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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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Enkei RPF1 on the way!

Excited to have these on the way (18x8). Hopefully there will be a noticeable difference in braking, steering feel, and a bit more acceleration feel. Maybe wishful thinking to acutal feel all of that with dropping 4 lbs per corner, but we'll see.

I'll also be dropping an additional 3 lbs per front corner when the 2 piece rotors go on in a few weeks.

That's a total of about 22 lbs of unsprung rotational weight gone.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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Grats. We'll have to see how different the 18x8s are from the 18x9.5s I have on mine.

Different you're going to get is dependent on the rubber you wrap it. I put on significantly wider rubber (275s) so overall my weight didn't go down but obviously grip went up.
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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Which color and from where did you get them?
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Transam kid 01
Which color and from where did you get them?
They are the purple ones from walmart - they should look good on the VR.

They are silver.
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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You will notice a big difference in performance with the Enkei's
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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RPF1's FTW!!
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by topgear8
RPF1's FTW!!
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 11:31 AM
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What tire and size are you putting on them?
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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Which 2-piece rotors are you going with? TIA...
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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He has the DBA 2-piece rotors listed in his Sig.
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Peppy@kacework
What tire and size are you putting on them?
225/45/18 stock Dunlops. I would have liked to put the Star Specs, but the stock ties only have about 7,500 miles.

2-piece rotors and XP8 pads will go on soon since I'll be at Mid-Ohio in mid-April. I run the stock rotors and pads in the winter months.
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^Should have bought the 245 RE01's. They would look very nice on that wheel.
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