looks nice velocityred, how much are you lowered on the teins?

 

hey velocityred how come you took off the center caps? i think they look good btw. but u should put back the center caps i think it would look better

 

The person that I bought the rims from never had centercaps. Spacers and centercaps are the next things that I need.

 

I lowered the teins all the way to the lowest setting. According to the japanese tein site, the drop is -20mm front/ -15mm rear. That doesnt seem to be the case because my basics at the lowest setting were a little higher than the super streets.

 

Have they had time to settle in yet?

Did you tighten the lower control arm once weight was put on the tires?

I tightened the lower control arm before loading the coilovers and it actually raised the ride height because of preloading the lower control arm.

After I loosened and tightened with weight on the wheels it lowered it a a couple of inches.

 

Looks good VelocityredRX-8.

Nice shine on the car too.

 

I tightened the upper control arms after I dropped the car to the floor. I couldn't remember if I did that when I had the basics though.

 

OK so i got these pics while i still had the Tein S-techs on. Volk SF Winning 19x8.5 +40 all around. The wheels were from Velocityredrx-8, thanks for the sell.


Offically new to the family.

 

Finally welcome Lesper! Velocityred this makes it what your 3rd pair of Volks now? Don't lie your not gonna get no caps and spacers your already thinking of what pair of new shoes to put on your 8 again.

 

Beautiful car Lesper. Those Volks fit in very well with your car.

 

Hahaha, yes this is my third set of volks. I just get tired of the look and still can't decide on what look I'm going for. But as of now, I won't be getting new rims for a while. I have to worry about painting my kit that is coming in soon.

 

wow av3's, those are old school!

nice ride lesper..looks great!

 

Welcome to the club Lesper! Looks nice.

 

gotta say. those sf-winnings look nice.

 

lesper ur car looks hawt

 

any new pics Lesper? We had to switch out his springs..the S-Techs were too low and he was getting some rubbing. We installed Racing Beat springs...but I think we both were not too pleased with the revised ride height. Have things settled Lesper?

 

racing beat springs are about as high as stock springs.. ahahah

 

thats for sure, i never thought i would love the s-tech so much but i sure do miss them now. every time i look at those gaps all i see is tire tread, that and my big fat hand can fit under neith the front. i will try to get some more pics of the difference up soon.

 

335 on time attacks... or


more here:
http://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=444611

 

omg.. that is the sex.

except for that dirt behind the front wheel. lol

 

Honestly, the Racing Beat springs look about as low as I want to go.

 

lesper, roll fender and go bak to s-techs. you know you want too

 

Guess he is still getting rubbing, even with the Racing Beat Springs....but less than when he had the S-techs. Guess it is more a function of the offset than the spring/ride height.

 

*drool*

 

I love the wheels, wish I could put them on my 8. And I love the BMW 3 series as well, but together it does seem a little odd. Don't see many Euro cars with Jap wheels espically Volks.