Dorisha | Nagano | Kyusha | Shakotan Style Small Wheel Thread [PICS]

[ehhhregartless]

[Hoffman5982]

Originally Posted by jay70

Well i thought this thread was for early 90s drift style and they are something you'll find on a fair few cars from that period. Or whatever, carry on with your rotas and steel wheels

You sound like a butt hurt little cry baby.

[ditchs14]

[reallygood101]

^^^ not liking the color choice of the faces but still looking good, awesome job!!!

[ditchs14]

Originally Posted by reallygood101

^^^ not liking the color choice of the faces but still looking good, awesome job!!!

Me either but that's how they came originally when I got them 15x7 lol. I just resprayed them when I got them
Re lipped. I'll take them back apart during the winter and I'll have them chromed

[LockOn!]

^^^ Hard disagree for me on that one. I think the black faces look rad.

[driftsucky]

black face watanabes? YES PLEASE. For years, that's how I thought they came.

[ditchs14]

It's just that the car is gonna be black so I kinda want the wheels to "pop" .. either way, they gotta get taken back apart. The paint isn't that great.

Btw. They are not watanabes

[driftsucky]

They're close enough.

[snorkelcoupe]

The subframe is out for cleaning and bushings. I'm not buying anymore Advans unless they're RG1s.

[IMG]wheel "test fit" by mattmatt s, on Flickr[/IMG]

[NotLowEnough]

Trying to be cool but changing my mind. Rear wheels are for sale.

[jay70]

was never going to be cool with sportmaxx and centerlines anyway

[LockOn!]

Anythings better then steel trailer wheels. I kinda like Sportmaxx though. The real question is are they the OG 2007 Sportmaxx, or the hella gay new XXRs. Lol

[Rocketbunny Matt]

How mine looks currently. Need to drop profile on the front to a 55.

[inuyasha3466]

What is that? 205/60 on 15x10?

[Rocketbunny Matt]

On the rear yes. 195 60 on a 9j up front

[LockOn!]

Frankly unless your having rubbing issues I'd leave it. Staggered sizing with small wheels can look really awkward. Especially on coupes.

IMO the fitment and amount of stretch look just right right as is.

[Standard]

My car has trailer wheels and is also pretty ugly (can't wait to get new wheels and re-paint it!) so this is a great thread to post it in haha


If anyone cares, 15x9 +0, 205/50-15 square, -3ish camber all around

[Rocketbunny Matt]

Originally Posted by LockOn!

Frankly unless your having rubbing issues I'd leave it. Staggered sizing with small wheels can look really awkward. Especially on coupes.

IMO the fitment and amount of stretch look just right right as is.

True. Just want it a tad lower but doubt think my coilovers will make that possible.

[LockOn!]

Originally Posted by Rocketbunny Matt

True. Just want it a tad lower but doubt think my coilovers will make that possible.

Have you removed the collars? There's 3 under the spring.

One that the spring actually sits on, one that locks that collar under the spring, and one that locks on the lower mount. If you are maxed out and all the 3 collars are touching each other, you can remove one or two to drop the front another 5-15mm depending on how thick the collars are.

Example:

This isn't an s13 but you get the idea. Remove collars B and C, then drop until A is resting on the lower mount.

[Rocketbunny Matt]

Originally Posted by LockOn!

Have you removed the collars? There's 3 under the spring.

One that the spring actually sits on, one that locks that collar under the spring, and one that locks on the lower mount. If you are maxed out and all the 3 collars are touching each other, you can remove one or two to drop the front another 5-15mm depending on how thick the collars are.

Example:

This isn't an s13 but you get the idea. Remove collars B and C, then drop until A is resting on the lower mount.

That is an option I was looking at. I have silk road coilovers and the bottom collar is very think as opposed to the flat spring perch ones.

[LockOn!]

I had PBM Competitions and ran only spring perches. Tons of street driving, potholes, crappy interstate highways. Never had an issue with it.

I don't think to collars are really a point of potential failure, regardless of thickness. Then again I am not an engineer lol. Maybe just remove the middle collar and see how you like it?

[Bricey]

Here are a couple of pics of my sil80, the steels are pretty gash but fit nicely for 16s only temporary as my 15s arrived 15x9-13 gonna be running 195/55s on them

[Cody2130]

Heres my s12, I need to get some aero parts for it as well as a new hatch but its getting there



And some s12's that are not mine

[TheRealSy90]

Originally Posted by LockOn!

Remove collars B and C, then drop until A is resting on the lower mount.

Just to clarify, you don't want to drop the spring perch down to the lower mount, you'd want to raise the lower mount UP to the spring perch. Or else you've removed all the spring preload and reduced the amount of stroke available. However if it's the rear, the only option is to droop the spring perch.

[Bricey]

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[5280VertDET]

Originally Posted by Bricey

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Wheel/tire Specs?

[Bricey]

Originally Posted by 5280VertDET

Wheel/tire Specs?

15x9 -23 on the front and -38 on the back 195/55 all round


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[LockOn!]

Originally Posted by TheRealSy90

Just to clarify, you don't want to drop the spring perch down to the lower mount, you'd want to raise the lower mount UP to the spring perch. Or else you've removed all the spring preload and reduced the amount of stroke available. However if it's the rear, the only option is to droop the spring perch.

YES! This is correct, apologies. I forget this isn't common knowledge.

[MamangSorbetero]

OP the correct terms for this thread would be "zokusha"/"bosozoku" (gang car), "shakotan" (low car) styling. Goes way back decades in style even though people today are just now getting across it and think it's a stance movement. Yes, even steel wheels and musical horns were used in the car's styling which completes the look as well as excessive exhaust pipes and obnoxious paint and aero.






A shop even is famous for making these wide wheels called "Kamagaya Wide Wheel." Oldschool



One of the style goals was primarily to mimic silhouette racing cars