What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[bigkevracer]

Finally fitted the new wheels and tyres!

The old ones were a bit knackered...

Although perhaps I could reuse them as semis?

New tyres are Hankook Ventus R-S3 245/40R18 XL, so they have a higher load rating.

Mounted on some new Braid Winrace A 18x8 +30s...

Front:

Rear:

The offset isn't too bad in the end:

Also put on Volk Formula nuts, which seem to look good in combination.

All in all, pretty happy, and they're much nicer to drive!

Big thanks to SA Motorsport Tyres for a great deal, and a lot of help putting it all together. Looking forward to the next track day!

More pictures tomorrow after Moby has had a wash!

[Dunc]

The new shoes look good Ryan, good pick. White on white looks the business!

[iamhe77]

Looks nice mate. Like the design and white on white is cool.

Go the Rallye whale!

[slippylotion]

Looks good Ryan but don't envy you keeping them clean...lol

[PN-Mad]

Looks the goods mate. If I were you, I'd find something a good detailer would recommend as a paint sealer or similar product, and get it on them right away. Will help get the grot off. There are some not so good products out I've heard, so consult a good detailer.

The old jap playz tyres hey, good for skids!

[Mr 20Valve]

Cool

They remind me of Oz-Racing Turismo's a bit

[Jetwreck]

Nice offset to ryan

[Duncan]

got the stag back with the new turbo on it today...response is good

[bigkevracer]

Thanks guys. Yeah the offset worked out well in the end. And they do look a lot like an old school race/rally wheel, which I like

I'm heading down to Autobarn tomorrow to get some proper wheel cleaning gear. The QFM pads are pretty low dust until you get to the track. Then the fronts just caked the wheels, backs not quite so bad. Dad has some great Wurth gear that you just spray on and soak in, then hit it with the hose (with some pressure).

Haven't heard of sealing them before, I'll look into it, thanks Alex.

[Daleo]

Looks the goods there Ryan, you're running the same offset as mine, with a slightly smaller rolling diameter.

Regarding Wheel sealing; I definitely recommend it, I've been using Autoglym Wheel Seal for several years now; it's just an aerosol spray on; wipe off deal.

I re-apply it every few months, and the brake dust just washes away with a Meguiars wheel detailing brush.

I'd stay away from anything you need to leave soaking; they should clean up with minimal effort once sealed.

[Daleo]

Less "What I have done" and more "What Alex has done".

Dropped off his Chassis Brace last night, and Alex kindly offered to throw his laptop & Cypher diagnostic on my Stag, to check for any outstanding ECU and SRS fault codes.

None found; which was not unexpected, as my Attessa works fine, and I don't get any random Airbag codes.

He then offered to throw 2 degrees (from a possible 3 deg advance in my case) of base timing in, and see what I thought of it. TBH, I wasn't really expecting much; but Alex told me a few interesting things about the improvement on another Forum members car.

A quick run up the street to ensure there was no knock; all good.

The trip home revealed a surprising result. The car is more responsive at small throttle openings, and seems to come on boost a little harder too. It's hard to explain; but it just feels a bit "tighter", like a bit (more) of the slack has been taken out of the throttle. Also it's less inclined to kick down on a hill in top gear, on the cruise control, which suggests that there's a bit of extra torque; just as Alex suggested

It's another little "1%" improvement, that our cars seem to have plenty of...

I'm quite impressed that such a small change could net such a pronounced improvement. I'll be giving it a bit during the week and if all is well; I think I'll be asking Alex to try the last degree at the Stagea meet.

Thanks again mate; when we were talking beers, I was honestly expecting a sixpack; not a whole case! I'll still drink them though...

Also pressed in a new set of Whiteline Lower Control Arm bushes, ready for my new brake set up this week.

[Rudi_ARX-TURBO]

Yer he did the same to mine, I find it's just a bit more responsive than normal, just a tad which helps with the shift kit:)

[Daleo]

Yer he did the same to mine, I find it's just a bit more responsive than normal, just a tad which helps with the shift kit:)

Yours was the car I was referring to Rudi; did you go 2 degrees or 3?

Every time I have a little tinker; I find myself wanting to spend buckets of money...

[PN-Mad]

Dale, I'm glad your happy with it!

No worries about the beers - thanks for getting me out of that sticky situation.

[Daleo]

Dale, I'm glad your happy with it!

No worries about the beers - thanks for getting me out of that sticky situation.

Very happy mate. Bring your laptop next weekend please? I think I'd like to try that last degree.

Any time mate; happy to help out. Drilling holes in other peoples stuff, while partially drunk is my speciality...

[bigkevracer]

Looks the goods there Ryan, you're running the same offset as mine, with a slightly smaller rolling diameter.

Regarding Wheel sealing; I definitely recommend it, I've been using Autoglym Wheel Seal for several years now; it's just an aerosol spray on; wipe off deal.

I re-apply it every few months, and the brake dust just washes away with a Meguiars wheel detailing brush.

I'd stay away from anything you need to leave soaking; they should clean up with minimal effort once sealed.

Cheers Dale. Never sealed wheels, so I'll head down and see what I can get. Good call with the brush too, getting between those spokes could be a pain.

The Wurth stuff does a great job, never had any issues with it, but I'll probably give the Bowden's Own wheel clean a go. Really happy with the rest of their stuff, and have alook at that Autoglym sealer.

Good to hear the timing works. Keen on going an extra degree?

[NickM91]

I put mine on a truck a few weeks ago and had it safely arrive in Perth on Friday.

I had a search but turned up donuts, can anyone recommend anyone to go to in perth, preferably the nth side to look after it? If they can do a vehicle safety check (pink slip) that'd be great too!

Now just waiting for my Apexi N1 from joshm35 to arrive

Edited June 17, 2012 by NickM91

[Daleo]

Cheers Dale. Never sealed wheels, so I'll head down and see what I can get. Good call with the brush too, getting between those spokes could be a pain.

The Wurth stuff does a great job, never had any issues with it, but I'll probably give the Bowden's Own wheel clean a go. Really happy with the rest of their stuff, and have alook at that Autoglym sealer.

Good to hear the timing works. Keen on going an extra degree?

Yeah, there's no sign of pinging that I can hear, so I figure if it goes well during the week; why not?

[sky^rkt]

changed the oil in it..... gave it a good thrashing. just the usual

[Rudi_ARX-TURBO]

Yours was the car I was referring to Rudi; did you go 2 degrees or 3?

Every time I have a little tinker; I find myself wanting to spend buckets of money...

He did 2 degrees from memory. It was worth the try I think