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end of the day, you can only go so fast on the street, so why stress about big heavy rims on car, end of the day if you're happy with your car then thats all that matters, /quote]
Its not just about speed/acceleration, overly heavy wheels also tend to screw up handling and ride quality - ie the rock solid thump over manholes (also made worse by the incredibly low profile rubber on the oversized wheels
), or the suspension struggling to keep wheels planted on bumpy roads at speed. Basically the more unsprung weight the harder the suspension has to work to do its thing.Mate if your concerened about a hard ride, or worried about having to avoid potholes then go buy a nana spec corolla or something lol
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Shit yeah 7k is heaps, you should be able to turn it up to around 14psi no worries, just watch out for detonation,
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haha not many but keep an eye on the crimes thread for Spec C's on chromies...
(or the unfortunate here who buy a car with them on)
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Haha I fall into the unfortunate category above, brought a C with 20 inch chromies. Good looking light weight forged rims are hard to come by at a decent price. For me, the cars appearance is just as important as performance, not so for every one. And not every one thinks 20 inch chromes look good, but thats difference in personal taste. I dont mind sacrificing a bit of performance for daily driving to have a car that "I" think looks good. The car has adequate performance on the street even with the big rims. When the car goes on the track or to the strip and performance has a higher priority than looks I use the 16 inch standard rims. Light weight pullies and flywheels are a far cheaper upgrade than a set of high grade light weight forged wheels, and they are going to have an effect regardless of the wheels you have on. I agree tho that if it came down to a choice of lighter wheels or a flywheel, id choose the wheels. Quite funny tho the response I get for having a spec C with big chromes, people cant understand it. Even tho I tell them I have smaller, lighter wheels for racing, people see it as wrong. Its like they think the car should always be race spec even for daily driving to work and back. Ive always liked the look of cars slammed on big rims, thats just my taste in cars. First choice would be TE37's, but they dont come cheap so for now the chromes will have to do. Others might have different taste, thats why I never bag them for what they're in to. I assume we buy and modify cars to suit our own personal taste, not some one elses.
This is the best point so far,
end of the day, you can only go so fast on the street, so why stress about big heavy rims on car, end of the day if you're happy with your car then thats all that matters, everyone else can go jump,
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Do i still have to own the car.....
IMG]http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/REX_IN/STI%20Modding/grskana06.jpg[/img]
Nice you see you're still hanging around ben, i still have the original photo of that btw.
Yeah man, still lurking, dont have a subbie at the mo, want one, but will see what happens,
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Do i still have to own the car.....
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Ive just looked at the VIRM, section 11-1 Exhaust Systems:
there is nothing in this section that relates to any noise being emitted by a VTA BOV,
I also looked under Section 13-1 Engine and Transmission
and there is nothing there that relates to VTA BOV's
but it does state that
"LVV Certification is required for the fitting of a Supercharger or turbocharger as a modification, or the substitution of a Turbo or Wastegate, or the re-chiping of electronic engine control units on turbo cars,"
So any of you guys who have an External wastegate, have swapped your TD04 for a VF22, or had your ecu chipped/reflashed technically need a cert......
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haha Good call man,
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Yeah thats your rad support panel, and it is spot welded on, and its not just that piece, its the whole front piece (i.e behind bumper and headlights)
take it to a panel beater as its not a job for a Noobie,
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Yeah it makes perfect sense, the current rule is just a joke, bout time this happened,
Studies(in Aus) have shown that when they changed from the current rule to the new rule, the was a drop in accidents
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Bit of a thread revival,
If a car is Pre 91 then its basically a glorified WOF to get it re-rego'd, after 91 its basically the same check as new car compliance, and
it states in the VIRM, that is a full time 4wd car is modified to 2wd the it requires a cert,
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i think its cool, love the red leather, love the front end (bar the headlights), very different and thats why we modify cars isnt it, to get away from the norm,
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Yeah buy the sedan, and get a towbar and bike rack,
buy my V7 lol,
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Daaaaaaamn, those are slammed!! Don't you have speed humps in NZ? If I went that low I would be scraping the underneath of the car everywhere I went.
Rex_in - sweet rides, especially your first wagon. Bent-down exhaust outlet FTW!
Cheers man, yeah i miss my wagon every now and again, it was pretty crazy when it was RWD, the Dumpy exhaust was mean but with a full 3" exhaust it was super loud with the exhaust noise bouncing off the road... just how i like it!!
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Ok, here goes..
My first wagon and my fave pic of it:
My old wagon, and the missuses old V4 Sti:
My V7 STI when i Bought it:
V7 Doing what it does best:
And the V7 as it Stands today:
), or the suspension struggling to keep wheels planted on bumpy roads at speed. Basically the more unsprung weight the harder the suspension has to work to do its thing.-
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Well done CS
in General Vehicle Discussion
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Yeah Jase is a yo-yo he joins, he quits, he joins, he quits, now thats the forum version of Crying,
and if he has other shit going on in life its mostly all self inflicted, so he wont be getting much sympathy from most people,