got Weds Sport wheels on. (pics)
09-25-2005, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by HKSpeed
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weds sport wheels and muteki lug nuts??? hopefully those lug nuts do F up on you... or the key. mine broke 
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look for some buddy club p1's. good price and high quality stuff. if i had the money, id get the work or rays lug nuts.
. look for some buddy club p1's. good price and high quality stuff. if i had the money, id get the work or rays lug nuts.
Just paint your stock lugs black if you want the same effect.
09-25-2005, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by johnnyTCblaze
[img]http://www.filefarmer.com/DuMa23/wedssport/tc-005025.jpg[img]
Killer drop and killer rims mang.
Is that a pic in Westminster? I grew up there and know it like that back of my hand. I'm thinking thats Brookhurst/Bolsa....Did I call it or what?
Killer drop and killer rims mang.Is that a pic in Westminster? I grew up there and know it like that back of my hand. I'm thinking thats Brookhurst/Bolsa....Did I call it or what?
09-25-2005, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by hayalex6
Originally Posted by HKSpeed
Originally Posted by David_Seale
weds sport wheels and muteki lug nuts??? hopefully those lug nuts do F up on you... or the key. mine broke .
look for some buddy club p1's. good price and high quality stuff. if i had the money, id get the work or rays lug nuts.
. look for some buddy club p1's. good price and high quality stuff. if i had the money, id get the work or rays lug nuts.
Just paint your stock lugs black if you want the same effect.
09-25-2005, 05:50 PM
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Tires are Hankook RS-2 and look like a 225/45/17 which goes really well on that wide a wheel, looks really sweet
The wheels look to have a 35mm offset or close to it.
We have the same tire on 17x8 35mm offsets but in 235/40/17 for our street and rain tires on the autocross courses.
Not the super top tire but dang good, more driver difference at that level that tires, enjoy them but be a bit cautious, at 10/10ths which is very high cornering speeds, if they break loose can be a bit tricky unless you have some good experience in those situations.
We ran 6 back to back autocross runs on ours, supposed to have rained but it was dry out, they held up very well but got a bit slippery when really hot. If we use them again in the dry we will bring a spray bottle to cool them down between runs.
Overall very impressed, especially with full tread depth.
Rick
The wheels look to have a 35mm offset or close to it.We have the same tire on 17x8 35mm offsets but in 235/40/17 for our street and rain tires on the autocross courses.
Not the super top tire but dang good, more driver difference at that level that tires, enjoy them but be a bit cautious, at 10/10ths which is very high cornering speeds, if they break loose can be a bit tricky unless you have some good experience in those situations.
We ran 6 back to back autocross runs on ours, supposed to have rained but it was dry out, they held up very well but got a bit slippery when really hot. If we use them again in the dry we will bring a spray bottle to cool them down between runs.
Overall very impressed, especially with full tread depth.
Rick
09-25-2005, 06:07 PM
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excellent observation as usual rick, everything was right. but the offset on the weds sports are +32.
I love these tires and the next set i get will be a 235 width RS-2 but im still debating 40 or 45 series because with 40 series, i lose a little sidewall (7mm) and lose overall diameter by 14mm.
with 45 series, i gain a little more difference of a sidewall (4mm) and gain a little overall diameter at 8mm
if only they made a 42 or 43 series tire
thanks for all the kind comments everyone.
I love these tires and the next set i get will be a 235 width RS-2 but im still debating 40 or 45 series because with 40 series, i lose a little sidewall (7mm) and lose overall diameter by 14mm.
with 45 series, i gain a little more difference of a sidewall (4mm) and gain a little overall diameter at 8mm
if only they made a 42 or 43 series tire
thanks for all the kind comments everyone.
09-25-2005, 06:50 PM
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Most welcome and I did forget to mention dang fine choice on very low weight wheels, nice to see another enthusiast that understands how important this is
You lost a few pounds on the stock wheels but gained some back on the tires, still should be a 1lb or two less weight overall, a worthy trade off.
On the offset I thought it may be a bit less than 35mm but kind of hard to tell from the angle of the pics. I am running barely any negative rear camber and if loaded down will rub a bit on the back on big bumps so you may have to watch the overall width on the next set of tires.
More negative camber, 1 degree is the most I would use will gain some clearance and the fenders can be rolled as well so you may sqeeze them on ok
We are running very little camber to help control understeer or more precisely want to start inducing a bit of oversteer for tight corners while breaking deeper into them for faster rotation of the chassis in the turns.
We are considering 245 up front and 225 out back for our race setup when we get slicks for next season. I would love to have some now but do not want them to sit over the winter, have to keep them in the house if we did.
We do have to accept some compromises, I would love to have the width and offset Lance has but we have a great sponsor and have the best they can offer us which we make do what we need.
Rick
You lost a few pounds on the stock wheels but gained some back on the tires, still should be a 1lb or two less weight overall, a worthy trade off.
On the offset I thought it may be a bit less than 35mm but kind of hard to tell from the angle of the pics. I am running barely any negative rear camber and if loaded down will rub a bit on the back on big bumps so you may have to watch the overall width on the next set of tires.
More negative camber, 1 degree is the most I would use will gain some clearance and the fenders can be rolled as well so you may sqeeze them on ok
We are running very little camber to help control understeer or more precisely want to start inducing a bit of oversteer for tight corners while breaking deeper into them for faster rotation of the chassis in the turns.
We are considering 245 up front and 225 out back for our race setup when we get slicks for next season. I would love to have some now but do not want them to sit over the winter, have to keep them in the house if we did.
We do have to accept some compromises, I would love to have the width and offset Lance has but we have a great sponsor and have the best they can offer us which we make do what we need.
Rick
09-26-2005, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by DuMa
whats wrong with muteki lugs. i havent heard too many bad stories with them. rays lugs = 150 bones. too much for just lugs.
my drop is more than 2" for sure. im not sure because im on tein coilovers.
heres one more pic
my drop is more than 2" for sure. im not sure because im on tein coilovers.
heres one more pic
yeah, rays lugs are expensive but i had to get them since i had volks to begin with. 
got mine for $125 shipped. i know a couple of people w/ muteki and haven't had any problems with them.
09-26-2005, 04:26 PM
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yar im the only one with weds... its all good and everything for the unique factor until i realized now i need the center caps. no one carries them and you have to special order them from weds for 40 per
09-26-2005, 04:50 PM
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You can make some out of other caps, just go to a big tire shop, some have various caps you can dig through until you find some that fit the diameter. Then you may have to mod one to fit over the front spindle(we are going to cut off some of that to reduce weight, somebody may flip out here if they read this, lol;) Anyway, you can then look for something to dress them up with or just paint them black, like we will do
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