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philodox 02-11-2005 04:17 PM

Axis Hiro's on Titanium! :-)
 
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Well, finally decided the weather is getting better. So, I put on my Hiro's. They are 19x9.5 and 19x8.5. What do you guys think?

-Jon

khtm 02-11-2005 04:19 PM

If your car was a woman, I'd take her out to a nice seafood dinner, dancing, <fill in the blank>, AND I'd call her the next day! :D

TR1GGERx1 02-11-2005 04:19 PM

freakin nice man. keep up the good work. u got it all going on for ur car. i gotta start catchin up on my mods!

8pex 02-11-2005 04:27 PM

Very nice! I think if I went to aftermarket wheels, that would be my choice. Go Ti!

XDEEDUBBX 02-11-2005 04:54 PM

clean phil

army_rx8 02-11-2005 04:56 PM

wow those look really nice. congrats.

PoLaK 02-11-2005 05:13 PM


Originally Posted by khtm
If your car was a woman, I'd take her out to a nice seafood dinner, dancing, <fill in the blank>, AND I'd call her the next day! :D

John hates seafood and so do I because of him.

Looks like your car is already for the photoshoot, gimme a call later tonight.

Mr. Ed's rx-8 02-11-2005 05:15 PM

look sdamn nice...but is your car lowered at all?

philodox 02-11-2005 05:27 PM


Originally Posted by Mr. Ed's rx-8
look sdamn nice...but is your car lowered at all?

It has the racing beat springs on it right now.. However, I am going to put coil overs on it in a couple of months

Thanks for all the nice comments guys. I appreciate it.
-Jon

RA-Eight 02-11-2005 05:50 PM

You have everything I want on an 8! When my 8 grows up, it wants to be just like yours! LOL! Beautiful car!

adrian-1 02-11-2005 05:52 PM

They are the best looking wheels on an RX8 , hands down! (biased opinion :) )

How do they compare as far as traction with the turbo kit?

MI_FamilyMan 02-11-2005 05:58 PM

I like it... I like it a lot.

philodox 02-11-2005 07:15 PM


Originally Posted by adrian-1
They are the best looking wheels on an RX8 , hands down! (biased opinion :) )

How do they compare as far as traction with the turbo kit?

Well, I of course have summer high performance tires on them. So right now with the temp around 50deg F traction is pretty poor since the tires don't hold heat well in this weather. I drove on my winter wheels/tires this morning and it's light and day after putting the Hiro's on with summer tires.

The Hiro's with tires mounted weight less than my winter wheel setup which was 18" wheels. I can sort of notice that in acceleration. I'm saving almost 5lbs per wheel with the hiro's compared to the Mille Miglia EV-R's that I had on there before.

As far as traction with the turbo kit... There is so much more torque that you can go sideways in 4th gear with the tires cold.. but you learn how to massage the throttle to keep the tires locked to the asphalt.

philodox 02-11-2005 07:16 PM


Originally Posted by PoLaK
John hates seafood and so do I because of him.

Looks like your car is already for the photoshoot, gimme a call later tonight.

I don't mind seafood, I just don't like seafood at a bar like Top Dog.. hopefuly you'll listen to me next time Mark :p

mikeb 02-11-2005 07:19 PM

wow
so nice
I would add the ms mirrors and call it a day

Nemesis8 02-11-2005 07:36 PM

Looks real clean - nice choice

TI's rock with those rims. Your photos are a little dark, still snowing over there?

DrifterX 02-11-2005 08:17 PM

wow dude first time i seen a turbo Rx8 that is just fucking sick any plans to do track or autoX with it?

philodox 02-11-2005 08:51 PM


Originally Posted by Nemesis8
Looks real clean - nice choice

TI's rock with those rims. Your photos are a little dark, still snowing over there?

Nope, but a cold front is coming through.. and it's bringing some clouds.. ugh..



Originally Posted by DrifterX
wow dude first time i seen a turbo Rx8 that is just fucking sick any plans to do track or autoX with it?

Yup, I autocross. Of course, I'll be in street modified class this season.

XeRo 02-11-2005 09:02 PM

all i gotta say is.....DAY-YAM!

AQA101 02-12-2005 04:46 AM

I thinks that besides the fact your car is turboed it also looks bloody good.

;)

Whitehot 02-12-2005 05:23 AM

Looks good! Whats the offset on those?

xdrian 02-12-2005 06:49 AM

i drooling over it :p :p

philodox 02-12-2005 07:56 AM


Originally Posted by Whitehot
Looks good! Whats the offset on those?

+45 front, +55 rear

goforwand 02-12-2005 08:30 AM

Sweet!

markd 02-12-2005 10:09 AM

Jon--What do you mean the weather has gotten better? There's still snow in those pictures! Crazy fanatics we are ;) I like those rims--I think they look best on black, not so good on silver, as I've seen them posted here, and very nice on the ti gray, as you have.

BTW, is that your garage in the background of the first pic? Looks like a tight squeeze!


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