nisskid

19 started saving since from when i was about 12, bought the 32 when i was 16.

with +50 offset chances are they wont fit at both the front and rear without spacers (UCA and rear tie rod end), some 25mm spacers all round would do the trick.

woh, im surprised they didnt come to urs and double defect u for other stuff

+1

sorry man, i voted for the VL, im a sucker for stock commies on 18" rimz

wheel/tyre packages from australian tyre places are the devil.

just a bit of information and promotion for the national drifting series, i didnt see such hostility in other promotional threads like the superlap one. if you're going to get anal, get consistent.

hey mate fronts are easy, rears are a bit harder, can be done with a stretched tyre and at least a guard roll, maybe a flare. put simply, u can make them fit.

it's sick if ur into retro tunes

there are no ADR's requiring the wheels to match front and rear. saying that u are only allowed to go 1" wider and increase the track by 26mm (13mm each side), so pretty sure legally your limit is a 18x7.5 +27. those rims i showed u are legal besides being 1/2" over width, but no cop should be able to tell what width they are. in other words if u get defected for them, u were gonna get defected for them regardless of whether they were legal or not as the officer cannot tell what size they are from the outside (unless the size is stamped on the outside of the disk).

swaybars are ur best bet, but as i said u dont have to spend big $$ on rims, just buy smart. something like this: http://hardtuned.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=333667 there are much better examples around obviously, and if need be u can just buy 2 pairs if they are dirt cheap. quality rims, decent width, and if u buy well u could probably get away with a similar set for less than $400. but yeh, go the sway bars first.

what tyres are u running now?

for drift and motorkana's, no.

the only way to really know is by doing it urself and getting a feel for it urself.

yes, big difference. the 9" will have more rigid sidewalls and movement of the tread will transfer more directly into the wheel and in turn the steering. this can mean u get tracking where the wheel follows the road more, not great for highway driving but great for steering response.

stock rims are thin, u cant fit as large tyres on them, its basically that simple. for track use u have to remember the tyres are being put under higher force, so if u put wide tyres on thin wheels, ull have the tyres flopping around all over the place as there is less strength holding the sidewalls upright. if u have a wider rim and put a same size tyre on, the walls will be sit nice and vertical or slightly pulled in which keeps the sidewalls more rigid which obviously transfers to more responsive steering. although then there is the issue of unsprung weight, but tbh i think thats less of an issue.

what size? cant imagine ud get much over 225's on 6.5", even then they would be flopping around something stupid on the track.

id be looking around for some cheap 2nd hand wheels, maybe a few hundred $$ worth, go at least 16" diameter and something up around at least 8". when i say cheap i dont mean tempe specials, i mean good lightish brand name wheels, just cheap in price (whether it be due to looks, gutter rash etc). chuck some decent wide tyres on them and upgrade the sway bars.

haha yeh. the drift practice footage: not great, but if anyone takes anything out of this footage, it's that to stay the hell away from the temp permit group

ahk, the one i saw had an aftermarket front bar, pretty sure it was a GTR.

unfortunately its all in car, should have got it out in the early sessions when i wasnt driving, i was just too busy running around finding people that were loading trailers and leaving so i could get out there. then by the time i found out i was in, it was a mad rush getting tyres on etc that couldnt get footage of the 1st session, got some of the 2nd session but was pretty messy and slow, had to come in half way as well and refuel so lost a lot of time in that session, then 3rd session i boiled my brake fluid half way through and it was game over for the grip session, only just got it bled and refilled in time for the 2nd session of drift thanks to a few champion blokes who we were sharing sheds with. what GTR were u talking about, i think there was one out in the later sessions, think ive got footage of it just destroying me down the back straight (turn 4) haha, rb20 just wasnt up to the challenge.

haha yeh that was me, i was there for grip and drift, unfortunately only got into the last 3 sessions due to the cap they reached there. i was in the cams license section, and my old man was driving it in the temp license section. pretty happy with the pace considering my lack of track time, lack of grip (old heatcycled RE070's with f**k all tread) and lack of power (150-160rwkw, low boost due to controller problems). also small other things like locked diff because i overshimmed it (0.8mm + 1.4mm) and didnt have time to take it back out and pull the .8mm shim out once i realised how tight it was. also alignment was out etc etc ended up getting more and more confident in the brakes and started dropping the times, but by mid way through session 3 i boiled my brake fluid and lost brakes completely. i was lucky i started my cool down lap the corner after i boiled the brakes, not sure what the chances of that happening were but it saved me from going into the sandtrap pretty hard. best lap i got just before i boiled the fluid was around 1:27.9, obviously tonnes of room for improvement in both setup and driver. some in car footage

woh, thats some farkin wide tyres

yeh would be nice to get a few snaps of the grip praccy, only ended up getting into the last 3 sessions of the grip praccy but couldnt have been happier with how the car went, now ive just gotta learn to steer the thing better