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I think its possible. How many DD miles get put on your car. less than 5000 I would say your good. If you do a track day then maybe not.
What size?
I may end up just going with the StarSpecs as the NT-01's don't have enough depth to really handle any water. They look like they would have awesome grip in the dry though...
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I want the NT-01s but...........
they wont last as long as the Z1s
they are more expensive than the Z1s
and they are not that much stickier.
I love my star specs, but if I had 9.5" rim I would get wider tires. IMO
they wont last as long as the Z1s
they are more expensive than the Z1s
and they are not that much stickier.
I love my star specs, but if I had 9.5" rim I would get wider tires. IMO
I thought they stopped making the NT-01s for some reason! I think the Khumo Ecsta XS and Z1s are a great performance compromise for the price. Also been hearing a lot of good things about the Hankooks. I prolly would do the z1 myself. What about the toyo r888 or ra-1?
Last edited by chu; Jan 8, 2010 at 08:26 AM.
I think spacers would be hella easy to make or find. Even Home Depot might have something the right size. I agree with you Chu. I had the small ralliart knob since I bought the car, and wanted to go to a short shifter too. Recently I put the CF knob on and it's a good bit taller. It just feels better all around shifting with a taller knob but the same throw. I'm going to make some solid shifter bushings eventually to tighten things up but I'm glad I didn't do the short throw.
I just want to rant and tell the original owner of Johnnyangels evo to f off for all the lying he did about the car. Every time I work on something, it turns into a problem because something is broken or was modded or removed already. I noticed the T-case had some RTV sealant patches at the separation seam, so I decided while the trans was out, I would take it apart and find out why. Turns out something slammed into the tcase and dented/cracked it. The damage is pretty bad and they just jb welded it, then RTV sealed it. It's nasty but fixable. Kind of a douchy thing to do.
I just want to rant and tell the original owner of Johnnyangels evo to f off for all the lying he did about the car. Every time I work on something, it turns into a problem because something is broken or was modded or removed already. I noticed the T-case had some RTV sealant patches at the separation seam, so I decided while the trans was out, I would take it apart and find out why. Turns out something slammed into the tcase and dented/cracked it. The damage is pretty bad and they just jb welded it, then RTV sealed it. It's nasty but fixable. Kind of a douchy thing to do.
I guess I'm down to rent the roller it would be fun to roll my own fender but it soulnd't be fun its the paint cracked (knock on wood!) but yea let me know when you are ready to rent it Chu.
my .02
nt01's work well for what you want to do, but daily driving would heat cycle them to a quick death. even with our awd I wouldn't want to run them in the wet. just imagine what it would be like getting caught on 95 coming home from an event in a down pour!
what I would do in your shoes is keep all season tires on those winter wheels for daily duty and get some a6's on the other wheels. that will net you the best performance @ the autox and you can still use the all season tires for pocono. its a PITA, but if you want to get the quickest times you need the best tire and to run that tire you're going to need to change rims before each event.
nt01's work well for what you want to do, but daily driving would heat cycle them to a quick death. even with our awd I wouldn't want to run them in the wet. just imagine what it would be like getting caught on 95 coming home from an event in a down pour!
what I would do in your shoes is keep all season tires on those winter wheels for daily duty and get some a6's on the other wheels. that will net you the best performance @ the autox and you can still use the all season tires for pocono. its a PITA, but if you want to get the quickest times you need the best tire and to run that tire you're going to need to change rims before each event.
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