new winter setup -- for however long it lasts

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Nov 18, 2006 | 04:20 PM

meem

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new winter setup -- for however long it lasts

can't get excited enough about this setup to take good pics, but here's something that gives the general idea:

<img src="http://m3.mayzurk.com/meem/tt/tt-winter-2007-4.jpg">

19x8.5ET30 bbs ch
235/35/19 nokian wr
5mm front spacer, 15mm rear spacer

i plan to decide by monday whether i'm going to stick with this setup for the winter or try out a set of 19x8.5 rh ran's.

in any case, the wheels are really starting to fill up the basement: 7 19" bbs lm's, 6 19" 545r's, 4 19" rs4 reps, and 4 18" e46 m3 rims. so if i go with the ran's, i'm gonna need to move the ch's quick.

Nov 18, 2006 | 04:42 PM

GorTT

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nice, meem, but they appear to need a bit more spacer from the pic.

Nov 18, 2006 | 04:48 PM

meem

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i tucked in the front 3mm more than usual to reduce winter sandblasting

i've got 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 25mm spacers lying around now so ... ;-)

Nov 18, 2006 | 05:08 PM

GkRiKoRi

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Looking good...

I remember your basement looking like a wheel warehouse, I bet it's more crowded now.

Nov 18, 2006 | 05:52 PM

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I remember you mentioning you were thinking about that >

still, probably counts in some part for your under-enthusiastic take.

Nov 18, 2006 | 05:54 PM

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plan on getting rid of the RS4 reps with winter rubber?

i may be interested. my winter rubber is just about done for...need another set.

Nov 18, 2006 | 06:07 PM

meem

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transferred the tires onto my ch's since they had tons of life left

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Nov 18, 2006 | 06:12 PM

meem

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possibly, but i think it's more that the look is tired ...

i've seen the ch on so many other tt's -- several of them red -- that the setup's life has just been sucked out. further, compared to the lm, the ch lacks elegance. i also don't like the way the mesh highlights the tiny rear brakes.

but it's a winter setup and it's going to get trashed. so getting something i'm more passionate about may only lead to heartbreak in the end.