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No more "Stance" more "Function"

Old 04-11-15, 07:24 AM
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Bought our GS a few years back as a family car. Wanted nice big low offset wheels straight up.

Ended up with 19 x 9.5 and 10.5 VS-XX...worse wheels I could have ever put..they were so heavy, performance and handling suffered.

Lived with it for a year or so...then went back to stock as the tyre blew out on my Wife while I was in another state (Watching the Formula 1 lol).

So I bring in wheels/coilovers/exhausts etc from Japan so was on the hunt for Some BBS RG-R, as the next set of wheels I wanted was 18", with a lower offset than standard, but forged and light weight. Budget couldnt stretch to any used BBS, but I found a set of nice Prodrive wheels. Long story short, put them on and havent looked back! 18 x 8.5 +22 and 9.5 +25. Car is currently getting the BC coilovers removed for some Tanabe Sustec Pro 7 coilovers too!




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Originally Posted by koffeblack
Bought our GS a few years back as a family car. Wanted nice big low offset wheels straight up.

Ended up with 19 x 9.5 and 10.5 VS-XX...worse wheels I could have ever put..they were so heavy, performance and handling suffered.

Lived with it for a year or so...then went back to stock as the tyre blew out on my Wife while I was in another state (Watching the Formula 1 lol).

So I bring in wheels/coilovers/exhausts etc from Japan so was on the hunt for Some BBS RG-R, as the next set of wheels I wanted was 18", with a lower offset than standard, but forged and light weight. Budget couldnt stretch to any used BBS, but I found a set of nice Prodrive wheels. Long story short, put them on and havent looked back! 18 x 8.5 +22 and 9.5 +25. Car is currently getting the BC coilovers removed for some Tanabe Sustec Pro 7 coilovers
Yessir. Count me in on function, still love my Volks thats been tracked by previous owners that left me with battle scars, nicks, and a few curb rashes. Running +22 front and rear with no camber arms.

Nice car my man, i like it.
Old 04-12-15, 09:40 PM
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Nice look!! love the rims and the drop! I noticed your rear bumper doesn't have the plastic black on the bottom... and a 07 front bumper plus you have side turn signals! Then again you arent from North america so idk if its different... And are those molded mud flaps?
Old 04-13-15, 02:39 PM
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Nice setup, what size tires are you running?
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as much of a fan as low and wide, this looks like a proper DD
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Thanks all!

Originally Posted by xbladex00
Nice look!! love the rims and the drop! I noticed your rear bumper doesn't have the plastic black on the bottom... and a 07 front bumper plus you have side turn signals! Then again you arent from North america so idk if its different... And are those molded mud flaps?
The rear was painted silver to match (After a car bumped it in the parking lot)

The Mudflaps are a Japan option I added, and the bar/side indicators are factory...so not sure there lol
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Looking good!
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Love the stance. This in my opinion is perrrrfect
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Originally Posted by koffeblack
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The rear was painted silver to match (After a car bumped it in the parking lot)

The Mudflaps are a Japan option I added, and the bar/side indicators are factory...so not sure there lol
sorry to hear that :/ .... and Im note sure but over here i dont see the mudflaps on the GS's here it looks pretty neat tho!
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Did a few mods on the weekend.

Installed the Blitz grill, which requires removing the bar grrr


The Tanabe Sustec Pro 7 Coilovers installed

The RDA Rotors
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Where did you get the RDA rotors from? Love the grill too, gives it more of a sporty feel to the car.
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Originally Posted by koffeblack
Bought our GS a few years back as a family car. Wanted nice big low offset wheels straight up.

Ended up with 19 x 9.5 and 10.5 VS-XX...worse wheels I could have ever put..they were so heavy, performance and handling suffered.

Lived with it for a year or so...then went back to stock as the tyre blew out on my Wife while I was in another state (Watching the Formula 1 lol).

So I bring in wheels/coilovers/exhausts etc from Japan so was on the hunt for Some BBS RG-R, as the next set of wheels I wanted was 18", with a lower offset than standard, but forged and light weight. Budget couldnt stretch to any used BBS, but I found a set of nice Prodrive wheels. Long story short, put them on and havent looked back! 18 x 8.5 +22 and 9.5 +25. Car is currently getting the BC coilovers removed for some Tanabe Sustec Pro 7 coilovers too!




what size tires did u run? sorry to bring back an old thread.
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Originally Posted by hadookn
what size tires did u run? sorry to bring back an old thread.
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