Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[RevoltTrain]

7 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

I like it  I think the chrome would match the Aero wheels better though.

The aero wheels are more of a gunmetal gray over a chrome though. Plus with the black option it will be a gloss finish instead of a matte finish. Plus with the black side markers and planning on tinting the windows pretty dark I'm kinda digging the stealth look

[bcredeur97]

Oh yeah... Matt put a rear sway bar on his truck btw. Because less sway and more dorifto 

 

Was a pain to install... I helped him. Adding something that doesn't exist in the first place is way harder than just swapping out an existing bar lol

[AlwaysFSX]

8 minutes ago, terrytek said:

wow, @JoaoPRSousa was actually right, we did end up blowing up this thread in a short amount of time. though i don't think alwaysfsx started this. looks like i might've started this oops  

I said I'd be a good forum member tonight.

[vetali]

27 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I didn't like it either... the body design is fine but I know it's gonna be an "Affordable" car so it's gonna have a lot of cheap materials on the inside and in general just feel "cheap"

 

Newer honda's bother me with this too... they just don't feel right

 

plus it'll be boring. there's just nothing fun about driving a camry... it's just "a car" with no perks. Sure the V6 gives it more oomph but it's kinda meaningless

I actually drove a current gen Corolla recently. The interior actually felt very good. Driving it though... yuck. My car handles like a dream compared to it. 

[RevoltTrain]

1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

Gloss black is gonna look amazing.

 

That's pretty much what I dealt with with my rear sway. We got creative instead of ordering brackets. Grade 8 galvanized fasteners + a continent pair of holes in the frame FTW.

 

Also are those the new wheels and tires? Those look like BFG all terrains.

Then you've got to remember I'm gonna be throwing on an aero front lip / rear spoiler and lowering the car 1.6 inches. But I'm also going up an inch in wheel size. So I imagine that I'm basicslly killing wheel gap but not truly lowering the car much 

[terrytek]

6 minutes ago, vetali said:

I actually drove a current gen Corolla recently. The interior actually felt very good. Driving it though... yuck. My car handles like a dream compared to it. 

knowing toyota, they probably just used new sheet metal, but used the same suspension geometry, and obviously the same engine as the previous generation corolla. maybe that cvt just makes the driving experience feel yuck. and i don't think toyota has that much experience with cvts with pure gas engines.

[RevoltTrain]

5 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

leave a little   gap?

I'm also going with a slightly smaller side wall on the new tires. So I think the overall footprint of the wheel and tire combo won't change much. But I'm not positive. Would it leave a little gap? 

[vetali]

6 minutes ago, terrytek said:

knowing toyota, they probably just used new sheet metal, but used the same suspension geometry, and obviously the same engine as the previous generation corolla. maybe that cvt just makes the driving experience feel yuck. and i don't think toyota has that much experience with cvts with pure gas engines.

It just felt like a rental. Lots and lots of road noise, numb, etc. 

[RevoltTrain]

8 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

whats the stock tire diameter vs the new?

 

edit: and how much gap stock?

Current sidewall I believe is 55 and going with 45 on new wheels 

 

I don't know the measurement of current gap. But these are the best photos to judge from

[terrytek]

3 minutes ago, vetali said:

It just felt like a rental. Lots and lots of road noise, numb, etc. 

most likely the driving experience has been unchanged since the last generation, since my corolla feels just like that, though maybe less road noise because of better tires.

[brokencross]

Seems to me this thread needs something like an italian six cylinder soundtrack.

 

 

[bcredeur97]

33 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Gloss black is gonna look amazing.

 

That's pretty much what I dealt with with my rear sway. We got creative instead of ordering brackets. Grade 8 galvanized fasteners + a continent pair of holes in the frame FTW.

 

Also are those the new wheels and tires? Those look like BFG all terrains.

Ah. Well the pieces here used the round parts of the axle and the frame above he spare tire to use U-bolts. And it has crazy long end links and stuff. Pretty neat, took some engineering to come up with it I bet!

 

and yes those are new.... Didn't get pics of them. I think it's some newer Nitto tire. Can't say which one. They are bigger in both diameter and width than OEM. So rip speedometer

 

and he gave me the tire size in inches... So no wonder I don't remember. Me no comprendo

[RevoltTrain]

8 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

so a 3 or maybe 4 inch gap. What tread width though, you need that to know diameter along with aspect ratio

Currently 205s.  May go with 215s on the aero wheels. If not 205s

[RevoltTrain]

15 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

@RevoltTrain if you get 225/45/17s you'll have damn near the same size tire. so you'll half your wheel gap with the drop.

Any suggestions on 225/45/17s or even 225/40/17s that won't break the bank, will be good summer tires, and will do decent in the rain. Looking at Pilot Super Sports already but I both don't know if they're available in those sizes off the top of my head. Or if something about the same price will do better for me

[RevoltTrain]

12 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Pilot Super Sports are available in 225/45/17 at $135 a tire on Tire Rack.

What was the tool you used in the previous post? 

 

Nvm I found it. 

[RevoltTrain]

6 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

That would be the tire size calculator on tacomaworld.com

https://www.tacomaworld.com/tirecalc

Oh I found a different one. Check my last post. Would that do as well. As you thought on killing gap?

 

Remember I'm only going to be on 7 inch wheels so it'll be pretty meaty

[RevoltTrain]

8 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

ooo those would be offroad status. UUUUUmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yeah.

 

What size tire did the Areo spec cars run?

Turns out they ran 225s from factory. Didn't expect that 

[AMDMike]

is it almost race season yet

[JoaoPRSousa]

5 hours ago, terrytek said:

so it seems like the camry has been redesigned from the ground up for 2018, even though it's the beginning of 2017. http://www.speedhunters.com/2017/01/can-the-camry-be-cool/ 

it looks nice, but still no manual (toyota dropped the manual on the camry for 2 generations now) and fwd just makes it more boring.

 

5 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Another boring sedan *slow clap*

 

Well, I'd probably take one of those crazy looking Toyota sedans (v6 life, 2GR :3) over an overpriced european sedan (BMWS NOT INCLUDED)

 

3 hours ago, terrytek said:

wow, @JoaoPRSousa was actually right, we did end up blowing up this thread in a short amount of time. though i don't think alwaysfsx started this. looks like i might've started this oops  

 

bruh

[bcredeur97]

We're now 8563 posts away from the anime club

[iDeFecZx]

5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

We're now 8563 posts away from the anime club

slowly getting there

[bcredeur97]

5 hours ago, XPS630i said:

is it almost race season yet

not till march for me. feels like forever lol

[bcredeur97]

23 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

slowly getting there

yep, we were at 13k last time i looked (can't remember when... i think beginning of december maybe?)

If it was early december, then that means were doing ~4k posts a month. so 2 1/2 - 3 months ish?

[chaozbandit]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

not till march for me. feels like forever lol

 

Photo season starts in 5 weeks

[chaozbandit]

O bby