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06-22-2012, 08:31 AM | #23 | |
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If you can't wait, you can always install everything on my car to see how things look. I'll even drive it around so you can see/hear it better.
I might not come back to you though. Haha.
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So guys, still curious as to why you recommended leaving the LM-R's alone. I'm wondering if there's something that hadn't come to mind and that I should consider in this process. Please share BTW, Here's what a 20x10 +8 looks like. This guy is on 20x10 +20 LM's + 12mm spacer. 275/30 tire. This is why I think I can go more aggressive on my rear setup Last edited by tbone28; 06-22-2012 at 12:24 PM.. |
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06-22-2012, 12:23 PM | #30 | ||
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Me too, D! BTW everyone, D's shop is my favorite mod He's worked on all my cars. He built up my little Brabus Smart too. Notice it's not the 1st time I've run a KW/Swift combo Sound Pics: Focal/JL. Had an 8" JL sub tucked up underneath the passenger side dash Last edited by tbone28; 06-22-2012 at 12:31 PM.. |
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06-22-2012, 02:32 PM | #32 | |
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06-22-2012, 02:35 PM | #33 |
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BTW, you are a nut for that Smart car! Looks awesome!
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06-22-2012, 03:01 PM | #34 | |
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Rear LM is not as aggressive as the LM-R, you're right. Darwin is playing around with lips right now. He's having a couple of lips sent to his shop so he can play around with the setup to see if he can rebuild my rims. No guinea pigging on my car. He's doing the R&D at his shop first. Darwin doesn't mess around! hahaha, you're not the 1st to tell me that! I originally bought the smart cuz of the youtbue videos where they swapped a hayabusa engine into them. That was my original plan until I met another smart owner who did the swap and he said it's way too loud to daily drive. I then refocused to a car engine swap (MR2 - fits perfectly w/o major chassis modification), but then decided it wasn't worth the money on this car. That's when I got bored and sold the car and moved onto the E92...I don't think I'll get bored with this car Thank you! I've actually run Work, DPE, and HRE's, so I'm not an HRE fanboy by any means. Honestly, my preference would have been to stick with an HRE because I could build a rim to spec that would cost less than the BBS. However, I couldn't find a style from any of the custom wheel manufacturers that I liked enough on the E92 body. These are my 1st set of BBS ever, and was shocked to find out how much they cost. I would have hoped that, for that money, you would be able to at least spec out widths and offsets to your liking. Why the LM-R's? I saw the setup on SARD's and bapesta's cars and fell in love with how they look on the E92. Mesh style wheels go well with the racing bloodlines of the M, IMO . And I know many people are into full-face rims now-a-days, but I'm still a fan of rims with lip Last edited by tbone28; 06-22-2012 at 03:08 PM.. |
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06-22-2012, 03:12 PM | #35 |
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I'm very impressed with all your builds. I can't wait to see your what you have planned for your M. That's a really nice house in SF!
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06-22-2012, 03:18 PM | #36 | |
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BTW, check out this pic of an LM I found. He chromed his lips. Looks yummy to me |
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06-22-2012, 03:21 PM | #37 |
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4) Some more practical "mods" showed up at my doorstep today
Jack Stands and Jack Pads are from Fred@Reverselogic (forum sponsor). He threw in the pads for my mercedes free. Thanks Fred! Stands will work on both my cars. |
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06-22-2012, 05:08 PM | #40 |
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Too bling for my taste. Those prying tools look useful on some crab.
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BTW, I don't plan on polishing/chroming the entire inner barrel and lip like this guy did, just the lip for me. I actually don't think a polished lip is bling. I think it's OG. That's how rims came back in the day before the craze of black lips, colored lips, etc. but as they say, to each their own
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20x10 +20 20x11 +20 Will refinish centers to brushed aluminum w/ chrome step lips. Darwin has an old BBS face that he will use as a guinea pig. He's going to let the wheel refinisher refinish that and send me a pic to see if I like it before we do my rims. If I don't like them, I'm thinking of a matte or satin titanium finish. Despite the aggressive offsets, I'm hoping to squeeze 285/25/20 and 305/25/20's under the fenders....we'll see how that goes when the time comes |
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