Do Luck and JUN Combo Exterior Mods on my X
Aug 22, 2009 | 10:01 PM
#20
Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments.
To answer some of the questions...
The wheels are 18x10.5 +15 wrapped in 275/35 Nitto NT05 and lowered on KW V3. My initial drop was 1/2" lower than now. I had to raise it up a little to clear the crappy roads we have here in NY. I will be getting a alignment sometime next week to see if I can get away with running 2 degrees camber in the front and 1 in the rear. My tires do rub the fender liner a little at full lock though. Nothing some heat gun won't fix. I also had to roll the rear fenders. Took me about 40 mins per side because I didn't want to flare it out too much. I rolled it just enough so that my tires wouldn't rub.
Funny nobody mentioned anything about the seam sealer that are on the inside of the rear fender wells. When I was rolling my fenders, I realized that the sealer will crack and peel off. The heat from the heat gun and the pressure from the roller made this inevitable. So I peeled the sealer completely off the part I rolled and applied new sealer and touched it up with some oem paint.
The weave on the Do Luck lip and trunk is 1x1.
Ditto on getting some kind of fog delete. I'm leaning towards getting the JDM fog delete kit. But painting the chrome rim around the lens satin black and tinting the lens also came to mind...
To answer some of the questions...
The wheels are 18x10.5 +15 wrapped in 275/35 Nitto NT05 and lowered on KW V3. My initial drop was 1/2" lower than now. I had to raise it up a little to clear the crappy roads we have here in NY. I will be getting a alignment sometime next week to see if I can get away with running 2 degrees camber in the front and 1 in the rear. My tires do rub the fender liner a little at full lock though. Nothing some heat gun won't fix. I also had to roll the rear fenders. Took me about 40 mins per side because I didn't want to flare it out too much. I rolled it just enough so that my tires wouldn't rub.
Funny nobody mentioned anything about the seam sealer that are on the inside of the rear fender wells. When I was rolling my fenders, I realized that the sealer will crack and peel off. The heat from the heat gun and the pressure from the roller made this inevitable. So I peeled the sealer completely off the part I rolled and applied new sealer and touched it up with some oem paint.
The weave on the Do Luck lip and trunk is 1x1.
Ditto on getting some kind of fog delete. I'm leaning towards getting the JDM fog delete kit. But painting the chrome rim around the lens satin black and tinting the lens also came to mind...
Aug 23, 2009 | 09:41 AM
#26
Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments.
To answer some of the questions...
The wheels are 18x10.5 +15 wrapped in 275/35 Nitto NT05 and lowered on KW V3. My initial drop was 1/2" lower than now. I had to raise it up a little to clear the crappy roads we have here in NY. I will be getting a alignment sometime next week to see if I can get away with running 2 degrees camber in the front and 1 in the rear. My tires do rub the fender liner a little at full lock though. Nothing some heat gun won't fix. I also had to roll the rear fenders. Took me about 40 mins per side because I didn't want to flare it out too much. I rolled it just enough so that my tires wouldn't rub.
To answer some of the questions...
The wheels are 18x10.5 +15 wrapped in 275/35 Nitto NT05 and lowered on KW V3. My initial drop was 1/2" lower than now. I had to raise it up a little to clear the crappy roads we have here in NY. I will be getting a alignment sometime next week to see if I can get away with running 2 degrees camber in the front and 1 in the rear. My tires do rub the fender liner a little at full lock though. Nothing some heat gun won't fix. I also had to roll the rear fenders. Took me about 40 mins per side because I didn't want to flare it out too much. I rolled it just enough so that my tires wouldn't rub.
I am probably in the minority here but after looking at all the picts posted on this and other sites, I think the car looks better with a more modest drop than an exteme one anyway. I have the same COs as you and the ride is actually a little better when higher.
Looks good. I am currently going back and forth over wheel choice. I love the way the MR BBS wheels look on my car but want to go more aggressive. 4K for wider BBS wheels just seems stupid driving on Cleveland roads......
Regardless, greal look. congrats on the lip especially.
