Quickie pics of the Tanabe springs install

[Nimble]

Car is detailed with Poor Boy's products in these pics. Their Bold and Bright tire shine, Quick wax+, and spray and gloss QD'er. Even though the car is new, it still has some 'light' contamination embedded in the paint from the travel here, so it is awaiting a Natty's Blue Carnauba paste wax treatment after I clay her. Probably will be done in a week or two, weather permitting...

[Nimble]

Originally Posted by Chris07LB

Givr it some time Nimble, it will settle a bit lower... mine is a little over 2" lower front and rear...

Nimble, do you belong to e46fanatics?

Tucks nothing like my 330 though.

Dang that's low! hehe
No, I was always a E36/E30 owner, so I'm a member of bimmerforums, bmwplanet, and dtmpower.

Not usually a fan of chrome wheels, but they look nice on your E46.

[magoo_lc1]

Im a e30 fan myself. IM actualy consdiering that for a track toy. Im thinking of doing pikes peak in 2 years. Those wheels would be used but very ,very good shape. No curbing or anthing. But after shipping you can probaly buy your self a new set. My buddy wants 350 for them and with shipping your looking at over 4 hunney.

The car looks sick in these pics. Is it louder inside with the rear seats out? How much weight do you think you saved. Im with you on the tire. The pics of my honda i posted are 195/50 15 bridgestone re=01 r uhp. Its plenty of tire for my civic. There is no wheel spin in mine either my honda only came wth 72 fat hp from the factory. But it still chugs out 39mpg.

[Nimble]

Originally Posted by magoo_lc1

The car looks sick in these pics. Is it louder inside with the rear seats out? How much weight do you think you saved. Im with you on the tire. The pics of my honda i posted are 195/50 15 bridgestone re=01 r uhp. Its plenty of tire for my civic. There is no wheel spin in mine either my honda only came wth 72 fat hp from the factory. But it still chugs out 39mpg.

Much E30 love.... When I was a kid, my Dad had over a 5 yr period, a 88, 89, and 91 E30 M3 trio, all that Hennarot orangeish/red. Sweet car, too bad he sold them, they are worth ridiculous money today.

Haven't even driven it with the rear fully stripped yet, just with no spare, tools, rear cover, etc, about 40lbs, and that didn't seem to make a difference.

The parts I removed today were:
The rear bench bottom (light as heck, no way more than 6-8lbs)
The rear seat folding back part (this thing blew me away with how heavy it is!!!, at least 25lbs)
And the lower metal frame that the seat bench sits on (about 10lbs)

Someone said once (and I tend to agree), that a fully stripped rear with no spare and tools is about a 90-100lb weight savings...HUGE on a 2290lb car. Up next is some 10lb 15's and I 'should' be sub 2200lbs (too bad I'm a porker).

[Chris07LB]

should have mentioned the "chrome wheels" were from about 3 years ago.... my tastes have changed.

[magoo_lc1]

I hear you i need to lay off the samiches myself. Your like me though we are tall enough when we are considered "fit" we are stil over 200lbs. I am 240lbs when i look my best. Im a long way from that from the wreck. My goal is to fit back into a sparco,momo seat. I like sitting down as well.I think i got myself sold on the rpf-1 if i go with the yaris. Im putting old school ssr im quite sure on the honda. I love the ssr fins.

[Nimble]

Originally Posted by Chris07LB

should have mentioned the "chrome wheels" were from about 3 years ago.... my tastes have changed.

And what might those "tastes" be now?

[Chris07LB]

Black baby.. all black with a fat polished lip.

[Nimble]

Originally Posted by Chris07LB

Black baby.. all black with a fat polished lip.

Nice call. I bet that looks great.

[whooppee777]

those DF springs are, in my opinion, the best investment for the yaris. the stock springs swayed like a bitch. now it looks meaner with the 2 inch drop and handles way better too. i'm planning on getting some 17x7 rims next. i'm a little confused by the "205/50/15" jargon, i know the last number is the rim size but what do the other numbers mean? and what tire configuration would work best with my drop and rim size choice?

[Nimble]

Originally Posted by whooppee777

those DF springs are, in my opinion, the best investment for the yaris. the stock springs swayed like a bitch. now it looks meaner with the 2 inch drop and handles way better too. i'm planning on getting some 17x7 rims next. i'm a little confused by the "205/50/15" jargon, i know the last number is the rim size but what do the other numbers mean? and what tire configuration would work best with my drop and rim size choice?

205 is the width in mm's and 50 is the percentage of that width. So a 225/45 is the same overall height as a 205/50. As would be a 245/40, 185/55, etc.

For a 17x7 wheel, you'll want about a 40-42mm offset and a 205/45 17 tire.

[wushumasterku]

Originally Posted by Nimble

Car is detailed with Poor Boy's products in these pics. Their Bold and Bright tire shine, Quick wax+, and spray and gloss QD'er. Even though the car is new, it still has some 'light' contamination embedded in the paint from the travel here, so it is awaiting a Natty's Blue Carnauba paste wax treatment after I clay her. Probably will be done in a week or two, weather permitting...

are those stock 14"??

[Nimble]

stock 15's.

[dsc_pat]

my yaris on 205s loose speed in curves on track, no need for 225s except for the look of it...