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Offline dixie

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My new 20" wheels
« on: November 10, 2009, 03:57:43 AM »
Received my new 20" wheels today.
Front: 245 x 35 x 20" x 9" ofset 45
Rear : 275 x 30 x 20 x 10" ofset 55

Perfect fitting and no rubbing,very happy with them







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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2009, 06:30:10 AM »
Looking nice, what other mods you made on suspension because is looking very nice and not on wagon rims.

Are you from Belgium?
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2009, 07:09:34 AM »
Looking nice, what other mods you made on suspension because is looking very nice and not on wagon rims.

Are you from Belgium?

I have the Weitec suspension which I like,before I had the HKS Hipermax 3 but it was to stiff for me.
Yes I'm from Belgium.

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2009, 07:35:27 AM »
What brand/model are those? How much?
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2009, 04:07:12 PM »
What brand/model are those? How much?

Brand is Genesis and model is called strike.
The wheels can be custom made for any car because they drill all the holes themselves and they make the ofset like the customer preferes so you never need spacers.

 www.cavaro.be


Wheels were 1220 euro and tires were 680 euro

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2009, 04:21:47 PM »
Welcome to the forum dixie, sweet rims and where did you get your quad tip exhaust?

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2009, 04:35:24 PM »
Very nice!!   :drool:
2009 Aggressive GXP
DDM Race Backbone, ProBeam, Coil Cover, Alignment, and Oil Catch Can
Solo Mach Shorty Exhaust
GMPP Tune
LatinVenom Front Brace
Werks Adjustable Sway Bars
Michelin Pilot Super Sport Summers/Pirelli 240 Sottozero Winters
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2009, 04:40:11 PM »
i love those rims and the way they fit , perfection.

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2009, 05:57:18 PM »
Is your car lowered at all?

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2009, 06:35:57 PM »
NICE!!! :thumbs: :thumbs:

Steve
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2009, 07:10:51 PM »
wow great price for 20" in europe, they have a great idea with custom dimensions, thank you for sharing.
I hope Arbas doesn't see this  :devil:
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2009, 08:47:35 PM »
Welcome to the forum dixie, sweet rims and where did you get your quad tip exhaust?

The exhaust is from RPI made in the USA...

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2009, 08:48:37 PM »
Is your car lowered at all?

Yes it's lowered with the adjustible Weitec suspension..

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2009, 10:35:32 PM »
Ich mag den grauen!
Solo + Magnaflow 3" exhaust
OZ Ultraleggera 19"
Rotora 4p front
Brembo 4p rear
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2009, 04:05:04 AM »
wow great price for 20" in europe, they have a great idea with custom dimensions, thank you for sharing.
I hope Arbas doesn't see this  :devil:

i saw that Kelu!!!! lol!
Nice wheels dixie!! looking good!
i believe u have a lot to share with us for the suspension, wheels etc!
pls inform us on the right topics!!
welcome to the best kappa forum.

George, Greece
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #15 on: November 11, 2009, 11:53:18 AM »
I like those rims, spiderish! Tell us more about your car, is it tuned? What other mods have you done? By the way, have you seen any difference in performance? They must weight more, don't they? Welcome!

Tony, Greece

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #16 on: November 11, 2009, 08:01:10 PM »
I don't feel a difference in performance so I don't think a little bit more weight doesn't matter.
About mods,I had the car lowered from day 1 with Eibach pro kit,I was happy at first but after a few months the springs kept on going lower so I almost hit every speedbump so I removed the Eibach and put on the HKS hipermax 3 wich were great on good roads but to stiff   on bad roads for me so I removed them and put on the Weitec suspension which I like better.From day 1 I also bought 19" wheels with 245 front and 275 rear tires but I didn't like the tires because I still thought they looked to high,that's why I bought my new 20" wheels now.
Picture with 19" wheels and eibach pro kit

I also bought the RPI exhaust which is great,also bought the Solo catless downpipe but removed it again because it was a bit to loud,but it was a great sound but to loud for me.I had my car tuned by V-Max in Germany but I didn't like the tune so I removed the tune and got the BSR tune wich is fantastic.
I also have an aeroforce  gauge with integrated shiftlight that's connected to the OBD port so I can measure air/fuel,knock,AIT,and a lot more.
I also bought the Dejon intercooler wich lowered the intake air temperature with 13 degrees celcius under full boost in 4th gear.
Also tried the stiffer dumpvalvespring from Dejon but didn't like it and removed it again,so I bought the Hahn racecraft dumpvalve which is great quality but I always got a fault code : dumpvalve stuck so I removed this also and went back with Oem dumpvalve.
If someone should be interested I have the HKS suspension for sale for 800 euro ( I payed 1600 euro)

Also my 19" wheels are for sale with tires for 900 euro (new 1800 euro)
I think these were all the mods I've done.

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2009, 09:01:44 PM »
Holy sh$t, this GT whooped my ass on modding:
- 3 different suspensions
- 2 sets of wheels
- 2 downpipes
- 2 tunes
- 2 dumbvalve mods
- cat-back
- ic
- gauges

Great list of mods dixie

Your experiment with Vmax went wrong made my idea to be stronger that europeans brand tunes are crap except BSR, even if Vmax isn't great that's tells me many things. Still interested to see results with EDS and maybe Superchips. I will test a GT with Upsolute tune from Austria pretty soon.
What tires you have on those 19"?
« Last Edit: November 11, 2009, 09:08:47 PM by Kelu »
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2009, 04:43:58 AM »
Tires are Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta
Front 245 x 40 x 19
Rear  275 x 35 x 19

Please stay away from Upsolute as far as you can,I had an Upsolute flash on my Porsche 996 Turbo,which burned my exhaust valve and destroyed my engine,(running to lean)took me 13000 euro to repair,contacted Upsolute but they never answered me,I sended their file to other tuners to investigate and they told me Upsolute deleted all the safety parameters so the ecu didn't detect knock anymore.



I went to V-Max because the owner had an Opel GT himselve but my car never ran great,not so fast and overboosting a lot.
I've heard good things about EDS ,the other tune you mention I don't know.
The Opel Ecu isn't so easy to tune,the great thing about BSR is that when you hit the throttle,turbo pressure is immidiatly 1.7 bar and settles to 1.3 bar,before the tune I felt the car was slow between shifting gears,but with the BSR you shift,hit the throttle and bang 1.7 bar so no turbolag anymore,really a great tune.

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2009, 12:16:00 PM »
i have heard that BSR doesn t work with aftermarket parts (like drop in K&N filters, hf cats, exhausts etc).

is that true dixie?
i am to decide for a tune between EDS and Trifecta
DDM Works Backbone and probeam
H&R springs
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Trifecta tune
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2009, 12:23:17 PM »
BSR works with cat-back if you order their stage 2 which includes the new tune and their cat-back.
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2009, 12:29:46 PM »
dixie has RPI axhaust and BSR tune.... that s why i ask him Kelu..
DDM Works Backbone and probeam
H&R springs
SOLO HF Cat and Mach Shorty
Dejon Throttle Elbow
Dejon-AEM intake
Front Big Brake upgrade kit with Ferodo pads
Trifecta tune
Custom IC and pipes
LVKFCB

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2009, 03:58:32 PM »
BSR tune works perfect with RPI exhaust and also works perfect with Dejon intercooler and catless downpipe.

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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2009, 05:43:25 PM »
No errors from catless downpipe?
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Re: My new 20" wheels
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2009, 07:14:09 PM »
I have mine (catless downpipe) on for a few months and so far no codes.

 

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