Put RSX Wheels on an Si and...

[POS Racing]

all this horsepower smack talk........i think some of us forgot
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Most of us drive MIATAs around here.

Nah your missing the point this sums it up!

[HudsonHawk]

13mpg makes much more sense for a daily driver. .

Keep telling yourself that. Try 23 MPG on my DD with Max torque coming in at a measly 1400 and holding it until 2800 RPM and 305 HP at 2800.

[HudsonHawk]

Have you driven the new Si? I suspect you'd be surprised.

S.

BTW: I used to own a CRX. Loved driving it. I just am at a point in my life where I can afford to be comfortable as well as having power on tap.

Don't get me wrong, the wife's Miata is a blast to drive. And after we get her a new car I will fix the low power problems with it. But I really have to question the auto manufactures tactics of increasing HP #'s simply by installing a higher reving motor.

[srivendel]

Keep telling yourself that. Try 23 MPG on my DD with Max torque coming in at a measly 1400 and holding it until 2800 RPM and 305 HP at 2800.

Does this DD have a name?

S.

[HudsonHawk]

Does this DD have a name?

S.

Michelle?

Actually my wife calls it Sampson. '03 RAM 3500 CTD 2WD 6-Speed Short Bed.

[Treibenschnell]

Does this DD have a name?

Looking for a date?

[srivendel]

Looking for a date?

Nah, Mrs. S. is in town this week.

S.

[srivendel]

So drifting back to the original topic, here's a cat on one of the Civic boards who custom painted a set of Gram Lights to make them look like the Time Attacks. He's one brave dude who knew what he was doing...





And you can't argue with the finished result...



Those Gram Lights ain't Time Attack expensive, but at $320 each, they're hardly cheap. Dude's got skills.

S.

[POS Racing]

Would that oven even close?? Is that Krylon??

It does looks Good!

[Adam Payrot]

Did you see this Kamil?

[Magma]

Yeah, I hate driving a car that gets 27mpg on average but has 197hp on tap when I want it. 13mpg makes much more sense for a daily driver. The Civic's torque curve is flat as a pancake. It may only make 139 lb/ft of torque, but it makes it throughout the rev range.

Have you driven the new Si? I suspect you'd be surprised.

S.

Really, cause I get 25 mpg and have 200+ on tap with close to 200 torque at the wheels

[tailchaser]

Did you see this Kamil?

That works... See? It may have interchangeable parts with a Civic... but it ain't a Civic!

[Nexus Flux]

That's dang sexxxy Adam.
As for the painted rims, something tells me they are probably Rotas. Like S. said GL are cheaper than Time Attacks, but I still wouldn't bake them in the same oven that I cook in. Also I'd let the pros handle refinishing some GLs and save the Krylon treatment for the Rotas.

[Adam Payrot]

More pics of that RSX

There's also this in that thread, very nice I think....

[srivendel]

As for the painted rims, something tells me they are probably Rotas.

You might think, but he claims they're GLs, and if you look at this pic you can see the small "g" on one of the spokes.



That RSX is incredible.

S.

[Nexus Flux]

You pasted your link twice. But from the thread, it looks like he took his time and prepped the rims pretty well. Looks sweet, and thety should look even better once he gets the g painted in.

[srivendel]

Linkie fixed. It does indeed look incredible. That NBP (same color on the Si) is one nice shade of black. I'm conflicted about how these SSRs would look on my Fiji Blue Si, but they would look bad ass on NBP.


S.

[Nexus Flux]

IIRC I think they weigh about 14.4 lbs in 17"x7.5". Very nice and very light. But real Volk Time Attacks have the ultra-rare JDM bling factor going for them too. Real Volk Time Attacks are a very limited special edition TE57. I saw a few sets for sale on H-T months ago, but they were never listed on any US retail websites that I saw.

I was actually considering the SSR's as a possible rim for my car.
Other rims on the list are:
Desmond Regamaster EVOs (They are the manufacturer that makes the Spoon SW388's. They look like Rota Slips)
Advan RG
Spoon SW388
Rota Slipstream
Volk TE37
Volk RE30
Gram Light 57F
Enkei RPF1
Advan TCII
Super Advan RV. 2

The prefered size is 17"x7.5" with a 45-65 offset. The offset depends on the tire size and how much space I have after the Brembo install. The preffered tire size would be 225-235/40-45/17 depending on clerance between fenders and struts.
Of course all of this is dependent on $$$ and availibility.

[srivendel]

I was actually considering the SSR's as a possible rim for my car.
Other rims on the list are:
Desmond Regamaster EVOs (They are the manufacturer that makes the Spoon SW388's. They look like Rota Slips)
Advan RG
Spoon SW388
Rota Slipstream
Volk TE37
Volk RE30
Gram Light 57F
Enkei RPF1

It appears you and I are shopping in the same general universe. Those TE37s would look incredible on s NBP RSX-S. I'm not so sure about the white Desmonds, but that's just me. Of course, for ultimate JDM bling, those Mugen GPs are still mighty sexy:


At $640 apiece, they ought to be!

What kind of Rays are on that RSX that Adam posted?

S.

[Nexus Flux]

Oh I forgot, all wheels would need to be black or gunmetal. I just happed to find the Evos in white as they are a little harder to find in black.

As for the ones in Adam's pic, they are TE37's.