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**Austin@STM** · 10-12-2010, 08:37 PM

I like it, with the side skirts on it will look very nice, the fact that they are not there is why it looks so tall.

Any more pics?

**IPD** · 10-12-2010, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Austin@STM

I like it, with the side skirts on it will look very nice, the fact that they are not there is why it looks so tall.

Any more pics?

you like this look?

supercar has mastered this look.

let me see if i can find a good pic of mine...

**MR2** · 10-12-2010, 08:45 PM

Originally Posted by inperfectdarkness

"stuffing wheel bearings"? i have practically the same amount of rubber in the well as stock--the only "addition" is a little extra rubber outside.

and the "rubbing" was mainly caused by my conversion...at least as near as i can tell. coilovers fixed that nicely.

coilovers tend to have very little travel...not a fan, you could get longer travel ones though which'd be cool...but you still have the rubbing issue...

the bearing thing is about having the centerline of the wheel as stock if it's changed you go through bearings (or so I'm told)

**stealthee** · 10-12-2010, 08:49 PM

You stress wheel bearings by having too much tire and wheel outside of the centerline.

**IPD** · 10-12-2010, 08:49 PM

from a few months back. i now have 7/16" spacers up front, as the tt brakes won't clear anything short of toothpick sized spokes.

**IPD** · 10-12-2010, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by stealthee

You stress wheel bearings by having too much tire and wheel outside of the centerline.

but inside centerline is ok? htf does that work? i understand the rationale behind it; but at the same time, if you start with 45mm offset (inboard) and you now have an identical amount inboard, and just added a bit to the outboard, how does that "stress the bearings"?

i mean, i don't have definitive proof of anything, but i JUST removed my fwd wheel bearings, and they were still 100% fine; and this is with 200k miles. a good 40k of that was with this particular wheel set. i'm not seeing the proof in my case. perhaps if you INVERTED the stock wheels and bolted them up, you'd be wrenching the bearings--but that's something entirely different than just having 30-40mm of rubber outside the fender.

Originally Posted by MR2

coilovers tend to have very little travel...not a fan, you could get longer travel ones though which'd be cool...but you still have the rubbing issue...

the bearing thing is about having the centerline of the wheel as stock if it's changed you go through bearings (or so I'm told)

with the ride set to the softest setting, the ride on my d2's is pretty much identical to the stock non-ecs struts i had on previously. the rear is a "tad" firmer, but it's not uncomfortable. i could barely fit 1 1/2 fingers between tire & fender in the rear before; and i had the fender score marks on my tires to prove it. i now have a solid fist of gap; and i'm happy with that.