[simplespirit]

The UPS guy finally showed up around 8:30 so I went ahead and put my new wheels and tires on but it's dark so I couldn't do much in the way of pictures. I'll try to get some good ones before I leave to head out of town tomorrow. Anyway, wheels are 17x8 OZ Ultraleggera in Matte Graphite Silver and they're wrapped in 245/40R17 Kumho Ecsta MX rubber.

Yes, the cap is real carbon fiber.

Combined weight: 39lbs (Kumho says the tire is 23 which puts the wheel @ 16)

Also, I weighed my stock combo and averaged 42lbs and my tires have ~13k on them.

 

[donna]

cute. don't rub them, or you'll be a sad sad person.

 

[krdshrk]

Nice buy. Congrats

 

[iGod]

very nice. virtual hi-five for your purchase.

 

[courier11sec]

What offset?

 

[Izn Trbl]

looken good.

 

[simplespirit]

Originally posted by courier11sec@Jan 19 2006, 09:53 PM
What offset?

+48

 

[kurker]

I want better pics. And you'll want better seats. Have fun!

 

[simplespirit]

As promised, some daylight shots.

 

[krdshrk]

Wash those tires! LOL

Nice buy

 

[neo-truth]

Nice wheels and tires. I hope to be getting some myself once spring rolls around.

Is your car lowered at all?

 

[simplespirit]

Nope, it's stock height. Shocks and springs or coilovers is probably the next purchase though. An inch to an inch and a quarter will drop the back to right on the tire line and maybe slightly tuck it so that's as far as I'll be going down.

 

[JBranger]

Looks good. Just an opinion but ever thought of wheel spacers? Or are you trying to tuck those things when lowered? Just wondering.

Looks real good though.

 

[kurker]

With that offset there should not be any rubbing. To the best of my knowledge +45 - +50 is pretty safe for an 8" wide wheel with 245/40/R17s. Spacers may cause the fenders to rub.

Those wheels look great!

 

[JFBP4991]

Those rims look great and the rubber looks awesome.
Great buy!!!

 

[simplespirit]

Prelim report on the tires:

They're loud. Even with the stereo turned up some I can still hear them. Price you pay for performance I guess.

They also seem to be pretty sticky...I find myself testing their limits every chance I get which means my gas mileage will be crap until the "new" effect wears off.

Braking seems to be greatly improved also.

Anyway, I'll do a full tire report in the stickied post after I've put some more miles on them. I'll be doing some mountain driving this weekend also so that should give me a decent test bed for cornering limits.

 

[eddiemoney]

Looking forward to it, nice purchase!

 

[lo bux racer]

Scuff those babies up and tell us how they work!

 

[simplespirit]

Well, my weekend got fu*d but the tires did great. I was able to drive throught some turns I used to brake on with no braking required and had no issues at all.

I forgot to mention I heard something rolling around in one of the tires (inside the tire) so I had to take it to a local tire shop and they dismounted the tire and found a valve stem with no cap inside the tire so it's a good thing I caught it so soon. Anyway, TireRack is going to reimburse me for the cost of having the tire dismounted and remounted.

 

[fiream]

Question Question, Tire Pressure monitor, do you still have them, are they in the new wheels and tires? Did your pressure light go on in the dash?

Rob