02.16Picture of a Picture
The Dude loved those customer submitted cars with Rotas so much that they’re worth hanging on his wall at the office. He printed out some of the top Rota featured cars… then he took a photo of it. It’s like that bad Xzibit internet meme, “Sup dawg, I heard you like photos, so we took a photo of a photo so you can have a photograph of your photos.”
Customer: Dave Mann
Car: 1998 Subaru Impreza
Wheels: Rota SVN-R 18×10 +30 – Flat Black
Tires: Bridgestone RE-11 265/35/18
Oh man, a car rocking a set of 18×10 Rota SVN wheels just made it to the cover of Modified Magazine! This is a BRAND NEW FITMENT for super aggressive Subarus in a dual bolt pattern. This GC8 is caged, built, and tuned to tear up the track. According to the article, it’s also got some spacers to push the wheels out to +5 offset in the front and +1 offset in the rear to fill out those massive custom installed Jun S13 Silvia fenders. This is easily one of the craziest customer cars to ever appear on our site. Congrats to Dave on getting the cover of Modified! Suby love, FTW!
Hand picked by The Dude and the staff, these are our favorite customer photos in 2009.
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Customer: Kyle Cookmeyer
Car: 2005 WRX
Wheels: Rota DPT 17×9 +42 Gold
Tires: 255/40/17 Bridgestone RE-01R’s
Wheel Detail – http://www.wheeldude.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5730
A customer Ken Meisch aka Z3speed4me, posted some sweet pictures of his 99′ M coupe on bimmerforums.com. He has the LC Lemans in a 19×8.5 30 offset in the front and a aggressive 19×10 22 offset with a 10mm spacer in the rear. The color of the wheels are Hyper Silver w/Polished Lip. Here are a couple of the pics. Read More for the others.
This long time customer’s ride is outfitted with Torque 17×9 5×100 +30 Hyper Black with Federal RSR 235/40/17’s (which run wide for their size). A set of blue Blox lugs were used with this setup.
Every now and then, we’ll have a unique setup. Something that you don’t see everyday, forums included. This is one of those setups. Here are pictures of Jay’s (18LLC on e90post) van, second to his 325Xi he frequents on E90Post.
It is a third gen Honda Odyssey on 18×8.5 Rota SVNs, sporting the beautiful Full Royal Sports Bronze color. The offset is at +30mm, bringing the wheel properly to the fender. The owner jokingly said on the forum that he would lower the car, and from the look of the current setup, I sure hope he does.
Tires used are 255-45-18 Toyo Open Country, which is an ideal setup for this particular car….or, rather, van. We definitely look forward to see if Jay carries on his plan of lowering the van as it is something different.
So let us take this time to extend an invitation; for those of you out there who have something different, send us pictures. Post in our gallery, email us, and let us know about your unique setup. It’s always refreshing to see the new setups out there!
Safe,
Gabe @ Wheeldude
09.26L22’s on an E90
Linea Corse L22s mounted on an E90. Driver’s side is the L22 in Hyper Black with polished lip and the passenger side are Hyper Silver with polished lip. As always, click on pictures for a higher resolution.
Hyper Black with polished lip:
Hyper Silver with polished lip:
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-Gabe
Daily Duties – Jaspreet Virdee’s 350z
Words – Gabriel Ronquillo
Snaps – Jaspreet Virdee
In the automotive scene, we tend to get carried away with our cars. It often times comes to the point where we need a second car as our initial project becomes either unbearable to drive daily or is on jackstands longer than we expected. Often times, we find something that’s barely running, smells of old people, and is older than we are. This isn’t the case for Jas, owner of this 350z.
“I’ve got a fully built Evo that ran a 10.7,” Jas exclaims. Jas has owned the car for a little more than a year, throwing on basic bolt ons along the way. “It runs a 13, but it’s a fun car to drive around on the streets, but it’s an on going project.” Jas tells us that the car is soon going to recieve an off the shelf twin turbo kit.
With a 10 second EVO, you would imagine that Jas’ daily driven Z to have a decent amount of bolt ons. You would be correct; Under the hood, Jas hasn’t left much alone. Things that the average street driven car wouldn’t have, from Turbo XS Utec to an Unorthodox Racing Pulley, every ounce of power was squeezed out of Nissan’s proven 350z.
“The car is perfect to drive when it is a nice sunny day, spring like weather, and the car is clean and ready for whatever you throw at it. It’s awesome when you’ve got the windows down and can drive the car without it getting too hot, unlike my EVO,” Jas says. The practicality of the car is on point. Where the EVO would have a hard time going light to light in hot weather, the Z would drive with no worries. To match the mods under the bonnet, Jas added simple touches to the exterior. 
“It’s got a Nismo lip kit all around, which gives the car the right look without being too over the top.” The wheel choice is great as well, 18×9.5 P45Rs in Hyper Silver. It allows the unique orange that Jas’ Z to stand out and offset the silver.
With any build, whether mild like Jas’ Z or his 10 second EVO, one has to consider everything in the build. “It’s all about learning the car before you start modifying it,” Jas preaches. “Just cause you have a fast car doesn’t mean you can handle it! Learn the car, learn its limits, learn your limits, and then start to modify it.” As for his EVO…it also has a set of Rota Boosts, so look for it soon in an upcoming feature…
Wrap Sheet
Owner – Jas Virdee
Hometown – New Jersey
Daily Grind – Business owner
Power – Z 280whp
Under the hood – K&N Intake, Motordyne plenum spacer, ported lower plenum, Strup headers, Strup test pipes, Nismo exhaust, Unorthodox Racing pulley, Turbo XS Utec, WOT BOX, Cusco catch can, Buddy Club ground cables and carbon fiber cooling plate
Drivetrain – 6 Puck Competition Clutch and Flywheel
Control – Eibach pro kit springs, Tokico dampener, Cusco front and rear sway bars. SPL endlinks, GT Spec front and rear tie bars, Ingalls engine dampener
Rollers – Rots P45R 18×9.5 all around, Toyo T1R 255/40/18 front 275/40/18 rear
Outside – Nismo front lip, side skirts and rear skirts, 35% tints
Inside – Pretty much stock except for a Alpine head unit with an iPod connector, carbon fiber dash kit and a Nismo shift knob. I will be purchasing Sparco Torino’s in a month of so as well as a new steering wheel
Props – My Family, Wheeldude for great service and excellent set of rims and tires and MRC Motorsports
Wheel setup – 18×9.5 P45R in Hyper Silver
-Gabe