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New Wheels on my VR - Falken 19"s with Falken 452 tires and Rotora brakes

Old 04-26-2008, 02:46 AM
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New Wheels on my VR - Falken 19"s with Falken 452 tires and Rotora brakes

Well I finally did it!

Got rid of my stock crap -

I got a set of Falken Circuit Spec 19" x 8 +45 from wolfy_hockey88 with gunmetal spokes (although it's hard to tell in the pics because of the sun) Falken is local for SoCal, orange county - so if you are thinking about them, thats a major bonus

I got Falken 542 tires to put on them (245-35-19) - for 140 each - better deal than anything from tirerack same thing about them being local - the guy came an delivered to my door in his van for free

I got a new set of TMPS from Rx8urZ to put on there

and I got a set of drilled and slotted rotors from Rotora... I think it all came together really nice. (also local, up in chino)

I wanted to put some Rays red lugnuts on there -but the ones I bought wouldn't fit into the rim.. so i went with black.. and i need to return the red ones. they were a rip off anyways. something to think about if you are getting rims, because I had NO idea untill i showed up to the place and it was waaaay to late.

I got them mounted at Discount Tire in Orange.. they did really good work, but I think they overcharged a bit.

Let me know what you guys think!







Old 04-26-2008, 09:53 AM
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That is pure sex man. Is it lowered? It doesn't look it.... but if it isn't I would so make lowering your next mod.
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nah it's not - thats the first suggestion i get from everyone though.. I'm afraid of rubbing though.. what do you suggest?
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Originally Posted by WikkedOne
nah it's not - thats the first suggestion i get from everyone though.. I'm afraid of rubbing though.. what do you suggest?
It depends how aggressive of a stance you want but the RB and MS ones have a very conservative drop but the Tein S-Techs have a very aggressive drop. I doubt you will rub because a lot of people have 19s with no rubbing issues while being lowered.
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Actually for stock height that looks pretty decent compared to other steups I've seen (I think it's your tire sizes), definitely would finish it out nice with just a tad less gap though
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by the way , how is the handling?
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