Tony Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Seen a few 5's over the years but i thought this one was modded very well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Even with the stretched tyres! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Full write up of this in Japanese Performance this month.FYI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHAHZ Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 That does look really nice, props to the owner it sits really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Too low to my eyes, plus don't like the stretched tyres. But then what do I know! How does it handle? h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Too low to my eyes, plus don't like the stretched tyres. But then what do I know! How does it handle? h You're not alone, it looks too low for me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I guess the look is more important to some. No good for the roads round here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 It wouldn't be much use around the road down here neither!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I do like the look though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 It is very low but the overall package works well i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Why dont they design cars where the no plate wont look out of place in the correct place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 The offset numberplate seems to be something from Japan, and is a bracket mounted to one of the tie downs. Normally there is a numberplate plinth above the centre of the mouth, (see pic of the Hornet below), when I took mine off, there were about half a dozen holes in the nosecone to fit the blasted thing! Need to keep the mouth clear as obstructions there can impact on engine cooling. H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I don't like stretched tyres either. The look doesn't bother me one way or the other, but it does feel like abuse of carefully designed components. I have no proper basis for making a judgement, since I have never used stretched tyres. I wonder what your view is Tony? I guess you must have seen many such set-ups and had a good chance to judge the consequences in terms of wear etc? Pulling the tyre wall away from the vertical in this way must reduce the diameter of the outer edges of the tyre and tend to create a convex profile across the width of the tyre. I would expect that profile to be further exaggerated if the tyre is over-inflated to achieve the required stretch. That ought to lead to uneven wear across the width of the tyre and also to elongate the shape of the contact patch in the fore and aft direction, with whatever handling consequences that creates. Increasing the wheel-width to tyre-width ratio would seem to indicate more un-sprung weight than is needed and that again should have handling consequences, but I am rather assuming that no-one looking for the ultimate in handling would ever fit stretched tyres? But this is just me theorising, what does your experience say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I'm known to despise the stretch tyres, many topics about this in wheels/ tyres here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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