It might've been cheaper if you actually shipped your car to Japan, got all your toys installed there then shipped her back haha

Looking great Bill!

 

Not feeling it. Too tunerish for my taste. The G37 is a luxury-sport coupe.
That doesn't mean it's bad just not proper. I'll never understand blacked out wheels. I know most of you guys like it and thats cool...just my opinion.

 

Bill, you know I've been a groupie for a long time now. Everything looks amazing my friend, keep blazing the path good sir! I've been away for awhile working on some other stuff and this is the first thread in about a month that I opened up!

 

... I was waiting for a comment like that. Thanks, Sam. I appreciate it.

(I apologize for posting the link above. My bad... )


I respect your opinion. And the honesty. I know my car is not everyone's bag. Your statement is a common sentiment among some G owners here - the "luxury-sport" description of our car. I find it somewhat humorous. What exactly does it mean? I don't quite fully comprehend its meaning. Is something that is a "luxury-sport" car not supposed to be modified?

The Japanese tuner theme is exactly what I'm going for with this project - not luxury, so I suppose I can take your criticism as a compliment.

Here is my take:

Are the brakes on a 'S' model G more luxurious than the brakes on the base model? Are the beefier suspension and upgraded wheels and tires more luxurious than those of the base model G? Is a BMW 3-series a "luxury-sport" car? Is an M3 more sporty than a 335? Why do people modify their BMW's?

Of course, to each his own. I'm assuming your "luxury-sport" car is stock? I wouldn't modify the car to make it worse than it was stock. Everyone modifies because they believe they are improving their car, whether it be aesthetically or performance-wise. Modifying tastes vary greatly, as evidenced by every thread in the Picture Share section of this forum. I guess I wouldn't modify the car at all (nor would anyone with an M3) if I thought its sole purpose was to transport me and my latte from one fundraiser to the next in "sporty luxury."

I do agree with you on the wheels - but not because of their finish/color. I love the design of the TE37's. As I said above, they're timeless, and I do not believe they could look bad on any Japanese car. However, they fall on the more aggressive side for a G. My opinion. That is one of the reasons I am changing them up shortly...


I've been wondering where you've been, man! Good to hear from you. Hope all is well. Thanks for the kind words.

 

I lol'd .

 

if ur donating money to tons of different charities, i could always use some extra money

 

Is it just me or I feel that the car is kinda "lifted" from the ground. Most probably is because of the 40series tires and maybe the angle of the shot...

I know you're going for function>form, but from a appearance point of view, if tires were less beefy and perhaps more low and camber, car would look so much better.

I held back for a while before posting this.. my .02

 

Don't hold back, Lucas.

You need to take a breather from the aggressive offset thread, man. You're getting too used to seeing cars that are rocking rubber bands for tires, running too much negative camber, and finding themselves hard-pressed to avoid a discarded piece of bubble gum in the road.

I'm just playing. I enjoy some of the aggressive set-ups, though I prefer drivability...

In all seriousness, though, the car is on Tein Flex coilovers. I raised it up a little when I went from the 20" RS-D's to the 19" SL's with the more aggressive offsets. I realize it is not in line with the status quo around here, but I wanted to run a bigger tire. When I first mounted the SL's, and installed the camber kits, I was running more negative camber and the car was a bit more stanced. It looked good, but the performance really suffered. My issue? I actually enjoy driving the car. It was not fun driving it when it was lower and running crazy negative camber. It vibrated at high speeds. It did not feel taut and stable. It made all my suspension modifications pointless. So we made some changes. It is fun to drive this car now. Not only that, but I do not have to worry as much about bumps in the road or bottoming out.

That said, I do think my next set-up is going to be ideal. For my taste. All I will say for now is less aggressive offsets and better tires.

 

^ my car feels stable and was very fun to drive, dropped on tanabe coils and every other tanabe suspension mod... lower will look a lot better with your kit, that's the only negative comment I agree with... did you get my PM patriot?

 

I have a feeling when I change the wheels I will want to drop it a little bit more again...

About the PM... I'm not sure. My PM box is full. I'll look now.

 

My car is not stock. Instead of sport-luxury I consider it to be luxury-sport and tastefully modded. Don't know why you would assume anything. If you want me to post a pic I will.


My problems with the wheels are:
1. Too small
2. All black with no shiny lip to make them stand out.
3. Too plain with no pop.

But if you like them that all that matters. Really!

 

^... i think bill knows what hes doing...

 

I'm not trying to tell anyone what to do. Just stating in a public forum what I think. Usually, I ignore threads of cars I don't really like...but when I read such overwheling replies of people liking it, I couldn't understand that. Usually, most of us have similar taste since we all like this car.

It's no biggie to me.

He likes what he likes, it's all good. Thanks for the fanboy reply.

 

But..

1) Strong
2) Super lightweight

Function > Form

But in this case, those wheels look so goddamn good as well

 

Different opinions fella's no need to argue about it

I personally think the wheels would look hotter on a Z, but they flow well with what the OP has going on