I just had to snap a couple pix. Just one of those days where I happen to notice how much I love this car.

 

Omg, i forgot how our sedans are at a stock 4x4. Need a drop asap and it will look HOT.

 

AWD is higher the RWD anyways

 

What rims are those? I like how OP's sedan is unmolested so far. I wonder how long that will last


An OEM lip would look nice, and a mild drop. How are the roads around IL?

 

the rims just look like 17.. that is why it looks so high in the air

 

They're sport edition KV5 18". I'm undecided as to the drop because I don't want to compromise snow abilities- I generally have to drive to work around 4am, before the roads have been plowed.

I'm trying to budget for one of the newly available oem front lip replicas from ionic.

 

I would suggest getting coupe fronts and sedan sport rears. It will close up some of the wheel gap, but keep you high enough for snow and any other crappy roads you may run into. It's mild enough that you shouldn't need a camber kit and you can pick up all four springs for less than $100.

What size are your tires?

 

Good info on the suspension setup, thanks!

The tires are 225/45/18 Continental ExtremeContact DWS

 

No problem. I have that suspension setup and am happy with it. Great solution for those wanting a mild drop without alot of the negatives.

Those tires are slightly smaller than stock so your wheel gap looks even bigger than normal.

 

Yeah, I did that by choice, though it is the size that Tire Rack recommends for those rims. They're actually the 2nd set of tires I've had on those rims. I had 50 series on there originally and I thought they looked like friggin truck tires so I had to change em. I absolutely hated the look- the wheel gap was smaller, yes, but the sidewall appeared so big that the rims looked smaller than the stock 17's and the car rode higher as well.

 

Stock size for 18's on this car is 235/45. The sidewall height falls right between 225/45 and 225/50 and looks good for 18's in my opinion. The tire selection is limited, but there are a few good ones to choose from including the Conti DWS. The main reason I went with that size is because it matches the diameter of my fullsize 17" spare. Not sure that it would hurt anything if it was off a little, but I didn't want to risk something screwing up with the AWD out in the middle of nowhere. Anyway, just an idea for the next time you need new tires.

 

Good info for next time. I knew 225/45 wasn't OE size, but I'm curious as to why Tire Rack specifies this size.

The tires I ran before were 235/50/18, which was just under 1" larger diameter than the 215/55/17's that were on it stock. This size was recommended to me by several sources, but I thought they looked terrible. That's why I just replaced them with the tire rack recommended size, even though I knew the overall diameter was going to be about .3" smaller than that stock 17's.

I've been all over this board looking at threads on tire sizes and drop options for my baby, and the information has been so scattered that it's really difficult to find any sort of a 'g35driver community consensus' to the type of questions I had. You've been able to provide better answers than I was able to find searching on my own. Thanks!

At the end of the day, I've decided that wouldn't mind a mild drop, but I still really like the way it looks now- which is why I posted the pix in the fist place

 

What wheels are those? they look like 05+ OEM Z wheels. Which I love lol

 

Sport Edition KV5

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...wheelModel=KV5

Mine are 18"