Flyinglizard's Progress Thread 4/10/10, Euro Splitters installed! Options

[flyinglizard]

CURRENT with painted wheels:


I figured I might as well start a progress thread since I have a lot of spare time at the moment. When I first bought the car it was just a form of temporary transportation until I could find something newer, until I found this site o_O. I stumbled across the car on autotrader.com and couldn't help but notice the perfect condition it was in. Perfect paint, pristine grey leather interior, and flawless under the hood. I was only tentative because of how little power it had, but it gets great gas mileage so that's a plus. I first fell in love with 6th gens playing gran turismo 1 back in the day, and always wanted to have a gt-four.

Here are a few photos since I bought her about a year ago:



New wheels:

In desperate need of spacers/better offset:

20mm spacers installed in the rear, along with clear sidemarkers and corners:

lowered on megan springs and KYB shocks w00t

Lacking front flushness, in need of spacers:

The other day installing new speakers:

New shift knob + 7th gen short shifter


Much more to come.

This post has been edited by flyinglizard: Apr 14, 2010 - 3:52 PM

[MaskedMan]

Thanks! That gives me a good idea of which spacers I'll need to order. Oh what are the specs of your wheels? ie Size and width, along with your tire size .

[flyinglizard]

Thanks! That gives me a good idea of which spacers I'll need to order. Oh what are the specs of your wheels? ie Size and width, along with your tire size .

Wheels are 17x7. Tires are 215/40/17, but I want to scrap them for 225/45/17 for a more aggressive look and better performance/better ride quality.

The current tires make the car look too wimpy and top heavy IMO.

This post has been edited by flyinglizard: Dec 15, 2009 - 2:42 AM

[MaskedMan]

Thanks! That gives me a good idea of which spacers I'll need to order. Oh what are the specs of your wheels? ie Size and width, along with your tire size .

Wheels are 17x7. Tires are 215/40/17, but I want to scrap them for 225/45/17 for a more aggressive look and better performance/better ride quality.

The current tires make the car look too wimpy and top heavy IMO.

Hmm I have 225/40R17 on my car right now, but my rims are 17x7.5. They are a bit too wide for my suspension set up and high offset rims. I need spacers because my tires were hitting my coilovers. I had to raise my car up higher, and I'm not happy with how it looks at all.

[flyinglizard]

Thanks! That gives me a good idea of which spacers I'll need to order. Oh what are the specs of your wheels? ie Size and width, along with your tire size .

Wheels are 17x7. Tires are 215/40/17, but I want to scrap them for 225/45/17 for a more aggressive look and better performance/better ride quality.

The current tires make the car look too wimpy and top heavy IMO.

Hmm I have 225/40R17 on my car right now, but my rims are 17x7.5. They are a bit too wide for my suspension set up and high offset rims. I need spacers because my tires were hitting my coilovers. I had to raise my car up higher, and I'm not happy with how it looks at all.

Hm well I'm trying to go for this look with the tires:
http://www.6gc.net/photo/member/60/15

I think my car sits a lot higher than yours and plus I will have spacers front and rear making my offset +25. Hopefully I won't have any rubbing issues.

I just love the way they fill out the wheel wells on art and manny's cars. Makes the car look like a beast. Although they actually need it for traction while I'm just going for the looks