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Old 11-30-09, 06:08 AM
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Default New mods - smoked tails, lip spoiler....

so i had a little time recently and got some work done. took the pics from my blackberry. not so great....










suspension:
18x8 GS 430 rims
225/40/18 general exclaim
jic magic coils

i also painted the rotors and calipers...and put on a little chrome trim


***i'm selling the rims and tires. tires have good tread left. who wants em????
Old 11-30-09, 07:39 AM
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CLEAN!

Props on the car, looks great. I like the trim, come spring time, i'm gonna get the same done too!
Old 11-30-09, 01:00 PM
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How much for the rims???
Old 11-30-09, 01:15 PM
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Looking good. Nice choice on the GS rims
Old 11-30-09, 01:28 PM
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Very clean man, how much did u get the lip for?
Old 11-30-09, 01:42 PM
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I like your es man. the tails look great.. is the ride rough on your jic's? it is on mine
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650 for rims and tires shipped.

i got the spoiler for 60 painted. i could have gotten it unpainted for 30. was worth it to me.

the jics are stiff, but i rode in my buddy's g35 yesterday and it was the same kind of ride. nothing like stock but being lowered and adjustable is worth it. try loosening the springs...it helped my ride out quite a bit.

i got new rims and suspension, so i'm selling these rims and tires like i said and also the jic coils and i have a set of tein s-tech springs. let me know if anyone is interested.
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Nice looking ride bro. Just curious, are you using spacers on the rear wheels? And if so, what size? And any rubbing of the fender well. I have Boze iForged rims, dont know what the offset is, but I'm using 15mm spacers and I rub on the rear fender well and I'm not even lowered. My tires are 245/40/18. I even cut about 3/4 inch off from inside the fender well too.
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Originally Posted by angmedic91
Nice looking ride bro. Just curious, are you using spacers on the rear wheels? And if so, what size? And any rubbing of the fender well. I have Boze iForged rims, dont know what the offset is, but I'm using 15mm spacers and I rub on the rear fender well and I'm not even lowered. My tires are 245/40/18. I even cut about 3/4 inch off from inside the fender well too.
Those are really tall tires you have. I would start with getting 225/40/18

I had those in ET 40 on my old 18x8 rims and they ran perfect.
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Thanks bro, thats what my local CL guys have been telling me, that my tires are a little big and I should get 225s and it would stretch the sidewall and make it more curved vs. boxy, which should give me better clearance. But they dont have ES', they drive SC's and IS', wanted opinions from fellow ES'.
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Originally Posted by angmedic91
Thanks bro, thats what my local CL guys have been telling me, that my tires are a little big and I should get 225s and it would stretch the sidewall and make it more curved vs. boxy, which should give me better clearance. But they dont have ES', they drive SC's and IS', wanted opinions from fellow ES'.
I'll tell you now, the stretch; you won't even notice it to be honest. They were flush on my 8" wide rims...

I am no expert, but have discussed this at length with friends' of mine in the trade and they said [in my case] a bigger tire would cause rubbing, etc.

I would suggest doing that, and if there is some meat left on those, you can probably easily sell them since a lot of cars nowadays, are running 18s out of the factory.
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The 3rd-Gen GS wheels looks very nice on your ES.
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Can you post some close up pictures of the rims so I can see the condition I'm interested?
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how much for the springs?
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yea, definitely go with smaller tires. 225/40/18 is good for the speedo also. i have 15mm spacers in the rear...i cleared with 3mm but wanted more of a flush look. i had to shave the fenders all the way down but now no rubbing unless i slam it. i think 10 or 12mm would be best.

i'll try to get close ups of the rims when i get a sec.

150 shipped for the s-techs. have 4k mi on em.


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