Happy Holidays all.

I ordered some 20" Modulare M3 and want to pair those with Tanabe NF210s. The question I have is which do I install first? Does it matter? I was planning on installing the wheels first and seeing how it looked before installing the NF210s. Thanks in advance

 

Simple answer, both at once. Wait a week or two and get an alignment done.

 

just make sure they can do the alignment with the wheels on (rims) some people cant do 20"s

 

by my book? never ever wheels unless you have lowered the car already

 

That is taking them to chuuuuurch

 

co-signed... even though I am lowered right now on stocks. My wheels should be on within the week.

 

+110000 BRUTHA!!!

 

I would do the wheels first and see what kind of clearance you have. then by looking at current wheel gap, you can best choose a spring to match your wheels.

 

This man speaks truth!!

You build the car around the wheels. You do not want to do all these mods only to find that the wheels you want does not look the way you want it to.

 

But if you get the correct wheel/tire size, you should have a similar overall diameter which would then give you a similar wheel gap...

 

It's not the size that's concern. It's the width and offset too. Ideally, you want to do everything at once, but not everyone is filthy rich

 

Thanks for your input guys. I will get the wheels installed first and then see how the gap looks, etc.

 

no car will look right with large wheels and no drop

and without the capability to drop a car, no way you can know if the wheels are right or not

 

Obviously large wheels without a drop isn't going to look good. I dont emphasize on getting wheels only. If he's like most of us, eventually he'll get a drop too. When you have a vision of a design you want, you tend to only look at it through the big picture. You envision the car and the wheels.. You dont want to drop your car and later find out the wheels you had in mind does not fit.

My point is to get wheels that looks good to you. The design of the wheels should be a priority. I wouldn't roll with an okay-looking wheel just because it fits, even if i'm lowered. When I go shopping for wheels, I look at the basic design first, and then see if the offset/width/etc fits me. I can always lower my car later on.

Lower the car as much as you want, but we don't have the option of having a million offsets to choose from. But when choosing rims, one should always get an idea of what kind of drop he/she wants later on. There are plenty of rims I really like, but they simply do not fit my car at all. Research is key in any case.

 

It's not a matter of "how the gap will look" because there will be a gap. The reason why you should do the suspension first, is that you can work the wheels around it.

For example, if you like your car slammed and get the lowest lowering springs out there, you'll want to work the correct wheel offset and tire size to minimize or avoid rubbing altogether. Getting the wheels and tires first and then dropping it and realizing that "crap, it rubs" you'll have to a) get a different suspension setup b) different tires or c) different wheels and/or tires.

ALWAYS do your suspension first.