the evo 3 swap parts are coming

[TkrPerformance]

first off winter and summer tires suck. I have curbed 3 of the 18s from sliding in the snow and ice and the cusco camber plates dont mean crap with there marks so the front 2 tires are destroyed already.

So I just picked up a set of rota boosts 17*8 and a set of all season 215-45-17 tires for 250.00 from a local that painted them 2 diffrent colors to see what he liked better then started to strip and repaint the other 2 but gave up. They will be droped off to a buddy to get blasted and powder coated black tonight. I will have them back in less than a week.

[TkrPerformance]

What really pissed me off I tryed to fit them and found out that the centering ring was way to small for a dsm/evo hub. So me and my dad made a tool out of a 2 5/8 alum hole saw and a pvc pipe adaptor that fit in to the center ring hole on the rim to cut them out to make them the right size. After 2 hours of cutting all 4 are done and will be out for powder tomorrow now.
here is the pics of what we did to the rims
the stock size hole 56.1 mm

cutting to the new size total 67.1 mm

one fully cut it is just the back side of the rim does not go all the way through the rim

the tool

after the 4th rim the pvc broke

what was cut out of them and my front h&r spacer we used to check the rims to make sure they were cut deep enuf

[TkrPerformance]

back from Kerry
got them back from my buddy last night. they were 240.00 for the sandblasting,polish,powder coating
sorry for the cell pics

[4g63tcrazy]

Sexy! I cant wait to see them on the evo! When do you think you'll have them on?

[goodhart]

Damn, talk about adapt and overcome, thats some innovation!

[TkrPerformance]

meeting pete at his work at 4pm to get the tires put on. so I should have them on tonight. then will be looking for new 18's soon for spring.

[Ihearrtdsm]

the rims look nice, post a pic when there on :-D

[rose0529]

Looking good! bet it will be nice to have some good traction!

[A//// Guy]

Looking good!

Are you putting atleast all seasons on these for the winter.

[TkrPerformance]

that I am they came with the all seasons that will last the winter anyway. then I will just use the rims for rolling around other cars and for winter storage next year

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Nice! So these will fit over the brembos without the spacers?

[TkrPerformance]

Originally Posted by Kevin_1G_Drummer

Nice! So these will fit over the brembos without the spacers?

still have to run the spacers up front. I even with stock evo 8/9 rims I would have to run them

[CarRacer]

So you drove around all winter with summer tires on and just now put all seasons on?

[TkrPerformance]

winter is not over yet. it is bills come first and I did not get my winter car finnished up.

[FattyBoomBatty]

Did you ever have it aligned or did you just go by the markings on the camber plates? If so, then your camber might have been close, but it's toe that chews tires up. That and too much power.

[TkrPerformance]

it was aligned with the 15's when I had to do it at tires plus when they could not do it they had no clue how to.
then it was aligned when I put on the 18's put on a new tie rod end. toe was good but camber was off.
It was just redone by pete no one elce had a clue on how to do it and get the camber right this time at good year

[TkrPerformance]

big thanks to ricer Pete for getting my tire put on last night after goodyear closed. got them all on just a few mins ago and they do look nice. makes me want to save up and get a set of advan RGII's for the car now . but probably not going to happen on the evo maybe get a set for the spyder.

first pic just the front 2 on the car with the dxr's on the back still. I like both sets of rims on the car. The only problem with the rota boosts I have not seen any in 18*8 or 18*7.5 in gloss black so I will just get a 2nd set of the dxr's and have 1 good spare rim for the car

with all of them on you can kind of see them with alys winter dsm in the way.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

I like the Rotas better than the DXRs

[rose0529]

looks good!

[Ihearrtdsm]

Originally Posted by Kevin_1G_Drummer

I like the Rotas better than the DXRs

+1