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Staggered 19×8.5/10 Linea Corse Lemans on Estoril Blue M Coupe

Featured Customer: Josh Hook’s 2004 STi

Honda Odyssey on Rota SVNs…yes you read that correctly!

L22’s on an E90

Daily Duties - Jaspreet Virdee’s 350z

Custom painted gold Lemans on white E92

White IS on Hyper Black Lemans

E90 on Royal Hyper Silver LeMans

Step Your Game Up - Alan Dang’s WRX

Classic Mini on Rota RBs

Staggered 19×8.5/10 Linea Corse Lemans on Estoril Blue M Coupe

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.

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Featured Customer: Josh Hook’s 2004 STi

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.

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Honda Odyssey on Rota SVNs…yes you read that correctly!

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

L22’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

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

More Pictures here!

Custom painted gold Lemans on white E92

-Gabe

White IS on Hyper Black Lemans

-Gabe

E90 on Royal Hyper Silver LeMans

-Gabe

Step Your Game Up - Alan Dang’s WRX

Step Your Game Up

Words by Gabriel Ronquillo

Snaps by Alan Dang

More often than not, people are unsatisfied with whatever it is that they have.  Someone always has a bigger TV, someone has cooler jeans, someone else is in better shape.  In the midst of all the comparisons, there is typically one thing we can say we’re proud of or capable of that others’ cannot claim stake to.  Alan just has the right combination to be one of those guys we can be jealous of.

“My favorite part about the car is the wheels…you just don’t see this setup everyday and there are only a handful of cars that have it on the forum,” Alan tells us.  Rightly so.  You see, Alan’s car is sitting on one of the more aggressive setups that we offer; 18×9 +35 offset G-Forces.  The wheel absolutely fills the wheel well, properly at that, giving it a stance that is now storming the scene; low offset, wide, and flush.  When asked about his biggest issue with the car, he had stated the wheel choice was.  “The wheels are dope and it took me awhile, but after I decided, I slipped Dan (@ Wheeldude) a couple of Benji’s and he hooked me up.”
Pulling off this stance is no easy task. Springs and shocks?  Nope; you’re going to need coilovers to pull this look off, and in Alan’s case, a set of Megan Racing Street Coilovers help him put the car in it’s current stance.  “I love the way the car just looks…it’s not too low to be unbearable and it’s not too high to look unattractive.”  Rightly so, as the car looks just as fast sitting still as it does rolling.  To compliment the ride height, Alan also has Cusco front lip and Kstech Hood Scoopflowing with the rest of the Subaru’s already aggressive body lines.  “I love driving this car where there will be scantily clad women,” jokes Alan.  “Anywhere that I can parking lot pimp…you can find me there.”

Even with the package sitting nice and pretty, Alan says that there is more to come.  “I’ve got plans for the car, but if money were no object, I’d have a full STi swap on the car,” explains Alan.  With aspirations like that, it will be quite interesting to see what he has in store.
Words of advice?  “If you can’t pay in cash, you can’t afford it,” states Alan.

Wrap Sheet

Owner – Alan Dang aka the infamous ‘intence’

Hometown – Fairfax,VA

Daily Grind – Student / Business owner

Power – 230/230

Under the hood – Turbo XS front mount, Turbo XS intake, XPT tuning stage 2, gm bcs, Turbo XS downpipe, Turbo XScatback adapter, JIC titanium catback, Helix uppipe.

Drivetrain – Kartboy short shifter, Kartboy front/rear bushings

Control – Megan racing street coilovers, Kartboy rear endlinks,

Rollers – 18×9 Rota G-Force in Gold

Outside – Cusco lip, STi fog covers, de-badged center grille, kstech hood vent.

Inside – OEM boost gauge, jazzymt iPod connector, everything converted to red

Plans – Blouch Dom 3, modded stock injectors, utec delta, silicone inlet hose, tgv deletes, 1 step colder plugs, andrewtech PPG 1-4 gears, exedy stage 1 clutch, whiteline front/rear swaybars, 18×9 +35 Tarmac 3’s, hks kansai rear diffuser, turboxs tune, and sell it to buy a 06 gallardo.

Props – wheeldude and dan for allowing me to be one of the first owners of these sick ass 18×9 G-Forces.

Nonprops – Nasioc.com for banning me 20 times.

Classic Mini on Rota RBs

-Gabe @ WD