Rims or Coilovers

McLaren F1 2003 · Jun 4th, 2003, 11:00 PM

ok, so for graduation i received a great deal of money and of course its going to my car.

but i dunno what i should get, 17" axis vpds w/tires or tein ss coilovers.

if i got the vpd's, well id have rims, but id still have the wheel gap.
if i got the tein's, id be dropped on the stock b14 alloys (no hupcaps here thank god)

please give your suggestion and opinion,
thanks guys and gals

sethwas · Jun 5th, 2003, 08:00 AM

Well,
With coilovers you will see a looks difference and a ride qualiy handleing diference. With rims you'll ony get the looks difference.
Unles they are light wide and not bigger than 16 inch you will see a handleing difference slightly too. If they are big heavy and larger than 17" you will se a performance decrease.
The only thing is TEINS are cheaper than light 16" rims with tires.

Seth

pearsont74 · Jun 5th, 2003, 02:41 PM

stock rims dont look that bad and if you lower it you can then save and price that wheels you want.

pearsont74 · Jun 5th, 2003, 02:42 PM

ohyeah, if you do go with rims, your car will look like mine.

dsigns · Jun 5th, 2003, 02:43 PM

My vote's for the rims...

Neil · Jun 5th, 2003, 04:46 PM

Well you all know whats gonna happen as soon as you get the wheels and show your pics. Everyone is gonna say "slam that mofo"

runik · Jun 5th, 2003, 05:29 PM

definately go with the teins bro

sno · Jun 5th, 2003, 05:48 PM

lower first, then rims. otherwise it will look like a monster truck.

dry · Jun 5th, 2003, 06:10 PM

wheels first bro... otherwise it'll just look silly... or do what I did, get the parts to lower it a year ago, then rims 6 months ago and dont put them on until now

NissanTuner · Jun 5th, 2003, 06:37 PM

lower it first or your car will look like its ready for some offroading, trust me, ive seen our cars on stock springs with 16 inch rims and they look rifuckingdiculous. drop it first, then get rims.

whiteb14 · Jun 5th, 2003, 06:48 PM

i think u should ONLY lower it if u got the dough to buy shocks also for the sake of a crappy ass ride... if not just get the wheels, but i think lowering it first would be cool if u got the cash 4 the springs/shocks

Shawn · Jun 5th, 2003, 06:49 PM

Rims, then lower.

In my opinion, a drop looks like some gayness without a large wheel to tuck.

McLaren F1 2003 · Jun 5th, 2003, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by whiteb14
i think u should ONLY lower it if u got the dough to buy shocks also for the sake of a crappy ass ride... if not just get the wheels, but i think lowering it first would be cool if u got the cash 4 the springs/shocks

the coilovers that i wanna buy are tein ss's, i dont have to worry about buying shocks

Rama · Jun 5th, 2003, 11:46 PM

I have to agree with NissanTuner because he basically described my ride. Suspension first. I'll have to post pic of my ride eventually. Hey I got an idea just buy me the Tein's I already have rims J/K.

WasKie · Jun 5th, 2003, 11:55 PM

I would buy the rims first get rid of those stock rims if I had the money that's what I would do and want to do. Unless you drive your car hard and you know you gonna mess your ride.