kairojya
05-04-2006, 06:57 AM
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/799/p50200015cr.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200015cr.jpg) http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6608/p50200028qc.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200028qc.jpg) http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/7753/p50200046xs.th.jpg (http://img288.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200046xs.jpg)
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2563/p50200050rl.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200050rl.jpg) http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8421/p50200062jn.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200062jn.jpg) http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/4835/p50200080jc.th.jpg (http://img288.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200080jc.jpg)
I'm not calling my xB "VIP Style", but i do love the VIP wheel fitment/stance ... that's the look i'm going for right now. I don't have the most exclusive wheels, but for the price i got them for & condition, and my age, i think i'm doing pretty good :P.
F: 18x7.5 +38
R: 18x8.5 +35
Hankook Ventus 215/35/18
Right now i only have the OTG 10mm spacers in the rear (the wheels would not roll without them):
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3001/dscf00165nm.th.jpg (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf00165nm.jpg)
That is my clearance after the 10mm spacers in the rear^^.
The only other problem i have of course is the fenders. I rolled them myself but i cracked some of the paint ... i don't really mind since it's not visible, it's all up inside the wheel-well, which nobody is going to see anyhow ... but my fenders still sit on the tire with the rear dumped all the way. I was just thinking if it would be better to just cut the whole fender lip out? Is this a possibility? That way i won't have to worry about rust where the paint is cracked, and i can roll with the rear dumped (if i ever wanted to). I do plan on getting the OTG camber shims, but for the meantime i want to be able to roll with the rear down in case i ever had to for any reason.
Also, i just got these wheels this past weekend ... they're my first big set of wheels (before i had 15x6.5 all around). So these are my first set of low profile tires as well. I was just wondering what kind of PSI i should be running in them? And with the rear tires being stretched (i know it's a mild stretch), what else should i know? Should i expect them to lose air, so i should check the rear often? And i was wondering what people do with tire rotations when they have staggered wheels. Do you take off the rear tires of both wheels and flip them and switch sides? Or just run them until they die and get new ones?
I basically came here to ask these questions because i expect a higher level of knowledge about thse types of things from this forum then others ;D. Help me out peeps!!
by the way, the front will be bagged soon ... i'm still in High School (for 2 more weeks haha), so it's hard to get all the parts with a shitty part time job. But i do install all of it myself, so i know a little about this stuff.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2563/p50200050rl.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200050rl.jpg) http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8421/p50200062jn.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200062jn.jpg) http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/4835/p50200080jc.th.jpg (http://img288.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p50200080jc.jpg)
I'm not calling my xB "VIP Style", but i do love the VIP wheel fitment/stance ... that's the look i'm going for right now. I don't have the most exclusive wheels, but for the price i got them for & condition, and my age, i think i'm doing pretty good :P.
F: 18x7.5 +38
R: 18x8.5 +35
Hankook Ventus 215/35/18
Right now i only have the OTG 10mm spacers in the rear (the wheels would not roll without them):
http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/3001/dscf00165nm.th.jpg (http://img455.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf00165nm.jpg)
That is my clearance after the 10mm spacers in the rear^^.
The only other problem i have of course is the fenders. I rolled them myself but i cracked some of the paint ... i don't really mind since it's not visible, it's all up inside the wheel-well, which nobody is going to see anyhow ... but my fenders still sit on the tire with the rear dumped all the way. I was just thinking if it would be better to just cut the whole fender lip out? Is this a possibility? That way i won't have to worry about rust where the paint is cracked, and i can roll with the rear dumped (if i ever wanted to). I do plan on getting the OTG camber shims, but for the meantime i want to be able to roll with the rear down in case i ever had to for any reason.
Also, i just got these wheels this past weekend ... they're my first big set of wheels (before i had 15x6.5 all around). So these are my first set of low profile tires as well. I was just wondering what kind of PSI i should be running in them? And with the rear tires being stretched (i know it's a mild stretch), what else should i know? Should i expect them to lose air, so i should check the rear often? And i was wondering what people do with tire rotations when they have staggered wheels. Do you take off the rear tires of both wheels and flip them and switch sides? Or just run them until they die and get new ones?
I basically came here to ask these questions because i expect a higher level of knowledge about thse types of things from this forum then others ;D. Help me out peeps!!
by the way, the front will be bagged soon ... i'm still in High School (for 2 more weeks haha), so it's hard to get all the parts with a shitty part time job. But i do install all of it myself, so i know a little about this stuff.