My Work Wheels on Galaxy Blue , Now lowered
 

Hello Guys,
I thought I would post some pictures up on my gts with satin black Work wheels. I was inspired to get these wheels after seeing the original Work promotional car with the 18x9.5 wheels.

I just wanted a little bit more practical fitment so got a set through the group buy. It is still totally stock suspension wise, but i do have Tein Flex coil overs to put on with Cusco rear lower arms and bracing. I wanted to see how differnet it felt compred to the stock size/ rims.

I used 245/35 18 in Pirelli Corsa tyres all round. The rears are stretched and the fronts sit nice and square.

So what size are these? Offset and width specs. The group buy stuff got deleted so I'm not sure what the specs were..

I like that it looks good at stock suspension too.. I'm scared of buying things that rely on alignment settings to even fit.. when you are paying 700 a wheel, I don't want to be defected for them haha

Needs lowering imo

If it was the group buy they were 18x8.5 +38 front and 18x9.5+ 38 back

Are they Directionale front and rear, or did you find some Asymmetricos?

I'm thinking about trying Directionale on the rear despite Pirelli not recommending it.

Where did you get them?

its the car noticeably slower now? does it slow it down enough to become annoying?

nice. how low are you planning to drop it with the teins?

They are the directional tyres all round. I figure with the modest horse power and weight of the car they will be good.

How would this make the car slower? The feel pretty much the same weight as the original factory wheels and tyres. The diameter is within 4mm. If anything it makes it quicker in a straight line due to the grippier tyre. I fitted them last night so have not had a chance to try it out on a twisty road.

Remember toyota intentionally fitted a tyre with limited grip so customers could feel the limits much more easily. I am sure its not going to be as easy to drift.

Needs to be lowered? I am fitting tein coil overs. I want to develop this car in steps so I can understand what each change does to the cars handling. I will fit the coil overs then go back to the original tyres to see how it compares. I cant see me dropping it more than 25mm. It already has a long low nose that scrapes driveways stock.

Looks good although 8.5" all round would have suited better imo. Ride height looks OK, but for street cred it would need lowering about 20mm. They're a really good looking wheel the Kiwamis.

I'm not completely sold on the rim edge poking out. A + 50 rim would have looked better on the rear I think.

If it makes it to the track I would get a set of enkei rpf1 in 17 x8

probably +45 would what you are after.

but looking at WheeDude's thread he has been running many 9.5+38 wheels but they don't poke out much. i guess he runs a bit of negative camber and it will be better once lowered.

Yes I'm hoping it will look better when lowered. I have the cusco lower arms to fit too.

where are you getting your suspension parts installed and wheel alignment done?

thanks

I will be installing them. I'm hoping a mate of mine at Leda suspension will have time to align it and corner weight it.
He is out at brendale.

Just running short of time before noosa hill climb

im curious as to why so many people are going with cusco rear lower arms? is this to dial out negative camber when you lower the car? is this a big issue with these things? seems an expensive method, surely there are aftermarket camber bolts available?

car looks good mate, i have my wheels sitting in their boxes. havent even opened for a peak haha.

because it's easiler to DIY fit than replacing bushes (eg. Whiteline rear upper camber bushes) plus the range of camber adjustment is more than just bushes.

When you fit just the offest bushes you are stuck with the camber they give you. Also the adjustable arms mean that you can get it same both sides.

are they bushes in the cusco arms polyurethane/spherical or rose jointed?

They are spherical but sealed with a proper boot to keep the dirt out.

Rims look good mate, nice choice, looking forward to pics when its lower

Here is some updated pics with the car lowered 25mm at the front and 30mm at the rear. The camber on the front is a touch too much.

Booked in for a wheel alignment at 8 am tomorrow.

So tell me, what's it like with huge semi slicks? A bit le boring?

No its much better now.

I guess you lose that low speed lack of grip, but I am not looking for a really loose car. It changes the car a fair bit but certainly does not make it worse.

I had it wheel aligned today, from the 30mm drop on the rear it had 25mm toe out. No wonder it felt like it wanted to weave all over the road. The toe adjustment is maxed out so I will raise it up at least 5mm to see if that reduces the toe out slightly. It still had 2.5 mm toe out after the alignment.