The official 'My FD3S' picture thread. READ THE RULES!
06-13-16, 01:42 PM
#8376
Original Gangster/Rotary!
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So the wheel and tire combo works without any rolling or pulling of your fenders? Car looks great btw! I was going to ask the wheel/tire specs, but I found them in your thread. Just in case anyone is curious:
"Brand new Work XD9 Rims in Bronze.
Front: 18x9 + 38
Rear: 18x10 + 10
Nitto NT05 Semi Slick
235/40/18 x2
265/40/18 x2"
"Brand new Work XD9 Rims in Bronze.
Front: 18x9 + 38
Rear: 18x10 + 10
Nitto NT05 Semi Slick
235/40/18 x2
265/40/18 x2"
For reference, from my experience:
'oem fender' fitment for 9 inch front is +45 and 10 inch rear is +43.
'rolled fender' fitment for 9 inch front is +30 and 10 inch rear is +27.
^This is 'real, streetable' fitment..... i.e., for those who drive their cars in real world environments and don't want contact between wheel/tire and fender liner/fender under any circumstance.
Lots of variables are in there, i.e. stretched tires vs non (this is a bit of a stretched fitment), ride height, and amount of negative camber.
Also keep in mind those tires are seriously tall, ideally you want your OD to be right around 25 inches and possibly a little more, those tires yield 25.4 inches front (on the edge of ok IMO) and 26.4 inches rear..... that rear OD will crush your effective final drive. Your 4.10 FD rear end becomes something like 3.85, worse than an auto FD..... you'd need to move to 4.33 final drive to get 'back' to OEM gearing. This will seriously hurt acceleration and is not recommended on a stockish or 'low' power FD, again IMO
Wheel/tire fitment ain't no joke and making big changes can have lots of repercussions on things like acceleration, handling, braking, and...... fender health
Last edited by GoodfellaFD3S; 06-13-16 at 08:58 PM.
06-13-16, 08:55 PM
#8377
Rotary for life!
So the wheel and tire combo works without any rolling or pulling of your fenders? Car looks great btw! I was going to ask the wheel/tire specs, but I found them in your thread. Just in case anyone is curious:
"Brand new Work XD9 Rims in Bronze.
Front: 18x9 + 38
Rear: 18x10 + 10
Nitto NT05 Semi Slick
235/40/18 x2
265/40/18 x2"
"Brand new Work XD9 Rims in Bronze.
Front: 18x9 + 38
Rear: 18x10 + 10
Nitto NT05 Semi Slick
235/40/18 x2
265/40/18 x2"
Rolled both front and rear guards but no pulling of fenders required, although the car is not that low.
06-13-16, 11:29 PM
#8378
Make an assessment...
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Also keep in mind those tires are seriously tall, ideally you want your OD to be right around 25 inches and possibly a little more, those tires yield 25.4 inches front (on the edge of ok IMO) and 26.4 inches rear..... that rear OD will crush your effective final drive. Your 4.10 FD rear end becomes something like 3.85, worse than an auto FD..... you'd need to move to 4.33 final drive to get 'back' to OEM gearing. This will seriously hurt acceleration and is not recommended on a stockish or 'low' power FD, again IMO
About 7 years ago I had 18x10 and 18x10.5, and Nitto NT555RII in 285/35 front and 305/35 rear. Those size tires are already tall, but they bulge on those size wheels and make them even taller. My car felt so. damn. sluggish. And that was with an A-Spec 500R turbo kit. It didn't take long for me to get tired of those and switch to something closer to stock outer diameter. The car felt much better after that. I'll see if I can find pics, if they're not already in this thread.
What also helps is an EFR turbo that starts spooling around 2000RPM lol.
06-13-16, 11:35 PM
#8379
Less talk more pics please
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06-14-16, 12:51 AM
#8380
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Beautiful! And that engine shot...
The FD, 2016 by Nate Libberton, on Flickr
Last edited by Spirit-RE; 06-14-16 at 12:54 AM.
06-19-16, 03:29 PM
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06-19-16, 05:18 PM
#8388
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Less talk more pics please
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