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    Do I realy need a R200?

    in Drivetrain

    Posted

    The same question I've been pondering. Long nose r200's are getting harder to find and long nose r180's with lsd off of older sti's are becoming more easily attained. My only personal dilemma is I'm intending on running an RB25 and top off around 450-500hp, nobodys been able to confirm nor deny if the sti diffs can handle that kind of power reliably and I'm not in the business of doing things twice if it can be helped.

    Wheel Show! Post your pics of you wheels

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

    Posted · Edited by helghast7

    This is not intended as a dig at the job done, but just what I can tell from observation.

    Doesn't look as much like "side skirts" as it does garage door weather stripping / rubber seal glued / screwed to the bottom edge, which I also like the look... :2thumbs:

     

     

    i'm about 90% sure those are some version of the FEED FD side skirts on their old car, they have since created a new one with a different type but FD guys loved using them and has since started a trend in other car types since a company in china has produced a "universal" version

     

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    Wheel Tire Sizes

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

    Posted

    I wasn't assuming a 16 x 9 0 offset would fit, I was assuming a 16 x 9 0 offset would put me in a better position then +20 would and then with a small spacer should put it far out enough to clear the strut and fit decent with flares. But that's why I asked because I didn't want to pull the trigger on a set of 16x8 0 offset and 16x9 0 offset wheels only to have them fit so horribly I would need a 1 inch spacer just to make them work.

    How to mount them there ZG Flares

    in Body Kits & Paint

    Posted

    I'm looking to purchase some regular ZG flares soon and I was wondering where people bought them from? I heard their were complaints about MSA's flares so I was wondering if it was even worth the extra money to go with them when companies such as jdm flares pop up with probably the same quality for a lower price.

     

    http://jdmflares.com/products/ZG_Flares.html

     

    Now I'm not trying to be cheap, if you tell me MSA makes a better flare then other companies then so be it. But if they don't and these are basically the same then I'm just gonna give them a try, but I just wanted to be sure.

    Wheel Show! Post your pics of you wheels

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

    Posted

    Off topic, but I am most impressed with the functional side skirts. 

     

    Funny that those skirts made it all the way to the s30's, I remember when the real ones came out, they were designed by FEED for their FD Rx7. At first I hated them because they look like running boards for a truck, especially when installed wrong. Then by the time they grew on me it turned into "the cool thing" that everyone was doing. Good ol china, the originals used to cost like 500 before shipping.

    WTB 77-78 door lock cylinders with arms please help!

    in Parts Wanted

    Posted

    Hello everyone, as the title states I'm in a bit of a bind. When I purchased my 78 last year the PO explained the door locks didn't work and I would just need to have them replaced, no big deal. Or so I thought until i removed the panels and found that the little arms or rods or whatever you wish to call them that are attached to the back of the cylinders are missing. So thats what I need, locks with the arms attached.

     

    If anyone has anything please let me know. It would be very appreciated to be able to drive my car places.

     

    Heres an attached picture to show you what I need just incase.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Dave

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    Wheel Tire Sizes

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

    Posted

    You should look around and see what looks good to you and find out what the offset they are running as looks are kind of up to the individual. 

     

    16x9 + 0 may not fit depending on the rim I want to say a 16x8.5 +4 is right about where you are touching the strut/spring perch with the rim with certain makes. You could almost fit a 16x9 wheel without the zg flare at the +0 offset so adding in a 1.5 inch zg flares are going to leave you with a very sunken in look. Same as the fronts. It will also be difficult to mount the flares in the rightish position with stock style suspension as you would be running pretty close to the bump stop, unless you decided to mount the flares lower which wouldn't look quite right especially if you have bumpers. Personally I think it looks a bit silly to have anything thinner than 9.5 with the flare, to fill our the flare you would end up pushing the wheel out and from the rear of the car it looks like the wheels are sitting outside the body.

     

     

     

    Ok thank you very much for the information, I do have a few questions pertaining things you said that I've never heard before in my "e-travels".

     

    Why would it be difficult to mount the flares? Isn't their mounting position based off of location on the body? Or am I missing something? What would be close to the bump stops? And I understand where you are coming from with the "sitting outside the body" thing, and that makes sense. But does that mean that everyone that doesn't have crazy big wheels looks like that? Everyone with flares can't all possibly have super wide rims I think.

     

    I apologize for the super noob questions and I do feel silly asking them. I just feel like fitment and coilovers, no matter how many times I read about it here, I still can't fully grasp without a hit on the head.

     

    But thank you for being patient with me.  :)

    Wheel Tire Sizes

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

    Posted

    Hey sorry to thread jack a bit but I figured it would be smarter to post here then waste a new thread with my question. I want to get some new wheels for my z but I wasn't sure what I would have to do to make them fit or if they would look stupid or anything of the sort. 

     

    I wanted to get 16x8 0 offset for the front and 16x9 0 offset for the rear and I wanted to run regular fender flares with (for the moment) stock suspension.

     

    Is there anything I need to do to them to get them to fit good without rubbing or being too sunk in with the flares? and whats the recommended tire setup for something like that?

     

    Thanks again.

    Going RB25DE this time around

    in Nissan RB Forum

    Posted

    I'd definitely go with Mckinney, I know it sucks to have to pay the extra money when CX is so much cheaper but there are lots of people that have broken their stuff before. Only complaints people seem to have with Mckinney is supposedly earlier year z's have weaker trans mounts. Though I also heard they updated the mount to fix it.

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