Cant we just all get along hahahhha, Nice ride by the way!! Love your Setup Looks berry Clean.

 

Neither did I.

Running on a skidpad and an a track/street aren't necessarily the same thing. In a sense I feel like once again I'm stating the obvious.

You're probably right, if not slightly conservative in your estimate.

You posted to me, remember? You could have very easily dropped this after your first post, and obviously that did not happen. At least one can hope that some of what's been discussed will have a positive effect on the readers.

Please see above.

 

nice pics!
saw this car in person before...itz just as nice as the pics

 

love the setup.. i give it two thumbs up

 

Wow,... didn't know my thread would start a pissing contest. I will say that Robi was astonished and stoked that I had +22 offset gramlights. Although I will say that once the Advans wear out I am going to get 2 in a +30 offset for the rear. To the other poster with an RS that has a ****ty opinion of my wheels.... I autoX the car. So the wider track is helping, however like I posted above I am getting another set to run a staggered setup at autoX for better turn in so I can kick out the rear more and run wider tire.

I was weary about chop rolling the fenders but you can't even tell it happened. I thoroughly invtie any Evo owner who is local to take a ride in the car and see how much more grip, even with the stock tire, this has over stock. This is my second Evo, my '04 was basically stock with the exception of the rear bar and bushings, so it's not like I just got an RS cause it was cheaper, went out and bought some **** to be a fanboy.

Now if the two of you would stop *****ing at each other and spreading opinion based information in my thread it'd be nice. Hell... I thought this thing was dead.

Cal at SpeedElement and everyone else, thanks for the kind words.

 

Tarmac02, I'd like to sincerely apologize for painting a facet of this discussion in a less than positive light. I didn't intend to do so. FWIW, I think the wheels look very nice and I must say that you absolutely fantastic taste in automobiles <grin>. I don't think there are many of us (red) IX RS owners around.

 

I would like to add a stupid question directed at Tarmac02.

I understand that the different offset made you have to roll fenders, but was the way the suspension set up another reason??

I understand why you put the softer springs in front, but because you made that swap did it lower your car more??

I want to know only cause when i get my coilovers if i do it the same way as you I need to know if I will have to roll my fenders because of my rims 18 x 8.5.

BTW car looks great

 

No, in fact the amount of negative camber I'm running makes it less likely to rub the fenders

According to Robi the swap actually ended up helping the amount of suspension travel I maintain, particularly in the front.

Depends on offset and how much you lower the car. The Muellerized method and the ROBISPEC method are completely different, but both work very well and is all dependent on preference of the driver.

Thanks

 

that looks sweet. gotta love the bronze with red

 

s'all good, such is the intarweb

Anybody know the actual count of Red RS IXs in the states right now??? The fact that you, Cal, and I all posted in the same thread totals the 3 I've seen on this site.

/\ LOL,... make that 4

 

There's also Nubby and EVO X Owner-2-B for a grand total of 6. I've posted to a few threads, trying to find out how many RS' were sold, without much luck. You've probably heard similar numbers, as I've seen claims of 700 RS' allocated to the US in 04 and 200 RS' sold in 05. My dealer - the only Mitsu store in a metro area of ~1M - says that mine is the only RS he'd sold, so at least I won't see myself coming and going.

I think the IX RS is the ultimate Evo - relatively light, nimble and very quick. I really like its lack of power options, the bare trunk, the lack of sound deadening and its aluminum roof, and most of all its raw, direct personality. I did make one concession to comfort and purchased a radio. I don't know how often I'll use it, as the sound of the engine and the differentials winding up is so intoxicating. To my ears, the aural sensation is almost Ferrari-esque once the motor starts to spin toward 6K. In 26 years of driving, I've yet to get behind the wheel of a car that I feel more connected to than the IX RS.

 

Is this correct? A +22 wheel in front (wider track) and a +30 wheel in the rear will reduce understeer, all other things being equal? I read some tuners were using a 9" front and 8.5" rear for that reason due to different tire contact patch created by different rim width.

BTW, the car looks GREAT!

 

kind of a similar school of thought,... I know many of Robis customers run a spacer up front to widen the track,... so my +22 offset isn't a big difference

 

looks good

 

wheels lookin sweet, good buy