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Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 2:04 pm
by Tonic
Think they are supposed to hang a line from the top of the arch and it can't touch the wheel...... See a few cars that wouldn't meet that test...

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:50 pm
by BigBCalais
It'd still fail that because of the spoke design. Oh well, going to put stock wheels on, clear defect, apply camber, then flaring guards or aftermarket wider ones if needed

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 10:20 am
by shav
That's sucks Bryce. Afaik you're on the limit but not over. Surely?

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 2:15 pm
by BigBCalais
shav wrote:That's sucks Bryce. Afaik you're on the limit but not over. Surely?


Not sure what limit you're talking about shav :oops: The tail lights are clearly visible and with a bit of camber the wheels should be fine. I'm sure I could get them engineered if I wanted to go to the effort and money but I'd rather just swap it all for now

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 3:52 pm
by shav
BigBCalais wrote:
shav wrote:That's sucks Bryce. Afaik you're on the limit but not over. Surely?


Not sure what limit you're talking about shav :oops: The tail lights are clearly visible and with a bit of camber the wheels should be fine. I'm sure I could get them engineered if I wanted to go to the effort and money but I'd rather just swap it all for now


Sorry I meant with the wheels that is. You're running 18x8.5's yeah?

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 6:15 pm
by BigBCalais
shav wrote:Sorry I meant with the wheels that is. You're running 18x8.5's yeah?


Yeah they're 18x8.5 but running no camber so they poke a little bit, I think 18x8s would sit flush with a 45 offset and no camber

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:51 pm
by shav
BigBCalais wrote:
shav wrote:Sorry I meant with the wheels that is. You're running 18x8.5's yeah?


Yeah they're 18x8.5 but running no camber so they poke a little bit, I think 18x8s would sit flush with a 45 offset and no camber


Im running that size wheel with 0.5-0.7 deg of negative camber now. The front sits flush if not slightly in at the top of the wheel. Ive had no issues with scrubbing either.

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:11 am
by McDoof
Jealous of those Brembos. They look awesome

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 8:47 am
by BigBCalais
Cheers Nikolai, if everything had gone to plan they would've been on by now :(

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:12 pm
by BigBCalais
Got the defect cleared yesterday, no picture because car looks weird. It's reminded me how much I like the style of the stock wheels, but the specs are too weak. The tail lights also look odd to me because I've never seen the car without the tint and I don't like how red they are, needs a very light tint just to take the edge off I think

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:35 pm
by BigBCalais
Well. My new wheels arrived this morning only took 6 weeks from rays to my door which I thought was pretty good. They're Rays 57Valkyrie in 18x8.5 +45, very uncommon wheel and have never seen a set on a liberty before so I can't wait. Just have to send them off to get powdercoated black and get the tyres fitted (continental mc5's again) then they'll be on :D

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Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:36 pm
by shav
BigBCalais wrote:Well. My new wheels arrived this morning only took 6 weeks from rays to my door which I thought was pretty good. They're Rays 57Valkyrie in 18x8.5 +45, very uncommon wheel and have never seen a set on a liberty before so I can't wait. Just have to send them off to get powdercoated black and get the tyres fitted (continental mc5's again) then they'll be on :D

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These are gonna look sick once done and on.

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:15 pm
by BigBCalais
Cheers shav, seriously can't wait to get them on :)

Weighed the wheels and tyres before each wheel is 9.5kg and tyres are 9kg each, I'm pretty happy with 18.5kg per corner and I'm keen to see how much the stickies weigh as a comparison

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 11:25 pm
by jslayz
Waiting to see these on a lib, very different!

Re: BigB's Blitzen

PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2015 7:34 am
by KelvinTaylor88
Unique choice, I like it!
Saw on Facebook that you're looking to paint them black, love this idea but my thought is not to go too dark or matte so that you don't lose all the beautiful detail.

Either way it'll look great I'm sure, can't wait to see pictures with them on!