Dedicated DA9 Q & A thread

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Originally Posted by slimx

please direct me to your mechanic im gona shove my 18's up his ass..

I had 19" Wheels on my car for a few weeks. No worries.
ANything can fit dont worry.

Come to more inner west. penrith is bit far for me lol, ill bring u down to taleb tyres or sumfn get u some decent rims.

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Cool so when u had 19s did u need 2 roll the guards or anything?

The advice I've been given so far on rim size from both friends and staff in wheel/tyre shops varies.

"17s are gay. No one gets 17s anymore. You'll regret it. Go at least 18s"

"18s will feel like your driving a shopping trolley. Get 16s max with decent rubber"

"17s are the most practical. Tyres are cheaper"

and then the above "18s wont fit an integra"

So can u see why I'm a little confused? lol So are there any real advantages/disadvantages to getting 16,17or 18s for my da? (obviously excluding the price of the rims)

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Originally Posted by DA9 integra

Cool so when u had 19s did u need 2 roll the guards or anything?

The advice I've been given so far on rim size from both friends and staff in wheel/tyre shops varies.

"17s are gay. No one gets 17s anymore. You'll regret it. Go at least 18s"

"18s will feel like your driving a shopping trolley. Get 16s max with decent rubber"

"17s are the most practical. Tyres are cheaper"

and then the above "18s wont fit an integra"

So can u see why I'm a little confused? lol So are there any real advantages/disadvantages to getting 16,17or 18s for my da? (obviously excluding the price of the rims)

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i personally think 18s "look" too big for the car, mostly cuz u cant get enof rubber around it ull have a very low profile on it, when i went rim shoppin 16s were impossible to come by
so i got the 17s.
they look great and got some decent size rubber on em, they scrape a lil on the inside wheel well, but yeh look awesome

ok well, sri or cai?

i dno man in my opinion 17" 18" JDM

19" on a 4cylinder car Sporty..
20" Blingy..
21" Custom Stud rims, just means your spoilt lol

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19" did scrub coz my car is lowered.. but if it was stock height id have no worries, they were 19" with Ultra Low Profile tyres.

if u wana put 20's.. i can help u.
Just the fronts were gona struggle with... need a big rubber hammer :) and a jack lol. a grinder would also help.
21" will require u to roll your guards professionally totally if your car is lowered.

My car is completely stock (not lowered at all) So if 18" will fit no probs, ill just get them.

The bottom line is when you go to register your car with anything bigger than 15s, which is an allowable +1 in size (at least here in NSW) the workshop doing your rego check will fail your car due to oversized wheels and tyres. Now this may not necessarily happen because some workshops aren't fussed by it but more and more are. Because the RTA and Police are being more vigilant in following up those workshops where cars are pulled over for random safety checks (pod filters/exhausts/lowered/etc), and have been passed for rego. The workshop that did my Blue slip for regoing the Yellow DA failed the 17s I put on it (initally), meaning I had to swap back to OEM for the subsequent check. The workshop said they know people will just go home and change their wheels but they aren't liable if that happens as they passed the car in OEM form and what happens after is not their concern.

Having said all that, wheels and wheel sizes are like women's fashions. They change every 6 months or so, and everyone follows because they don't want to be seen to be unfashionable.

So just get whatever you feel comfortable with. My personal opinion is anything over 17s is a very harsh and uncomfortable ride in the long run, especially with lowered suspension.

Peter

Thanks peter, thats very informative.

I didnt know that about rego. I've had a car with bigger wheels on it before but sold it before I had to rego it again. Dam i better keep the factory wheels then ay!

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Originally Posted by DA9 integra

Thanks peter, thats very informative.

I didnt know that about rego. I've had a car with bigger wheels on it before but sold it before I had to rego it again. Dam i better keep the factory wheels then ay!

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always keep your OEM wheels, suspension, and airbox, because you will be using them again over n over if you put bling wheels on your car just to clear defects

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Originally Posted by espionage85

always keep your OEM wheels, suspension, and airbox, because you will be using them again over n over if you put bling wheels on your car just to clear defects

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good advice, people should take this on board,

DA9 integra - just remember what you want your car to be used for, ie: track = 15s... 18s is a no no

if your in Western suburbs.. mate.. ive never seen a mechanic .. fail rego lol.

I dont even take my car.. to get a pink slip i just walk in .. he signs it n i go

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Originally Posted by slimx

I dont even take my car.. to get a pink slip i just walk in .. he signs it n i go

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Not the sort of thing you should be admitting to on a public forum. You need to realise that a number of public authorities monitor these and other forums for illegal activity. Dodging the inspection process does no-one any favours especially if your car is unroadworthy (not that I'm saying yours is!).

Peter

hey you know those carbon fibre rear visors, any ideas where to get them? i did find one place but it was like 250us$ delivery.