FrankW

what width is the front with the +30 offset? if it's the 7.5 you'll be okay with the 10mm, but if it's the 8.5 the rim will end up with a +20 offset which will stick out a lot and you may need to end up running 215/45 which will have to be stretched.

havoc_vulture

Pepboys awsome will hit them up loving purple calipers if you dont mind ofcoures
and wheels if only i could

phister

I have 8.5 in the front. I'm just worried the 5mm spacers wont be enough. wish they had a 7mm spacer. I'm probably gonna have to stretch the tires. Its just those dang bolts lol

FrankW

how far are they touching the caliper? if they are barely touching 5mm would be enough. 5mm is actually pretty thick to create clearance.

phister

Its touching the caliper pretty good. I took a peek and eye balled the gap from the hub to the wheel to have good clearance and there was a good gap from my current 3mm spacer to the wheel. I'll just get the 10mm now just to be save then I'll get some 5mm to see if it'll work. It's a little trial and error, but I'd rather be out to far then not far enough and have to wait for another set of spacers.

ROLLNNN

those are going to look really nice. Im starting to love step lips.. Cant wait to see when its fully installed.

FrankW

cool, wait for the spacers to come in before you get the tires then. this way you may not need to stretch the tires if the 10 is too much and 5 is good enough.

phister

Yeah I just ordered a set of h&r 10mm spacers.

I was thinking of doing the lug bolt to lug nut conversion like Roland... I've been looking at H&R studs and was waiting for my test fit to see what length I need so it all depends if I need 10mm or 5mm for the front to clear. But I'll do a DIY on the install of the conversion once I order what I need. HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH ROLAND LOL

phister

ok heres a quick update on my wheels. I just ordered a set of 10mm spacers for the front and 5mm for the rears. But if I get lucky I can use the 5mm up front and it'll clear the calipers and I can put my 3mm in the rear. My tires should be coming in next week. So hopefully by the end of next week I'll have my wheels on. Then I can finally post up new pics. I might go up to the top floor of my works parking garage and do a little shoot and some other places.

phister

after being bored and looking at my wheels in my rooms I decided to get creative and paint the rivet bolts to match my calipers. If they dont look good on the wheel then I'll just remove the paint and reinstall them again.

So after removing 140 bolts here's the progress. Also hers some pics of the car after a wash.

Wheel in two pieces... since they're actually 3 piece, I decided to buy some racing sealant and beaded the inside of the wheel where the sealant is just for security purposes.

UPDATE: front tires come in today, rears hopefully tomorrow, new long lugs bolts just came in the mail, and spacers will be here by wed or thurs. So thurs SHOULD be the day.

OneOfaKindTrini

I still love the look of the CLS rims bro.

phister

Thanks man if no one picks them up I might just keep them as spares since I have all season tires on them I might make them my winter wheels since we dont get too much snow down here lol

cpbeasley

thats ALOT of bolts man!!

phister

you're telling me!!! lol took about a hr to remove them all since I did them by hand. Really didnt want to use the impact gun to do it. In the process of painting the lug bolts now, really wont notice them when they're on since the bolt hole is so deep on these wheels. So my job for tonight is to reinstall the bolts

FrankW

you shouldn't use impact gun on the rivets anyway. just remember to torque them back properly.

phister

yeah OZ recommended to torque them to 80lbs

cpbeasley

i dont dig the purple, but im still anxious to see how it looks! good idea. i still cant get over how many bolts there are. you just lay them down and spray them all?

ROLLNNN

that's gonna look nice man. Pretty good idea to paint them. I was looking at getting gold rivets for mine, but WORK was selling them at $4 each and with 44 rivets to each wheel, well that would've been too much money..

FrankW

btw if you have offset issue with the 10mm you can mount the face plate to the front to decrease the offset.

hcalvarez

that's going to look bad *** bro

d1no

Damn that is a crapload of bolts lol. Hey phister idk if the wheels need it but now may be a good time to polish those lips .

Xhale707

I don't know about that color of bolts. I'm really digging ur roof rack. How much are those? I think i may have to get one

phister

The lips are actually really clean, I just had my dirty hands all over them when removing the bolts lol put I'll probably bust out the Mother mag/alum polish and see if I can get them shinier

I would but the face have an inverted lips where the bolts are so the face fits flush with the wheel. Dont know if that made sense lol

Dang $4 each Have you tried Ace Hardware, they have allen bolts in gold I think, they always have random bolts that other parts stores dont. Or you can paint them like me

I laid them at an angle so it was easier to spray all around the bolts. You do 2 light layers 10 mins apart then do a medium wet spray 10 mins after that and let it sit for hour if you want to handle it or wait 3 hours to install it.

I got mine on sale at sun ski and sports 2 years ago when they had a big sale on them. I got mine for around 350 for it all You can look for their ads or their website and usually around this time of year (tax return season) they have good sales.

phister

one wheel down 3 to go

havoc_vulture

that turned out great bro