Artist Rendering

[RotorNutFD3S]

My buddy Sean apparently was bored last night and was sketching some cars when he decided to sketch my car. He did this completely from memory. I thought it looked pretty damn good. Got an intercooler filling the mouth and a super-wide wheel/tire setup. :D

[Doppelgänger]

What tires are you going to be running, 275-35/15?? lol
sketch looks pretty friggin cool!

(i still think that GV bumper with a mouth full of intercooler would be badassness)

[RotorNutFD3S]

lol At least that much. Maybe 15x12 rims too. (Speaking of which, Chris (kickinoutyo) on CR.net posted up with some 15x12s on his Miata.)

Yeah, I know. I like the gv bumper, but not on my car, if that makes any sense. lol

[Doppelgänger]

Unfortunatly, there isn't much in tire sizes between 225-45/15 and the 275's. Now, if you go with a 16, you can get 245-45/16 to fill out those fenders, but you might have to raise the car up considering they have a 24" diameter (the same diameter as the 215-40/17s I have on my car). If you want to get any idea if that diameter tire will fit, we can throw my 17" D2s on your car and check the clearances.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Thanks, but it's cool. I'm not planning on going with any supersize wheel/tire, that was just his drawing of it. I'll be sticking with the 15x8s for a while, and probably the same size whenever I get 6ULs instead of x9s.
I got the machine shop estimate last night, so some upgrades (head swap, wheels, body work) will be set back until after the first quarter of next year.

[MeFryRice]

I'm personally not a fan of the 6UL's.

So the estimate is pretty costly I'm assuming?

[RotorNutFD3S]

Yeah, but pretty much dead on considering what's being done. Just had to take the head work off the list. I could afford to do it all at once, but at the same time, I don't want to dip to far into what I've saved just in case something goes wrong with the car or in life. I have a perfectly good head to use for now. So I'll either be boxing up the '99 head and storing it for later or I'll sell it since I have everything for a complete swap plus better valves. Still trying to figure out what I want to do.

[Doppelgänger]

I'm not planning on going with any supersize wheel/tire, that was just his drawing of it. .

What?!?! but u gona need liek mad 335's to controll all day crazy veetek powa!!!





lol

Fo cereal... some nice 225's will look great on there...like some R1Rs or NT01 :D

[RotorNutFD3S]

Fo cereal... some nice 225's will look great on there...like some R1Rs or NT01 :D

lol

I know they would, but the Kumho's I have are more than good enough for street/daily driving use and didn't cost that much. That's a big factor right now!

[Doppelgänger]

lol

I know they would, but the Kumho's I have are more than good enough for street/daily driving use and didn't cost that much. That's a big factor right now!

Oh, I know... but when it comes time to replace those tires ..... ;)

[RotorNutFD3S]

... I have a brand new set sitting in the basement at my dad's house. ;)
And these have plenty of life left on them too. lol

[Doppelgänger]

My God son, how many tires you got sitting around there?

[RotorNutFD3S]

Just 1 extra set. I took advantage of an offer Discount Tire had a while back, was $150 off a set of tires plus free shipping. I ordered 2 sets. :lol:

[Doppelgänger]

Ahhh. I need new tires for my D2s and I would like to swap out the tires on the Enkeis for something with more grip.. and maybe even a larger size.

[RotorNutFD3S]

Then start a tire thread! This one is about a drawing! :lol: