Okay, now that I got your attention...

I need some opinions on what I should do with my wheels. I know at the end of the day it's my opinion that really matters when messing with my car, but I'd like to get some other input as well.

I'm getting my Nismo front and sides fitted this weekend, painted and installed next week. I have 19" PIAA Super Rozza's on right now with some 20mm Ichiba V2 spacers, effectively giving me some wheel poke in the rear and flushness up front. I also have a set of 19" BBS LM knockoffs that I've been debating on throwing on for a while...

Question is: should I let the PIAA's rest for a while and throw on the LM reps or should I sell the LM reps and keep the PIAA's? They both look great, but I'm not sure I'm ready to give up the lippage on the PIAA's.... Be gentle and throw some opinions at me to help me sway in one direction or the other.

Oh yeah, last thing - After dialing in another 1/2 degree of camber in the rear I'll be dropping the azz end another 1/2" to even out with the front.

Crappy iphone pictures attached (real shoot to come around mid-August):

 

First off, nice looking ride man. And congrats on your nismo bumper and sides, not a bad combination at all. I'm sure once O Hella OEM see its, he will agree as well.

I'd go with the BBS LM Knockoffs, mostly because I think they look better then your Piaa Super Rozza's, no offense to your taste of course.

With the lower drop that you intend on doing, I think your car is going to look fantastic. Only thing left for you to do though, in my opinion, is lose the spoiler and go wingless.

Other then that man, car looks great!

 

^ Thank you sir. I appreciate the input.

After the additional drop in the rear the last two things I have planned to do (for a while) are the trunk and possibly painting the projectors black...

 

I used to love the ironing board spoiler, but now I hate it...

 

The middle image that you posted shows that your grille is already painted black. Or did that come with the Nismo bumper? I don't know if they already do or not.

But if your grille is already painted black, then I think painting your headlights would be a nice touch to it. You'll have some contrast up front and the natural color of your car will flow nicely.

I don't know how it will look on a DG and with your headlights painted black, but have you ever thought of painting the Nismo ducts black? I've loved that look on the IP's but I haven't seen it done on a DG yet.

I was in the same boat. Once I actually decided to go wingless to see the look of it, I don't see myself going back.

I promise that when you do go wingless, you'll love it as much as I do. And then you'll wonder why you didn't go wingless a lot sooner.

 

Agree 100%. Who makes those replica LMs?

 

The grill did not come with the bumper (tho that would be cool). It's just my OEM grill painted black. And yeah I had my reflector headlights painted black in the past and I loved how they looked, which is why I'm seriously considering doing it again.

In regards to painting the nismo ducts black, I may consider that as well. I'm not completely sold on it, but I'll play around a little with photochop tonight/tomorrow to see if I'll like it. BTW it's DP, not DG.

 

Cal - They're Chikara's. Nothing special obviously, but I've always loved the look of LM's. I would have considered buying real LM's, but I have to worry about buying a house right now and not throwing a fairly large chunk of cash on some real LM's.

 

Silly me. I have a hard time telling them 2 apart.

Edit: And there is nothing wrong with replica parts, especially when it comes to modding on a budget. I say if it looks good, then get it. Unfortunately for me, I'm a name brand *****. Except when it comes to my exhaust.... I'm weird like that. I'm still rockin the X02.

 

^Everyone does! Stupid phone camera doesn't exactly help either...

 

It's not DP, but from your pics, it looks the same....

What black ducts look like on nismo





If you dont want them black, you could get these. (if anyone still makes them, Im still searching myself)




BTW, your car looks better with the repLMs...

 

So disappointed, I was expecting pictures of these:

 

they look exactly like axis pentas....

 

Except Pentas don't have stepped lips....

 

I agree that the build quality is probably on par with axis, but other than that your statement is like saying any mesh design wheel looks like the penta...