LOW-K3Y - '07 Speed 3
Alright I posted a thread in the newbie forum, but I wanted to make a post in the member's ride area to keep up with my build, so here goes.
A lot of people may know me by MM Boost/4CE-FED on m247/m3f.com.
Here is a short-story on the history of my car to present day.
My very first set was a set of 18x8 +45 wheels from ebay (rs4 replicas) with 235/40/18 nexen n3000, but I don't have any pictures of that set. After that, I wanted to step up a bit, and went with something a little nicer.
My first somewhatagressive setup:
18x8.5" +48 Rota SVN Hyperblack 235/40/18 Nexen N3000 - BC Coils
The paint started chipping, so then I got a wild bone in me, and decided to have them powdercoated blue. I wanted to get as close as possible to Volk's Magnesium Blue, but in the end, I had the guy put silver metallic flake in it, and it made them more of a brighter blue (which I still enjoyed).
With this setup, I ran them with 5mm spacers making them +43 effectively, and ran 235/40/18 Falken RT-615s:
Then, I had my wedding coming up and got strapped for cash in order to pay for our photographer, so I sold the wheels and went back to stock for the winter.
Then, last spring at tax time, I bought my next set of wheels, 18x8.5" Sterling ST-15s +45 offset (with 5mm spacers, making them +40 effectively) and ran 225/40/18 Nitto NeoGens. I liked this set pretty well, but at the same time, the look just didn't fit this car the way I had hoped. I got them cheap, took a chance on them and they did the job for a while before I got bored with them.
So back in September, I drove to Charlotte, NC and sold these to a friend of mine, and then took the cash an ordered a set of 18x8 +35 Sonic Tuning ST8's in Hypersilver. I ran these with 5mm spacers in the front, but not in the rear due to very very minor rubbing annoyances with the pinch weld on the bumper tab. I ran these with 225/40/18 Nitto Neo Gens like the last wheels.
(5mm spacers are NOT on in this picture ^^^^^^^)
Present Day
I am currently riding on the 17" snowflakes for winter, but I have decided that i am going to run the silver ST's again this spring, but I am running the 5mm spacers all around and will be running with 18x8 +30 this season. I have a deep respect for you guys with 9-10" wheels with stupid camber and stretched wheels, but I am more about squared setups with aggressive fitment on my own car for performance purposes. So I won't fit in with a lot of you guys, but at least we will share that love for slammed cars.I recently just received my SPC rear camber arms and a new set of rear shocks for my BC coils, and plan on going lower in the rear. With the spacers, i will be likely shaving the fender down and running some negative camber and then throwing the wheels back on. I ordered a set of the Muteki Burning Blue lug nuts for the wheels, and I also go a set of flat center caps for the wheels to get rid of the big hunky cheap looking ones that came on the wheels. To go with the wheels, I ordered a g2 black caliper paint kit, and everything should be pulled together. I also have an 06 STi V-Limited front lip on the way and basically will be the guniea pig for the Speed owners to see if it fits. In the the middle of March, I already have an appointment to get my roof sprayed black for the 2-tone look, and will match my upper and lower grills.
Thats it for now, but the car should be coming together quite quickly this spring. C/C is more than welcomed.
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Originally Posted by 4N MUSCLE
. Thanks!
Hopefully have some newer pics for you guys on Sunday.
