the silver...

[htchbck]

I decided to give little blue's old wheels and tires to the silver today (got some new ones going on little blue soon) and she decided to be a camera whore for the day... (this will take a long time to load, there's 36)

[NovaSS]

silver on silver is always a classic !

[ajb999]

looking good. i really like those pics of your car sitting partially up the hill.

[skeeters_keeper]

wow, that took a while to load on dial-up

some nice pix there! in one of the pix (the darkest one) the rear window almost looks tinted (because your basically looking at the roof)... it looks good, you should do it!

how are the 205's on there? much rubbing? i really am thinking that seems like the best tire, i'm just concerned since i have 4+ ppl in my car all the time.

what wheels you have for lil blue now? 14's?

[festivaWES]

nice pictures, nice wheels...couldn't stress it enough

[htchbck]

the tires do scrub a good bit with 4 people on the stock setup. However, with the aspire rear swap it sets the wheels about 1/2" lower off the suspension than stock, so it doesn't scrub nearly as much. I never had much trouble with the rears hitting the body, but they were so close to the suspension that anytime there was a lot of weight in the back (like when I had my system back there) and I would corner tightly it would actually scrub the struts. With the aspire axle no problems though. In the front it hits the fender if you have the wheels turned and it hits a bump pretty hard, but other than that they work great. If I had it to do over again though, I think I'd go with something just a little slimmer... and I do get to do it over again, since I now have a set of 14x5 escort alloy wheels for the little blue. I'm planning on using 185/60/HR14s on those versus the 205/60/R13s I have on my 13x5s. I really don't think they need to be as wide as the 205s, though I do love the stance and the way the car looks from the back with those 8.5" wide tires up under there.

[skeeters_keeper]

OK... i'd really like a 185/60/13 or something like that but their a little hard to come by.

i'm sure you've seen plenty of posts on this, but the 185/60/14's rub a lot... the 195/45/14's don't rub at all... but their a little harder to find cheap.

those wheels really do look good on that car, but you should find a new rear bumper cover!

[htchbck]

but the 185/60/14's rub a lot

true, but thats what everyone said about my 205/60/13s when i first got them, and I've done the measurements at the yard, and the 185/60/14s are less than 1/2" taller overall and they are actually a little over 1/2" slimmer than the 205s, so I think I'll be fine. The tires that are on the wheels I got at the jy on monday (all are dryrotted but still hold air) are 185/70/14s, and they fit without scrubbing at all in the back, and in the front they fit but they are really really close to the fenders. I haven't driven it with those tires obviously, but just sitting they don't scrub, and i think with a 60 series i'll be fine.