Hi, Guest
06-23-2005, 04:05 PM
Seeing as I'll have some moneyz burning a hole in my pocket after my tour here in Afghan land is over, I'm torn between what to buy...
Option #1: 17x7" SVT Dark Argent European package rims and a set of Fuzion ZRi 215/45 ZR17's...would order them all before I leave afghanistan so that way I can put them all asap when I get home.
Option #2: Dynamic/Multimatic supension kit from SHM, or a Eibach Pro System Plus or something else equivalent...I could also have this pre-ordered too so that I can get it asap.
My Dilema...is I know the bigger rims and tires will look a lot cooler than the standard 15" Trend wheels on the car now, and I could use them for a few months before the weather sux. However, I also know that the car should steer SLOWER with the bigger contact patch, and the added unsprung weight of the bigger rims would make my bolt-on hp gains almost futile, and the car will ride harsher, and I'll wanna avoid rough areas like east Hamilton or Princess st in Kingston with them...
The suspension kit would lower the car a little bit (that's all I want, I don't wanna have a slammed car that's useless in months with the white stuff), make the steering faster, the brakes more powerful (if only a little), and reduce the stock body roll by a fair bit as well...only thing is, the suspension kit would be more expensive than the rims and tires, and either be expensive for a shop to install it for me, or be time consuming for me to install myself...
Sooo...what should I get? I want both, but don't know if I wanna shell out 3-4K on both...at least not right now...
Option #1: 17x7" SVT Dark Argent European package rims and a set of Fuzion ZRi 215/45 ZR17's...would order them all before I leave afghanistan so that way I can put them all asap when I get home.
Option #2: Dynamic/Multimatic supension kit from SHM, or a Eibach Pro System Plus or something else equivalent...I could also have this pre-ordered too so that I can get it asap.
My Dilema...is I know the bigger rims and tires will look a lot cooler than the standard 15" Trend wheels on the car now, and I could use them for a few months before the weather sux. However, I also know that the car should steer SLOWER with the bigger contact patch, and the added unsprung weight of the bigger rims would make my bolt-on hp gains almost futile, and the car will ride harsher, and I'll wanna avoid rough areas like east Hamilton or Princess st in Kingston with them...
The suspension kit would lower the car a little bit (that's all I want, I don't wanna have a slammed car that's useless in months with the white stuff), make the steering faster, the brakes more powerful (if only a little), and reduce the stock body roll by a fair bit as well...only thing is, the suspension kit would be more expensive than the rims and tires, and either be expensive for a shop to install it for me, or be time consuming for me to install myself...
Sooo...what should I get? I want both, but don't know if I wanna shell out 3-4K on both...at least not right now...
Bleeding Ford Blue again...