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Just kidding. I hate that song but its stuck in my head now.

Yesterday I had a chance to go out and mount my wheels. Took a few simple pics with my point and shoot.

I'm going to setup a photoshoot with my buddy soon, so good pics on their way.


Frist, I took a look at the wheels, in closer detail







Anyone else notice CCW uses ARP bolts to hold their wheels together? Thought it was sort of neat.




Only 2 pictured of my LM5 cause like I mentioned previous, UPS forgot a wheel, so I just moved two in for a pic.



First I threw on the LM5 to have a look. In these pics, camber has not been corrected.



















So for anyone wondering the LM5s are 18x8.5 + 29 Front and 18x9 +20 Rear. Tires are 205/40/18 front and 215/40/18 Rear


And now the LM20s
These pics were taken shortly after my alignment.

My front camber is -3 Degree my rear is -5.2, I still scrape pretty hard on the rear, and my fender is rolled on all four. I've also got all my bumper tabs hammered damn near flat against the bumper.













Damn.. my car is pretty dirty. And brand new tires look pretty dirty too, since they aren't all shined up.



Took some pics when I got home that night, too

















So now I'm stuck with a dilemma...
I want to go lower, but my Tein basics are maxed out so I'd like to have get new coilovers. I was considering From and Function type 2 but if I go lower I'd have to dial in even more camber. Perhaps -6 degree rear and -3.5 or -4 front. For a daily driven car that seems a bit excessive.

OR

I could go air, and not worry about alignment. Problem with this, obviously, is that alignments on air never stick, since the suspension geometry is constantly moving.

What should I do, guys?

Is this even a question? LM20 is WIN! But if you're gonna put them on the solara it would be better!

Actually IMOP I think the LM5 matches better on the Solara. Maybe because I'm not a multi spoke person but both rims overall are nice. I think that's cool that they have ARP bolts in there.

Yup I got the lm5 for my solara.

Your TSX looks better with this set of wheels, I really like it.

And go with the 1st choice on your suspension options, alignment is gonna be a constant problem with the second one so the first one is better.

Tracy im digging the wheels. would you be mad if i pick up a set a different color though????
anyways. Just keep it static dude. I think going air is gonna fack up your tires really damn fast and spending money like crazy on tires is not too cool.

What about accuair?
http://www.stanceworks.com/2011/02/accuair/
seems pretty legit and you can be the first member to rock these!
the article is pretty long but you can prolly youtube accuair to see other who uses this!

^wow that was a good read.

dinoxor wrote:What about accuair?
http://www.stanceworks.com/2011/02/accuair/
seems pretty legit and you can be the first member to rock these!
the article is pretty long but you can prolly youtube accuair to see other who uses this!

That looks like a great solution to maintaining proper ride height.
Dakota Digital sells something similar through Air Runner.

The problem is, from all the shops I've talked to, even if you set alignment at a set ride height, once you go full low ( changing suspension geometry ) then up again ( changing geometry yet again ) your alignment will be out of whack again.

Seems the shops I talk to which do alignments agree on this.

ToyoSolV6 wrote:Tracy im digging the wheels. would you be mad if i pick up a set a different color though????
anyways. Just keep it static dude. I think going air is gonna fack up your tires really damn fast and spending money like crazy on tires is not too cool.

No nando, I don't mind. At first when I ordered my CCW wheels I was unsure about the cost but they are totally worth it.

koo ill text you in a bit and find out the site you got em from.

Nice wheels

Props on cleaning the wheels, especially those bolts! What a pain in the rear!
Dr J

cleaning??
those are new wheels.