New Tires and Wheels for the GT!

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gphasagt

Discussion Starter · Apr 26, 2008

Hey guys, just got back from America's Tire (Discount Tire outside of CA). The new wheels look great! 20inch American Racing "Rogue" in chrome. I had yet to see these in person before purchasing, and the only pictures I had seen online were of 18s, so needless to say I was apprehensive. Anyway the wheels look awesome, and the 255/35/20 Yokohama S.Drive tires ride great; much quieter than the stock Pirellis.

The Roush rear springs didn't arrive yesterday like FedEx said they would, so sometime mid-week I'll have them installed. Hopefully after I drop the rear the car will look good and I won't need to mess with the front....

umm- the camera is outside, haha I will post up pics in a little bit :bigthumbsup

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travelers

· #2 · Apr 26, 2008

So where is the pics at????? Congrats on the new wheels and tires.

gphasagt

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 26, 2008 (Edited)

Drew relax dude! haha, here are just a couple crappy shots of the car before and after. The suspension was still a little stretched after sitting on the rack, so the car sits a to come down and inch IMO... and I took a pic of the SHR panel in case anyone wanted to see how that looks - my favorite part of the car

edit: The pics were too big so they're in a new album in my gallery... I will update the gallery with more pics later in the week once the springs are installed

re-edit: I'm having trouble uploading the pics... :frustrated:

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CrzyHorse

· #4 · Apr 26, 2008

Congrats on the new wheels.

gphasagt

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 26, 2008

here are the pics from photobucket - hopefully this works :shiny:

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travelers

· #6 · Apr 26, 2008

gphasagt;9965 44 said:
here are the pics from photobucket - hopefully this works :shiny:

The car looks great with the new wheels and tires. What kind of lift is that and where is it lifting the car at??

gphasagt

Discussion Starter · #7 · Apr 26, 2008

travelers said:
The car looks great with the new wheels and tires. What kind of lift is that and where is it lifting the car at??

I'm not sure who makes the lift, but it only goes up just high enough to swap the tires and wheels... actually I'm not sure where it lifted the car from, doesn't look like it hurt it any, but definitely not from the jack points now that I look more closely at the photo...

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hotshot

· #8 · Apr 26, 2008

they look great but they are not my thing..

POCO

· #9 · Apr 26, 2008

The Roush spring will make difference with the drop and look of your new wheels.The wheels/tires are nice.:bigthumbsup

travelers

· #10 · Apr 26, 2008

gphasagt said:
I'm not sure who makes the lift, but it only goes up just high enough to swap the tires and wheels... actually I'm not sure where it lifted the car from, doesn't look like it hurt it any, but definitely not from the jack points now that I look more closely at the photo...

That stuff is what I'm always looking at, just in case.

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white angel

· #11 · Apr 26, 2008

Those are sharp! Congratulations!!

BKid

· #12 · Apr 26, 2008

Man those are nice ,looking good. How espensive are those rims and tires?

st577

· #13 · Apr 26, 2008

looks nice, good choice

G

· #14 · Apr 27, 2008

Love the before and after - makes a huge difference! Dig 'em! Nice choice!

stlwagon

· #15 · Apr 28, 2008

Gotta get that thing lowered now!

RetroGT2006

· #16 · Apr 28, 2008

Looks damn good, now you gotta lower it and your set.. man i want something major done to my car.. if i cant get my damn blower in time.. its def rims/tires/springs/stripes..

gphasagt

Discussion Starter · #17 · Apr 28, 2008

RetroGT2006 said:
Looks damn good, now you gotta lower it and your set.. man i want something major done to my car.. if i cant get my damn blower in time.. its def rims/tires/springs/stripes..

yea man, the springs are probably gonna go in Wed. the car sits a bit lower now than in that pic, the suspension was still somewhat stretched out from being on the lift... but one inch out of the rear should give it a nice aggressive stance i hope.

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RetroGT2006

· #18 · Apr 28, 2008

gphasagt said:
yea man, the springs are probably gonna go in Wed. the car sits a bit lower now than in that pic, the suspension was still somewhat stretched out from being on the lift... but one inch out of the rear should give it a nice aggressive stance i hope.

Time will tell, cant wait for before/after pics of spings..

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gphasagt

Discussion Starter · #19 · Apr 28, 2008

RetroGT2006 said:
Time will tell, cant wait for before/after pics of spings..

yea dude... if FedEx didn't suck so much, I would have had them in yesterday

gphasagt

Discussion Starter · #20 · May 16, 2008

Finally!!!!

well it took forever, but the springs are finally in. taking an inch out of the rear looks absolutely perfect. this is exactly the look I was going for. here are some pics of the car now with the rear springs in.

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