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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 01:29 PM
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drop that mother!
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by BIU
Those T1R splitters look fantastic under your MS bumper


Originally Posted by lazi
drop that mother!
I just received a set of Racing Beat springs today so it'll be going down half an inch or so

Hate to go lower than that here in Minnesota...
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Old Jul 19, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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be sure to post more when you get it lowered =)
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by CASANOVA
... but I can still smoke the tires. weight difference isn't a problem for me. I know for the track it helps out, but there are some people worried about weight and never race on a track. and to those people- if you are worried about weight so much, remove your carpet,passenger seats,center console, headliner,door panels ,dashboard and change your body panels to carbon fiber. then we can talk. lol. Some peple have lightweight wheels and 100 pounds of speakers in their trunks! I'll never understand....
I took me a long time to log in, so I couldn't answer to your post for a few weeks. So now here it is
First of all, I'm no street racer, but we all have to agree, it happens sometimes. well, does that make me one? I wouldn't say so, cuz I never try to pick races on public roads... If I was one of those persons that never visits a track, I wouldn't write to you about your wheels in the first place anyway I go to curcuits once in a while for personal amusement...

Apart from that, going the 'light' way on your car can be done in stages. not only the way you describe. for example mine is full equiped inside but still 30-40kg lighter there is a big difference over stock, I've seen that when I compaired my car with friends of mine (others having rx8s or FI 4-wheel-drive monsters) on a straight line. Its amazing how our car can perform without the extra weight, if I tell you you'd probably never believe me. and when the road bents, it gets even better...

your last sentence is so true... I totaly agree, modding your car and adding weight is stupid. but having heavy wheels is much worse than 100 pounds of speakers in the trunk it simply criples the suspension...
its clear that the way we see things differs a lot, it's your car and still looks great. peace
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 06:39 AM
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im too poor to afford rays............. =(
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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save save save.
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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or just steal some!
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Old Jul 30, 2006 | 04:17 PM
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yeah i like the rims, just not for me, looks good.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by LiL BenNy
im too poor to afford rays............. =(
Find a friend, that has a friend, who has a friend that knows how to steal stuff. 5 finger discount!
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by FABRO
Find a friend, that has a friend, who has a friend that knows how to steal stuff. 5 finger discount!
Just not a friend of a friend that lives around us....

Check the salvage yards... and garage sales... or from a friend that is selling his 8
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 03:37 AM
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Another shot of the GT-N's, yea I'm bored.
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 04:02 AM
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the rims looks really nice
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 01:10 PM
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looks very nice dude.
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 02:46 PM
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loooks good!
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Like the GT-Ns!

Here is a couple of pics now that I have painted my calipers
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 06:34 PM
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^^^ Nice. Good choice of color too.
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Old Aug 1, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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Just noticed this thread. Great looking cars! A sale is pending on my car, so the wheels are up for sale.

Volk GT-V
f: 19x8.5 +46 General Exclaim 235/35R19
r: 19x9.5 +40 General Exclaim 265/30R19
Volk center caps and Rays lugs (black).
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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I've never actually posted my wheels on this thread, so here are some new pics. Plus, a bump for some great Rays owners and also since this thread fell to the second page.

Volk Racing GTS 19x8.5 (f), 19x9.5 (r):






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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 07:45 PM
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really clean 8!! the rims match the titanium gray almost perfect
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 11:32 PM
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perfect!
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 11:37 PM
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looks great!
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by SiLVeRE8
really clean 8!! the rims match the titanium gray almost perfect
Pretty darned close I'd say too.

Like it RA
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Thanks guys.

The two colors is almost an exact match. I was very surprised. The only difference is the finish. The wheels has a matte finish so very little luster to it.

The only regret is that I didn't run a more aggressive offset for the rear. I was afraid of rubbing and didn't want to roll the fenders. Turned out it rubbed anyway (at least with passengers) and I'll have to roll'em. If I only knew ahead of time.

-Ra
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 11:48 PM
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yea, lip is small compared to FE3P's. but rims still are hott so whatever!

i have a +36 offset on my sf-challenges and fenders shaved and i still rubbed a lil with passengers. need more camber, haha.
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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 11:54 PM
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fack...i need to fix my camber..hopefully next week..
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