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Old 07-30-2012, 04:33 PM
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Greetings. I am at a crossroads on what I want to do next appearance wise. Here are my 2 options.

1. Buy a shock/lowering spring setup...most likely Bilstein/BMR. I will likely have to pickup a adjustable PH bar as well...putting me pretty close to $1K.

2. Buy some 17x11 Torq Thrust II's to go along with the 17x9.5's I have to get that nice meaty rubber going out back. Wheels/tires + shipping will be right around $1k as well.

The wheels/tires will be more "instant gratifcation" as I will likely have to find someone to help do the front suspension. Thoughts? Pics of the car are in my profile BTW.

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I say springs/shocks, unless you have some snowflake rims on the car LOL
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Haha, no stock WS6'ers are on right now.
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I would do wheels but not TTII's. Way to common and over done.

I would say get these http://oewheelsllc.com/Wheels_3/Whee...Wheels-Black_5 and you can still fit a meaty tire in the back.
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Originally Posted by ZeeSNuttS
unless you have some snowflake rims on the car LOL
Hey leave me out of this.

Lmao. I say do the shocks & springs. You already have awesome WS6 wheels, it's gonna look great once it's dropped. The TT2's would look good, but I don't think it would look complete until the car was lowered.

DO THE SPRINGS!
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Bmr all the way
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Maybe springs and shocks first, so that you can see what size wheels you can put on. I plan on putting springs and shocks on first before i go the wheel and tire route. I would rather buy the wheels from OE Wheels then get some TT II`s....i think those wheels are used way to much on our cars. They look great, but a little played out.
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Originally Posted by Camaroking1996
I would do wheels but not TTII's. Way to common and over done.

I would say get these http://oewheelsllc.com/Wheels_3/Whee...Wheels-Black_5 and you can still fit a meaty tire in the back.
I agree with this, but good luck keeping close to $1000 with them being 18"
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I had to make this decision in May and decided to go with the koni/bmr setup before I got wheels. Please lower the car first, changes the way it feels so much and looks way better. Plus, you might be able to pick up a set of used tt2 rears for way cheaper than buying new. Also, stick with the tt2s, they are popular for a reason. Much higher quality wheel than that corvette replica wheel in the link above.
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To me nothing really sets off a stock car like aftermarket wheels. Adding my anthracite TTM's is probably my favorite mod to date. So that would be my choice.
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Buy wheels...
Sell your old ones...
Save a bit and buy springs/shocks
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I already have a set of 4 17x9.5 TTII's, but 2 have a slight bend in the lip from hitting a nasty pothole. Therefore I have 2 good 17x9.5 TTII's, and thought it might be a good opportunity to snag to 17x11's. Man its a tough call.

I should have just pulled the trigger in May and got the Koni/BMR combo when it was on sale. Damn.

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figure out what wheels you want and which suspension will go with it, function & form!

I 'd say suspension first, and then new wheels. Less is more with these cars.
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Have your ws6 wheels widened buy new rear tires and sell your tt2's and then lower your car should all equal out to under a grand
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Originally Posted by 98 WS6
Hey leave me out of this.

Lmao. I say do the shocks & springs. You already have awesome WS6 wheels, it's gonna look great once it's dropped. The TT2's would look good, but I don't think it would look complete until the car was lowered.

DO THE SPRINGS!
huh? lol I had them to bro, back in da day haha



then I made them look real cool and painted them blk w/lip unpainted LMAOOO
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suspension first...
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1k Is enough to do both, if your willing to compromise, ditch the phb, and get a set of used TTs
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Originally Posted by __Z__
1k Is enough to do both, if your willing to compromise, ditch the phb, and get a set of used TTs
Not a good idea. A lowered car needs an adjustable PHB. Especially with 17x11s. 315s are going to be $400+ unless he gets shittytomos.
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Originally Posted by BlueBird346
Not a good idea. A lowered car needs an adjustable PHB. Especially with 17x11s. 315s are going to be $400+ unless he gets shittytomos.
Yea that was a my bad, for some reason I thought he was talking about the watts link, brain fart
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Originally Posted by lsmaxxed
Have your ws6 wheels widened buy new rear tires and sell your tt2's and then lower your car should all equal out to under a grand
I thought about widening the WS6 wheels...perhaps that's what I should do.


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