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Postby AB7 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:44 pm

Nice ride u got there Green_Comet!
Love those SportMax 002 :) They look so good on MX5

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Postby Boost » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:52 pm

This picture always makes me cringe, and shake my head. :shock::shock::shock:

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Holly cow! :shock: ROFL. Just a bit too much stretching there.
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:25 pm

Not as major a track change as these 8 +0 rims (actually, I think mine are about half the difference) but still a few times more than the legally allowable limit, I still reckon that the 7 inch +17 P1's on my car made the steering go weird on half lock, its like the tyre goes from sitting flat to on an edge, to back flat. The bit when its like its on an edge is strange, theres bugger-all grip and it washes out. Only does it when you're using a heap of lock, so on hairpins which means it doesn't happen too often but it is bloody disconcerting when it does it.

Changed to 6.5 +19's now and it feels much better
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Postby sabretooth » Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:03 pm

Maybe it's just the angle, but yours is definitely looking close to that other pic you posted, comet...
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Postby CT » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:04 pm

Sure....check out the tyre deformation....now that's grip!

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Postby PUR157 » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:08 pm

If nemo went any faster around that corner... the tyres would rip off and you'd probably be flung into the stratosphere... with a wing like that... :lol:
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Postby green_comet » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:27 pm

sabretooth wrote:Maybe it's just the angle, but yours is definitely looking close to that other pic you posted, comet...


Must be the angle, and the crappy photo.. Here is a pic i took today, better angle and more light..

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They dont look very stretched, that other picture was crazy.. :shock:
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Postby sabretooth » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:33 pm

Ahh yep, twas the picture. That still looks seriously wide, but not as much as it did in the last pic. :) I'd be so wary of gutters...
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Postby Chris P » Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:55 pm

Holy ShIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT CT - That Car is quit possiblt the BEST MX5 I have EVER SEEN!!! 8)
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Postby RaYmO » Fri Jul 27, 2007 10:58 pm

fark me thats a lotta dish... very NICE!
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Postby Casey » Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:31 am

Chris P wrote:Holy ShIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTT CT - That Car is quit possiblt the BEST MX5 I have EVER SEEN!!! 8)


It sure is - I like the attention to detail, such as the colour coded rear view mirror 8)

Nice front lip too - looks a heap better then the SE thing.
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