ok sounds good guess i gota go with the 30s :\ thanks tho!

 

No problem. Update with pics. I'd like to see what it'll look like on yours.

 

the reason why i dont really wana run a 30 is because these will be the wheels i run in the winter LOL

do you run your wheels in the winter?

 

I haven't yet. I just put them on last month. I still have the stockers with all seasons on them. I guess I will change up when it snows to prevent any damage to the rims during that season.

What kind of tires are you planning on going with? I got the Conti DWS's on both sets of rims. Pretty good tires if you ask me. Then again I'm not beating up on my G and driving it like a maniac neither.

 

yeah i was going to go with the DWS since the tire choices were pretty slim or toyo Proxes 4 Plus

going with A/S because thats what i ve been rocking since i got my G and made it through all kinds of winters in CO, NJ, and NE. I have Good year RSA on my Work wheels now. and if i go with A/S again i can rock the "winter set" when ever i want to change it up lol

 

exhaust is here, now time to install it! WOOT.

 

Well at least you can feel good about the DWS or 4Plus, both are at least 10x better than those RS-As, I think that stands for "Really Sh**ty Always"

 

In for a review on your new FI catback.

 

Nice! Congrats Lego! One thing I did with mine when they arrived was putting black heat shrink tubing on the lower yellow parts of the struts. I love a stealth look as in not being able to see yellow through my wheels. It worked very well.

And it looks like your daughter is ready to install them already! Adorable. I bet it's tough to say no to her...lol.

 

Gotta start 'em young!

 

I really wish I had installed them on mine because I would love to adjust them. My initial setup was +2/3 of a turn from 0 (softest position). So now I'm going to have to have them dropped to firm them up a bit.

 

I did 275/35-19 on the rears and 245/40-19 front. By the way, sorry for the multiple posts. I'm catching up on this thread and not sure how if multi-quote works over several pages or not.

 

+1000 on this. I am going to look into having the extenders installed for the rears when I have them dropped for adjustment. I tried to see if I could fit an allen wrench in there the last time it was on the lift and looked like it was a no go.

 

I assume you are talking about the rears....so when you say +2/3 from full soft, you didn't quite make 1 full turn of the dial, right? How much more are you going to adjust them?

My initial thought was 1 full turn of the dial from full soft in the rear.

Bummer. Can't say I'm surprised since they were designed for the 370Z and we are just a cross-reference application. Maybe there is a difference in the wheel wells, since the 370 guys say its possible to adjust them on the car

I can't say that it was easy adjusting them on my Firebird, but it was possible.

Springs are at the FedEx destination facility. Hopefully they make it on the truck and I can run out at lunch to Auto Zone and rent a spring compressor.

This will be my 3rd suspension install, but my first actually compressing the springs myself instead of taking it to a shop and having them do it. Hopefully the swifts are easy to compress

 

For about a decade, I ran summers on OEM wheels, with snows on steelies. For about 5 of those years, I was doing that for two cars. Sure, it was a PITA to swap twice a year, but really it's only an hour, tops. And it's actually less PITA than dragging loose tires to the shop and then waiting around. Being twice a year, you save about $200/year/car in mounting & balancing charges. And as the years click by, that adds up into money that you can use for some nice, juicy rationalization.

For this car, I went in the other direction, where snows are on the OEM sport rims. Couldn't be happier with the configuration.