fx45guy

It's stock.

With the Cleveland, OH winters it's not getting a drop. That's what I have my Z for in the summer.
If I lived in a warmer climate, it would be dropped.

They are Conti Extreme Contact DWS's 245/40R-19 all the way around. The rims are staggered coupes.

In the winter I run Bridgestone Blizzak WS70 P215/55R-18 on the stock 18" sedan sport rims.
They are going on tomorrow...

sniper27

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so you put a square setup tire on staggered wheels? do you rotate them? if so, how is it with a wider wheel in the front?

Rochester

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You're misinterpreting that, Sniper. His summer setup is staggered, but his winters aren't.

Small clarification there on the sport rims. Bridgestone doesn't make a WS70 that would fit on the wider, staggered 18" sport rims. If you want to stay with Bridgestone, you have to go with their LM60. (Guess how I know that, LOL!)

I remember your car. Impressive chrome job on those Coupe rims. While typically not a fan of chrome wheels, those look fantastic against the red. You probably get that all the time, eh?

sniper27

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He's still running a squared setup of 245/40/19 all around with the Contis on his staggered sport wheels.

Rochester

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Ah... now I see it. Good catch. Yeah, that is kind of odd.

dkmesa350z

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all these pictures make me so glad I lowered my sedan haha.

ashmostro

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I don't really see a problem with that. Granted, he still can't rotate f<-->r but having the extra meat up front helps with front end push, as well as keeps the awd transfer case happy.

sniper27

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right...i was just wondering if he was rotating them.

fx45guy

The problem with my summer setup is that the car is AWD. You either need to put the same size all the way around, or have to come up with a matching OD of front/rear with the staggered rims.

I chose to go all of the same size because it's a family car, and to get the right OD, I think the fronts had to have a 40 profile, and the rears a 30. That would just be too harsh.

The other way around it is to get a set of all 4 fronts or all 4 rears. This is the best solution but hard to come by unless you want to spend a lot of money/time to make it happen.

I have not rotated the DWSs. I probably won't since they are unidirectional and I really don't want the larger rims in the front of the car even though the tires are the same size.

Since the car is AWD, the 18" sports rims are the same size all around. So I didn't have any issues with the WS70 setup.

thebals

Thanks for the pics guys! I live in Colorado and drive up to the mountains quite a bit; so i am not looking to lower my car anytime soon.

Although lowered sedans do look a little better than stock suspensions with 18's or 19's, I am so glad that the pics on this thread look pretty good too. I can totally live with that look.

fx45guy

I misspoke... I changed the car over to snows this weekend. Nowhere on the DWSs did I see that they were unidirectional. Therefore I can swap them side to side (I still want to leave the wider rims in the back even though the tires are the same. You can see a slight difference in the profile.)

ashmostro

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Just bought a set of dws for winter use. Will report up separately once i get back from out Christmas trip up north.

fx45guy

Wish I could run the DWSs...
But living in Cleveland with lake effect snow is just a royal pain.
I've become a believer in Blizzaks since I first put them on my wife's FX45.

Fun pic of the day. My summer ride which could never make it through a Cleveland winter and my wife's FX45.

ashmostro

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Yeah, they aren't true winter tires, but DC metro doesn't really get crazy winters. I will just be more cautious when we are up north for the weekend.

I recently got caught in a small flurry running my Michelin PSS's and while I had to be very careful with the throttle, the tires and car did quite an impressive job at staying shiny side up. I expect the DWS will be just the balance I need for winter.

JayDeePee

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Here is my Sedan with Sport Coupe wheels. I'm thinking about lowering it. I just don't like the fact that I will have to be slowing down for every pothole or dip in the city. My previous car was lowered and no matter how hard I tried to take precautions I dragged my car across the street once in a while.