New 17" rims& A couple of questions

[Scott Cox]

Bolted them on and they just cleared the shock tower ext.And painted up the calipers.  

Ok my question is my cars new rims just clear the insides I mean just clear but it still sits a little to high for my liking, if I put lowering springs on will it will it interfere will the wheels?

Also the rims have cleared and I driven it a bit with them on with no troubles, last night I did a brake lathe on the front rotors and paint the calipers and now it makes rubbing nosies when I turn right??? I havent looked into to this yet but I find that werid.By trimming the rotors a tiny tiny bit smaller will that bring the wheels a little closer?

[Rob Armstrong]

only if the mounting serface was machiened too, though I'm sure whoever worked on them knew what they were doing :wink:

[Cole MacDonald]

sounds like you may have just bent the dust shield in a bit. Nices rims too.

[Scott Cox]

sounds like you may have just bent the dust shield in a bit. Nices rims too.

good call, turns out my tire rod is a little bit lose and its pushing the dust sheild into the rotor. Time for some new tire rods

[Rob Armstrong]

Dude, if your gonna be dumping allot of $$$ into your car as it seems that you are, you might want to sell it now and buy a turbo model.
I'm not dissing your car, but just trying to show you the light. :wink:
Have you driven a turbo DSM or had a ride in one?
It's like night and day...clearly

[Mike Schmid]

It's not always that easy tho Rob.  The price of entry for a good turbo car is much, much higher.  Plus once you start utilizing the power and building on it you either break stuff, wreck the car or lose your license.  

It also all depends on what you're into.  It's nice to think you can build a jack of all trades car but the reality is unless you want to dump a tonne of money into it it's not going to happen.  Even then it might not be real reliable and everything will suffer to some degree or another.  You have to decide what you want out of a particular car then do that and stick with it.  There's more to life than just going fast.

[Stewart Anderson]

SICK RIMS!
how much did you pay for them + rubber?

[Wayne Barbaza]

how's it feel when cornering fast? 245's on 7" wide rims seems odd.

[Scott Cox]

Ok..... 1. I have driven a Talon 2g tsi and loved the cars ever since, I got a steel on this car since it had some issues.Im looking into picking up a blowen turbo engine and rebuilding it and dropping it in, so the only thing ill miss is the awd. 2. I got the rims off this DSM forum http://www.labattz.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13577&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= payed $400 and dusted off a set of used 17s at the tires shop I work at, worked out to about $500 3. I havent really pushed these rims yet since its bin wet out so I cant really say yet.

[DarrylDhaliwal]

damn dude those r some wide tires, my 00 gt stang has 245 also

Looks slick though  :thumbs:

[Scott Cox]

damn dude those r some wide tires, my 00 gt stang has 245 also

Looks slick though  :thumbs:

haha yeah there pretty meaty I bought those tires used, I plan to buy new smaller ones in the summer

[Rob Armstrong]

Im looking into picking up a blowen turbo engine and rebuilding it and dropping it in, so the only thing ill miss is the awd. 2.

I dont think its that easy. But I'm sure someone smarter then me will let you know why :wink:

I think sandy vagina's analagy was best about turning a fridge into a stove. :roll:

[Artem Goloubov]

Is it me or whole thing looks like it's ready for rally race?

[Wayne Wright]

Listen Scott, hear what I'm saying cause I know.

Rebuilding a turbo motor and dropping it in your NA FWD Laser is a waste of money and time.

You will have major hassles, like having to aquire a new tranny...ECU, etc etc etc....

Then, once you drop G's on doing this, you will drive it for a month and wish you had AWD....

Just make your current car run good, and look pretty, then sell it to some chump who will by it for the pimpin wing. If you got a good deal on it then you should see a good profit anyways.

Then, go buy an TSi AWD of your prefered year and be happy you did....

I have owned a FWD Turbo Laser, rebuilt the head and swapped it motor into a TSi AWD shell....so it's your choice whether or not you want to take my advice, but trust me you'll just want more after you do all that...and if you just do it in the first place you will save alot of money.

[Scott Cox]

hmmm I bin doing some research on this swap and it don't seem to hard, I apreshate the info and no I haven't done this myself but to take a complete rebuilt turbo DSM engine and drop it into a NT DSM can't be that hard.

Even if I did own a tsi I would still want to rebuild the engine with lightweight parts so I would be putting out money for that anyway.
And you don't need to replace the transmission just a stonger clutch witch my DSM already has.

ECU yes but I would like to run a lap top with the software for a microtec ECU so I can tune the fuel mapping from right in my car and run high or low boost ext.And also have it pluged into my deck so I can run Windows Media Player for my stereo.

And FWD is fine with me I would like to set it up for drag and get some slick tires to roast at the track to show all the V8s whats up  :twisted: plus it takes more skill to lanch a power full FWD then just hitting it in a AWD so im gonna have alot of fun with that, don't get me wrong AWD is freaking dope and I drove a AWD  but 2 wheels firing is alot of fun too.Plus FWD drifting too  :wink: used to do it all the time in my buddys CRX

Other than the engine and ECU (not including the trans.) what cost you so much?

-Scott