woody03
Registered User
finally got round to fitting wheels and coilovers after much thought on wheel options, tyre size, and suspension. in the end went with 19vmrs which are 19x8.5 with 225/35/19 tyres and vmaxx coilovers. the height is to be sorted out as its not sitting at the correct level yet as they 1st need to settle down then ill need to adjust the back as they are slightly lower at the mo. must say thanks to all the members ive hassled over my decisions on the wheels tyre combo suspension etc. im happy with my choice of 225width tyre although this doesnt enable me to go right down with the coilovers as it catches as i was told before i went with 225s, but after seeing some pics of how low you could go with 225tyres (thanks to darren_wheeler) it was low enough for me rather than getting 215width tyres. only problem ive encountered so far is that i cannot adjust the rear coilovers with the c spanner as all of the adjustable part turns under the weight of the car rather than just the part to lower it if yous understand which is a pain as it was the main reason i bought coilovers so i could adjust the back when the tyres started to catch when i wound it down so i could then adjust it back up so it dont catch but get the car as low as i could. ive had a quick search and found a few others have had this problem on various makes of coilovers. anyway once settled ill adjust accordingly (the long way) but for now this is how it is. finding the ride quality to be fine to be fair which i was surprised at with the low profile tyres and coilovers. got a lot of plans for the car for next year, as for the rest of this year im thinking my11 lights and sorting the exhaust out for some tips etc although unsure whether to do this as ill be changing the bumpers next year and unsure whether the sline/s3 rear bumpers whichever i decide on will line up with original exhaust pipes if anyone can shed any light on this let me know as ive heard it may need altered to fit some rear bumpers although i may be wrong. anyway heres the pics: