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Old 05-08-2010, 12:26 PM
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Bought this GT with these wheels on it. I'll be looking for a change, but there are so many options out there I've got no idea where to even start. If nothing else I just need to switch from 20's to 18's to improve the ride quality. I mean, I LOVE how they look, but the ride REALLY sucks. I'd keep em if they rode well.

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Originally Posted by imboden
Bought this GT with these wheels on it. I'll be looking for a change, but there are so many options out there I've got no idea where to even start. If nothing else I just need to switch from 20's to 18's to improve the ride quality. I mean, I LOVE how they look, but the ride REALLY sucks. I'd keep em if they rode well.
I love those wheels! lol... I had planned on getting them in either chrome or black but went with 18'' black fr500's... kinda wouldn't mind having the 20's also and just switch them up from time to time

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Your car looks like it has lowering springs on it. Usually, 20's on a stock suspension car would have a big gap between the tires and wheel wells. Just bringing that up because going to a smaller wheel will probably help with ride quality, but it still might be kind of ****ty.
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I have 18x9 and 18x10 GT500 replicas from AM

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from you pic it looks lowered as much as i did or more, i did a 2" drop with tokico shocks and love it I only have about .25" gap on the bump stop. you need to check your suspension out as to what you have on it
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yeah the ride probably mostly sucks because the springs dropped it so low, especially if the shocks are stock or a crappy brand too.
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+1 with everyone else. While the 20's certainly didn't help the ride quality, most of your problem is probably with the suspension. Since your car is dropped that much, you really need better struts to make it ride better (Koni, Tokico). Look under the car and see what all is under there.
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here are my 18 tsw

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