tein s-tech on 18's??

[Ricerboi]

how will s-tech's look on 18's? 225/40/18)
how much wheels gap will there be? and how would the comfort be?
anyone have pics of this?

[vtspykez]

yeh im curious too

[TRDGTS6SPD]

Here ya go My tires are 215/35/18..so a little difference..Personally I love my springs I have the KYB AGX struts also. Not much of a gap up front but the rear is maybe 2 fingers!

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/19330MVC-032S-med.JPG

[DopeCelicaGT]

Well let's look at this from a mathematical standpoint. You guys should be able to figure this out on your own. The Tein S Techs will drop the car roughly 1.4 inches. The stock height of a GTS is like 14.75 inches or something from center of wheel to top of wheel well, if I am not mistaken. So that means that after the new springs are installed you should have a stock height of 13.35 inches from center of wheel to top of wheel well.

Now on to the overall diamater of a 225/40-18 inch tire. The overall diameter of this tire on average is 25.1 inches which means its radius or center of tire to outside of tire measurement would be 12.55 inches.

Ok now if I am doing this correctly then you should be able to take the radius measurement of the tire which is 12.55 inches and subtract that from your new lowered ride height (measurement from center of wheel to op of fender) which is 13.35 inches. So now we have 13.35-12.55 inches which equals a tire fender gap of .80 inches, not even an inch. This would be a nice drop IMO. If you want finger gap LMAO then well it will all depend on the size of your fingers. My fingers, which are small, are roughly half and inch wide so this drop on my car would have a finger gap of roughly 1.5 LOL using my small fingers. However, if you have big fingers then you may not even be able to wedge one finger up under there. I think that is correct anyways LOL. It is late and I am tired.

[SuuPaSeDan]

Well let's look at this from a mathematical standpoint. You guys should be able to figure this out on your own. The Tein S Techs will drop the car roughly 1.4 inches. The stock height of a GTS is like 14.75 inches or something from center of wheel to top of wheel well, if I am not mistaken. So that means that after the new springs are installed you should have a stock height of 13.35 inches from center of wheel to top of wheel well.

Now on to the overall diamater of a 225/40-18 inch tire. The overall diameter of this tire on average is 25.1 inches which means its radius or center of tire to outside of tire measurement would be 12.55 inches.

Ok now if I am doing this correctly then you should be able to take the radius measurement of the tire which is 12.55 inches and subtract that from your new lowered ride height (measurement from center of wheel to op of fender) which is 13.35 inches. So now we have 13.35-12.55 inches which equals a tire fender gap of .80 inches, not even an inch. This would be a nice drop IMO. If you want finger gap LMAO then well it will all depend on the size of your fingers. My fingers, which are small, are roughly half and inch wide so this drop on my car would have a finger gap of roughly 1.5 LOL using my small fingers. However, if you have big fingers then you may not even be able to wedge one finger up under there. I think that is correct anyways LOL. It is late and I am tired.


HAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!
sorry its just funny that you calculated that all out...

heres a picture
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/11459PICT0009.JPG

[lilcoop_69]

nice..... go with coilovers though.. by the time you spend the money on the spring and strut setup, you could have a bought a nice coilover setup and adjust it how you want.... i got tein basics and they ride gr8.. plus i have them super low and no issues at all... but from a conservative point of view.... s-techs are nice and you can stilll use your stock struts without damaging anything for a while

[lilcoop_69]

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/11592sittn_low-med.jpg<--- on tein basics with 18s

[lilcoop_69]

http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/11592at_the_rest_stop-med.jpg<--- before the drop with no mods and only 18s

[Chiller]

I have the tein s-tech with 225/40/18, if someone wants to post my pcis they can, I can't figure out how to post them.

[lilcoop_69]

^^ upload them in the gallery, then copy the image code and paste... that easy

[Chiller]

^^that is what i don't know how to do, i know how to post them, I just don't know how to make a folder to upload them on this gallery.

[lilcoop_69]

just make one on ur pc and then when you go to the gallery. click upload and select the ones you want... when you process them, just click on the pic you want and it will come up and click the copy button and come here and paste it

[Ricerboi]

that is a nice drop, i might even want a little lower though... currently i have s-techs' if i get shocks/struts it'll stay same height or no? are there any springs that will give me no wheel gap or owuld i have to get coilovers. i want the same height all arund, i don't want the back or front to b lower than the other side.

[lilcoop_69]

well.. it will stay the same, but it will be more stiffer than your stock struts and will last longer. i would just go with coilovers... mine is really low, it just doesn't look that low... i have to get a camber kit also... but i love it...

[topshop]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v387/woody2000/woodycar.bmp

[Chiller]

I just uploaded some pics in the gallery of my drop, they might be too big to post in here though. Check it out under my user name.