help with tire choice! and lowering springs

Corton520 · Jul 30, 2009, 07:23 PM

alright so i decided to keep my 16's however i wanna lower my car and i have to change the tire size right now i have 225/50/16 and i am undecided between the 205/50 and the 205/45 and how much should i drop the car? should i get the rrm springs 1.3 front and .5 rear? if anyone has opinions plz post because i am very indecisive. thanks!

TriangleChoke · Jul 31, 2009, 08:48 AM

I have Yokohama S-Drive in 205-45-16, look great, lower profile but still comfortable driving.

I have Tein Springs (S-tech) but haven't installed them yet lol...but from pictures I've seen on this forum, gives a very nice drop.

Corton520 · Jul 31, 2009, 02:39 PM

well wen you get them installed you wanna hit me up with pics?

OhFourRalliArt · Aug 1, 2009, 09:54 AM

I wanna say if you can find them get a set of BFG Gforce sports with TEIN S TECH lowering springs it drops you 1.8 in the front and 1.1 in the rear and give's you the pefect look! and the gforce sports are awsome ive had mine for 2 years as long as you keep rotating them your good to go they grip up like hell! but snow isent fun lol.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TEIN-...Q5fAccessories

same springs i have and you can see my car lowered if you click my cardomain link.

Corton520 · Aug 1, 2009, 10:44 AM

thanks for the links to the springs
i love your car thats sick man
and thats with the springs you put the link for?
and wat size tires are those?

Corton520 · Aug 1, 2009, 11:00 AM

oh and the tire size i wanted to know was on your 16's the black with red pin strip thanks

Corton520 · Aug 2, 2009, 12:56 AM

those springs will work fine with the stock shocks right?

OhFourRalliArt · Aug 2, 2009, 10:59 AM

Yes the springs will work great with your stock struts! ive had my RA for 2 years now and ive had it lowered 4 days after i got it lol i havent had any problems with my suspention at all

and yeah i painted my stock wheels black with the red pinstripe my BFGoodrich GForce Sport tire size is 205/50/16

and thanks for the comment on my car i wish it still looked like that but after my accident i put everything back to stock beside my evo vortex generator and my evo wing.

Corton520 · Aug 2, 2009, 08:04 PM

so those tires are on the stock rims? cuz if those are then im deffinately going with the 50 not 45 cuz it fills in the wheel well and yes im gonna go with those tires i like the tread on them
and where did you find the evo vortex generator? i seem to miss it wen i look for it

NorCal Lancer · Aug 3, 2009, 09:50 PM

OhFourRalliart, you might've just convinced me to go with those tein springs as well! not right now exactly, but hopefully sometime before the end of the year! you're car looks really nice, I'm sorry to hear about that accident, but as long as your car is fine now! So I also must know, where did you get that tiny RA badge you put on the front grill? is it the same one off of the 06 RAs? did u get it at the dealership?

Raikiri · Aug 3, 2009, 11:14 PM

i was more curious if he still had those grilles =] i'd be more then happy to take those off his hands lol

bboysyck · Aug 4, 2009, 03:54 PM

i wanna kno where he got the EVO wing from, i want it for mine so bad, lol, hook it up OhFourRalliart, lol

Corton520 · Aug 4, 2009, 04:46 PM

haha we all need answers

NorCal Lancer · Aug 4, 2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raikiri

i was more curious if he still had those grilles =] i'd be more then happy to take those off his hands lol

LOL, I wasn't trying to buy it from him, I don't think he's parting it out. I believe in his car domain it said he got the mesh grill from accolade (body-kit.com) but I hear mixed reviews about that so I don't know. I have a mesh grill myself and I was lucky enough to buy it off of someone for like $90 on the forums a long time ago. I got the OEM mesh grill which goes for like $200 at the dealership. SOmething that I would try if I didn't get that grill is they have a "JDM" mesh grill on ebay going for like $45, so that might be something to consider as well.

you can get the evo wing anywhere, but what I would do is visit the for sale section on evom for both evo part outs and evo for sale - interior/exterior and hopefully someone will be selling their evo spoiler that came off of their evo for no more than $400. Good luck

bruce988jl · Aug 4, 2009, 10:54 PM

You can get the wings for cheaper, I just scored a full cf one for 129 shipped (stripped the paint and clear coated all of it) and another one for 275$ shipped.

Shipping kills the deal on the wings.. Keep in mind the Evo IX's don't have full cf wings so try to find an evo 8 wing...

As for the tires, I would go with a 205/45 it'll give you some room to play if you want to go lower. Don't try to fit a 225/40/16 on our tires though.. worse attempt I ever made with my car... they fit but the sidewall thickness was way too small. Wound up switching back to OEM size. O btw I'm on stock suspension, or was.. Sold the car heh

Mods (ahem otter... hahaha) this technically belongs in the 04-06 RA suspension/tire section :-P (Otter please don't give me points!)