NB's Show Off Your Rims!

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby philz » Fri Oct 01, 2010 1:30 am

oh shiet... that's pretty hot

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby Jeo » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:03 am

sliq wrote:get meisters for your na Jeo :twisted:


That was the plan before I found the RPF1's.

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby Locutus » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:10 am

i've decided that i don't like this thread.
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby broady » Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:06 pm

Locutus wrote:i've decided that i don't like this thread.
:x



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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby marky210 » Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:04 pm

sliq wrote:sweet!

what spec are the meisters? 16 x 7 + 27?


Hey Sliq,
There 16 x 7, 30 offset :D

Just lowered it tonight :evil: so will take some better pics tomorow 8)
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby Alon5 » Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:33 pm

Now i can finally add something of interest!
Grace green 98 NBA with BC coils dropped approx. 2" all round
front camber ~ 2/2.5'
rear camber ~ 3'
Sportmax 513 15x8 +0 with streched 195/50/15 Firenza ST08 tyres
(guards rolled/flared all round ~ 10mm)
Still have a bit of poke...rubs a bit in the front on hard cornering
(any tips/advice to fix this situation would be greatly appreciated...so far all i have is: raise the front ~ 3mm?)

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby Sheepish » Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:05 pm

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Rays Engineering Volk Racing CE28N's in 15x7 with a +35 offset :mrgreen:

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby NMX516 » Sun Oct 17, 2010 9:55 pm

I've had these wheels for approx 12 months and finally found the chance to get some photos with them on the car, while the car was looking clean!

They're BBS RG 359 in 15 x 7. I'm pretty sure the offset is 38mm - it's marked on the rim, but i'm not 100% certain. Weigh 4.8kg's each 8)

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby broady » Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:45 am

Car looks great Gerard
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby philz » Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:43 am

Very nice, subtle mods but 100% execution. I love it.

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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby Lokiel » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:29 am

Looks great Gerard, the red centre caps are a classy subtle touch too.

I'm not surprised that you've taken so long to get the shots, the weather has been crap in Brisbane this last month.

What Front/Rear height are you runing (wheel hub to fender preferred) and do you have any speed hump issues?
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby NMX516 » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:15 pm

Thanks guys :) Perhaps I should start a garage thread one day...

Simon, not sure on the heights, but I can take a measuring stick to it and let you know. They're Tein SS's which were set to give 100mm ground clearance straight out of the box. They needed some minor tweaking by only a few mm's when I first installed them on the black car, but with the extra weight on the front of this car I think it does sit slightly lower. I've had two awful sounding encounters with speed bumps lately, (unusually large speed bumps) but once I kicked the passenger out I got over them with only very minor contact (she took being kicked out quite well :lol: ). I had the chance to look under it while up on the hoist on Saturday and there are a couple of scrapes on the bracing, but no real damage - certainly nothing to worry about anyway. So I guess the upshot of all that is that it is perhaps a little low for practicality sake on the streets :? I do crawl over speed bumps VERY slowly though.
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby sliq » Mon Oct 18, 2010 11:58 pm

i LOVE it!! it's understated but it has its presence. i haven't seen an MX5 pull of BBS better than yours.
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby samx5 » Fri Oct 22, 2010 11:53 am

emexv wrote:I love em. Just over 5kg on the bathroom scales. I think 12.9lb stated from manufacturer.


Very nice Mark, do you have any other pics of the car? Full side-on and maybe front quarter? Look like a nice alternative to Enkei's.
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Re: NB's Show Off Your Rims!

Postby emexv » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:07 pm

samx5 wrote:
emexv wrote:I love em. Just over 5kg on the bathroom scales. I think 12.9lb stated from manufacturer.


Very nice Mark, do you have any other pics of the car? Full side-on and maybe front quarter? Look like a nice alternative to Enkei's.



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