ZHPizza's red car

[ZHPizza]

That may just be an Apex thing. You can hear the metal touch on my 8.5s when you set them down (also 235). And I have 3mm spacers if you want to test fit.

I’m rubber on rubber on my 17x8.5” with ExtremeContact DW 245/40R17s. But that’s a lot less stretch (see: no stretch) than yours.


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Looking at the pics, I think it may have a lot to do with the Apex design. The lip follows the angle of the spokes and pushes out:

heck yeah - as trevor mentioned, that is definitely Alpina-esque. haha.

man, those fronts are pokey! some megative camber is required, fo sho.

i run a 3mm spacer in the rear with my apexeseses.

maybe a bit too much stretchy for me. i think if it was sitting lower it would look better, in my eyes. but that ride! gotta preserve that.

It's funny -- going from the 9.0 width to 9.5, I can feel how the sidewall has stiffened with the additional stretch. The handling is more responsive, but impacts are harsher. I may go a little wider with the next set of tires, but I'm ok with the trade off for now since we are driving the wagon more on trips so I'm almost always alone and hooning when driving this car.

I don't understand why the passenger side has that metal clip and the driver's side doesn't...

The fender hanger clip? It's on both sides. I had just removed it in the first pic. I flattened it out a bit with a hammer to give more clearance, then reinstalled it, then ground the stud all the way down to the nut.

[slater]

...but I'm ok with the trade off for now since we are driving the wagon more on trips so I'm almost always alone and hooning when driving this car.

so when does the LSD go in?

it amplifies hoonage by at least 150%.

but that's probably a bad thing.

The fender hanger clip? It's on both sides. I had just removed it in the first pic. I flattened it out a bit with a hammer to give more clearance, then reinstalled it, then ground the stud all the way down to the nut.

nice. on northern cars... you just leave that nut alone. sure, you can grind the stud down... but you don't touch the nut. i think i have successfully removed 3 out of maybe 8 that i've removed. the other 5 were lonely and brought the stud with them.

[cornercarver]

on northern cars... you just leave that nut alone. sure, you can grind the stud down... but you don't touch the nut. i think i have successfully removed 3 out of maybe 8 that i've removed. the other 5 were lonely and brought the stud with them.

That might explain why there isn't one on my driver's side. I was wondering why that side was only being held on by the plastic piece further back along the seam.

[anandoc]

nice. on northern cars... you just leave that nut alone. sure, you can grind the stud down... but you don't touch the nut. i think i have successfully removed 3 out of maybe 8 that i've removed. the other 5 were lonely and brought the stud with them.

2 of those clingy/lonely ones were from my car when we installed the ZHP rear bumper. Fun times were had...

[slater]

2 of those clingy/lonely ones were from my car when we installed the ZHP rear bumper. Fun times were had...

yep, we RTV'd those brackets back on. still holding? the one i RTV'd back onto my ZHP held until the day i removed that rear bumper for the last time... i think it was 2 years!

[anandoc]

yep, we RTV'd those brackets back on. still holding? the one i RTV'd back onto my ZHP held until the day i removed that rear bumper for the last time... i think it was 2 years!

Yup - no issues so far!

[Sreten]

Love love the new kicks! I think they look mighty better than the previous set. Excellent choice Pizzaman.

[ZHPizza]

so when does the LSD go in?

it amplifies hoonage by at least 150%.

but that's probably a bad thing.




nice. on northern cars... you just leave that nut alone. sure, you can grind the stud down... but you don't touch the nut. i think i have successfully removed 3 out of maybe 8 that i've removed. the other 5 were lonely and brought the stud with them.

Man...I'm thinking more and more about an LSD now...the only thing I'm worried about (other than the cost) is gear whine. I know yours is pretty loud but that's probably more due to the solid mounts everywhere.

And the paint underneath my Florida car is in better condition than the roof.

Love love the new kicks! I think they look mighty better than the previous set. Excellent choice Pizzaman.

Dude...they really...like...really really make the pinstripe pop. No joke.

It's going to take some time to get used to the fronts sticking out so much, but I'm loving the profile view so far.

[Sockethead]

I have an M3 clutch style LSD. Just put in AKG 95A diff bushings. Everything else back there is OEM except for M3 OEM RTAB and limiters. No gear whine at all

[slater]

Man...I'm thinking more and more about an LSD now...the only thing I'm worried about (other than the cost) is gear whine. I know yours is pretty loud but that's probably more due to the solid mounts everywhere.

yeah, exactly. rubber mounts should negate that entirely.

Dude...they really...like...really really make the pinstripe pop. No joke.

so, it's staying??

I have an M3 clutch style LSD. Just put in AKG 95A diff bushings. Everything else back there is OEM except for M3 OEM RTAB and limiters. No gear whine at all

really? weird. i wonder if it has something to do with the diff type - i'm running a helical diff.