a readers ride thread up!
T'is here.

Clark3y

132 posts

137 months

Monday 1st June 2015
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Liking the Chaser, I can see one these being my next purchase. I have a JZS160 already and love it, if a JZX is anything like that but with a manual, LSD and lots of power I'd be well up for it.

Anyway, here's my Datsun, doing what they do best.

Art0ir

9,401 posts

169 months

Saturday 6th June 2015
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Clark3y said:
Liking the Chaser, I can see one these being my next purchase. I have a JZS160 already and love it, if a JZX is anything like that but with a manual, LSD and lots of power I'd be well up for it.

Anyway, here's my Datsun, doing what they do best.
Nice! I want to take mine to a drift day but very wary of smashing some very expensive and hard to source panels and bumpers.

OMG_TURBOZ

976 posts

113 months

Monday 8th June 2015
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Right chaps, I have been following this thread for ages and the time has come for me to think about buying a jap sporty(ish) car for under £1000. Can anyone help?