smart thinking! :rofl2:

as soon as i got back from our honeymoon to j-land, i bought a new set of wheels with tires for my hobby car. :p

i bought a new wheel set this am.. so nothing has changed for 20yrs. :rofl2:

might hop on over to TR this weekend if the new wheelz arrive by friday.. :excited:

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wow! :D i believe it. when my wife (then gf) visited me while i lived in socal she wanted to stay at disneyland hotel(?) so i booked a room and guess how much it cost? $450 one night...dat was like in the 90's so probably costs a lot more today. :ugh: WTF..

and it was no different than like a biggish room at the marriot or something with disney character stuff on the wallz. :ugh2:

and the funniest part was i only lived like 45min away. :rofl2: hahaha
but we had a good time so it's okay. the steak they served was pretty good. :yum:

oh and their 'continental breakfast' was like worse than some pos business hotel serves.. :rofl2:

here's a box of cereal and small carton of milk... want a banana? here u go.


:ugh2: wtf mang.. where is my sunnyside up and pancake , hash brownz, etc? wafflez?

I have been the photographer for some of the quick city hall weddings. They just aren't anything special to me. I don't mind paying a civilized amount (15k) for a small wedding since it gives tons of memories and makes everyone feel more special than sitting at city hall. 40k is outrageous though and i'll simply walk away unless someone else wants to pony up the bill.

xip - is dat u getting stung by a mosquito or something? :confused:

On a side note. i am conflicted on what wheels to eventually buy. I love kernchans WEDS, but I recently saw Memphis's wheels and they amazing as well.

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fak, just got sat on by a taffyapple! :mad:

if u aren't planning on lowering your ride my weds set fits perfectly. :D
it's just sitting in my basement right now... doing nothing. probably will do nothing until the day i need to swap my RE11's on my nismo wheels. :D

Just those springs and that's it. Memphis has a much more aggressive fitment, but at the cost of being lowered which would scare me on NY's roads.

why lower it if u dont need to? i dont plan on ever lowering my Z or my STI for dat matter. the reason why i lowered my G was because she looked odd with the raised look. u know, old cars had dat lifted look from the factory.

these days most performance cars have an even arch with the tires. that looks fine to me.

lower it too much car looks like it was sat on by a taffyapple. !

with all the camber looking all faked and weird.. :ugh:

I just realized you switched back to your old profile photo. Wish I could see the wheel gap better in your image.

and if u plan on lowering u have to do the whole package, not just the springs unless you dont care. my Fit just runs the swifts. it's fine for wat it is.. a dd.

i would NEVER be happy with just springs on my sports car. it must go with dampers.

go to mr.alcheng's album page for calendars. i think he still has the image. the arch is even.

Just found it. looks so much different with an actual normal sized photo. 0_o. Now i am clflicted even more! haha. Maybe some koni's and swifts? Those WEDS though.... ugh....idk anymore.

for example, my G has below.. and she's only my dressup car..

eibach prokit, tokico d-spec adjustable dampers, front/rear stillen swaybars, stillen camber arms, powergrid adjustable endlinks, work 19's, s04's to match, arc titanium front tower bar, momo eagle steering wheel. one finger wheel gap all around, perfectly even height and drives/handles very well. going through fast entrance ramps, sorry to say but the s2k was too slow for me. i never use VDC even in the snow when i had the blizzaks on. cause she is super easy to control.

dats good cause i dont want to share the same taste as some 26yr old. :icon17:

Old school is sometimes better. :rofl2:

I'm still planning. I think the car looks cleaner and more centered with less wheel gap, but NY roads are like driving through afghanistan. If I went with Swift springs, i'd be getting bare minimum. Dampers and toes. I prefer ride quality over looks since I have to sit in it. I should just get a nice set of wheels and call it a day haha.

reasons why i havent been able to let go my G is because she handles so well.. and sounds so good.. and throttle response is so much better.. and just overall a better mechanically feeling 'car' than the 370Z. and she still looks nice. everywhere i go, people compliment my G.

the only compliments i get on the Z is ugly greasy doods.. :ugh:
and ive already gotten many compliments on my STI from young boyz.. :icon17: haha

im just playin with ya. when i was ur age i lowered every car i had. :tup: and they looked very nice.
kinda harsh riding but hey, i waz young. i didnt care.

I just want to lower a little. The Z looks cleanest with minimal wheel gap. An inch won't hurt to much. Hence the swift springs idea. When it comes time to buy new wheels though, expect a flurry of PM's since I suck with sizes, clean looks, and offsets.

a very easy solution to making ur car look good without lowering is the nismo wheels.

or just follow the same specs:

19x9.5 ET41 front 245/40/19 and 19x10.5 ET23 rear 285/35/19

from the suspension perspective, one inch is huge. i know ricors will say woah dat nothing, but in reality you're going to be going outside the suspension geometry that much sooner.

datz why u want to stiffen things up so dat u dont go past the design geometry.

back in the earlier days we'd super stiffen up our suspension not cause it was cool, cause we wanted to stay within the programmed toe and camber for best handling through the touge. but ud need really sticky tires for this, and lots of spare time to rest cause it was a FAKING stiff ride.. cant even talk with ur passenger cause u like being shaken up in a salt shaker.

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oh he .ey .ho aw. is z it.. goh en man...g?


datz how i sounded in my stiff arse ride going down 110 near san pedro.. :ugh:

fak i miss socal. :mad:

1 inch drops is more than enough for me. My Cobalt was dropped using Pedder springs that were 1.25F and 1.5R. The notice was substantial and even then i was worried about rubbing or bottoming out.

Nismo wheels just look to open for me. I don't have a sport, so showing off my basic calipers and slotted rotors seems embarrassing. I'm writing down your dimensions now for when I start shopping this summer.

dat is a very valid reason not to go with the nismo wheels. :iagree: maybe u can order some forgestar mesh wheels or something in the same specs of the nismo wheels?

Also, that spoiler does have a crack in it. but it's inside the spoiler somehow??? Is this worth it?

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just keep the wheel's under 25lbs. anything more u will DEFINITELY feel it through ur steering and especially braking.

the reason why i classify my G as 'dressup car' is because i want the multi piece wheels but they are heavy.. 27-29lbs. those are much too heavy to be on a 300+ hp sports car imho.

the prodrives i ordered for my sti today.. 20lbs. 5lbs savings from the stock enkei's. dat alone is huge. and the DWS06 is already ligther by a lb or two from the dunlops. this alone could probably shave off like 0.2-0.3sec off 0-60mph given i launch right.. which means i will probably out accelerate a stock 370Z AT.

guy probably pulled too hard during removal? didnt heat up the tape? not sure.

Yea. Was reading to keep the weight of the wheels below 23lbs. Starts to really mess with the Z quickly past that point. It's a love and hate thing with the Forgestars. I absolutely love concaved wheels.

Idk how the spoiler looks though physically on a car once mounted. Would a crack inside like that be visible or cause any fitment issues? It looks like it's on the side of the spoiler.

yah, was never in the luv side with forgestars, but at least you can custom order your specific specs and made in america. :tup:

weds have super concavity for sure.