Shadow Black is quite a color. Impressive!
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How about kids go to bed at 2 pm ….daddy has important work
, those look great.
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That is super clean ….really classy and nice.
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Nice spec, I bet it looks even better in person. The madreperla is hard to really be experienced in photos and I bet the same is true of those wheels.
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Ugh, I still can't decide on tires! According to Tire Rack, the only Michelins are the Pilot Sport 4S & Pilot Sport All Season 4 in the sizes I'm working with: 225/45-17 and 255/40-18.
I found some Pilot Sport Cup 2s at Costco, but only in the 17" fronts.
Maybe the Bridgestone - POTENZA RE-71RS ?? They look cool.
Or Falden Azenis RT660s?
Or Yokohama Advan Neova AD09s?
I found some Pilot Sport Cup 2s at Costco, but only in the 17" fronts.
Maybe the Bridgestone - POTENZA RE-71RS ?? They look cool.
Or Falden Azenis RT660s?
Or Yokohama Advan Neova AD09s?
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Nothing in Goodyear Eagle F1 Super Sports?
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How long has it been since your last one?
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This is the right question IMHO. If you have a perfectly aligned car, confirmed recently, etc. switching the wheels should have little to no impact.
If you’re swapping the exact size there’s no impact.
If you’re going wider there is some impact as the suspension will settle differently and camber/castor angles could change slightly. That said, my experience is that they don’t change enough to make a well aligned car need a new alignment.
If you’re not sure when your last alignment was then sure, an alignment might be in order.
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After the control arms then.My new control arms just arrived, so basically I’m trying to decide if I wait to replace the control arms until the wheels come. I probably won’t have much drivable weather between now and then so it’s no crisis to wait, but I’m also impatient.
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Didn't see any!
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Don’t Goodyear produce or import that tyre in/to the US? Bad luck if not.
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I’m a MPS4S person but I’m going to try those AD09R next. I’ve heard good things. I am intrigued by the RE-71RS too. I haven’t heard much about that one though.
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Seems the RE-71RS is quite different than the 71Rs. For folks that haven’t seen it they talk about the differences in this tire rack vid and it’s pretty radically different. New compound, different focus, and asymmetric vs directional. Will be curious to hear reports back from folks that try them.
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Are the oem wheel lugs not adequate for our new rims ?
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Perfectly adequate although mine will be strictly for road use and so I’ll use my titanium ones only for the reason that they have a nice shiny finish.
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Thanks for the video link. They said the 71RS is more track focused... Does that mean it'll never get enough heat in it with street driving? They also say it has fantastic wet performance which is counter intuitive to requiring more heat.
I loved the 71R. Gonna be sad when I have to toss the ones on my 124. Might goto Direzza ZIII or RT660 if they have them in the right size.
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