What Have You Done To Your Stagea Lately?

[bigkevracer]

Just out of curiousity, what did the best Stag do?

I missed it, but apparently ruby did 220 in his c34. Should have but the bluebird on mate!

[Dunc]

I missed it, but apparently ruby did 220 in his

Rwkw mind you

[bigkevracer]

Oh yeah! Just checked the thread again, was around 230.

Unrelated, does anyone know if the Xtrail licence plate lights are the same size as ours?

Im looking at a wireless reverse camera, replaces one light with the camera and an LED light for the plate. Says it fits Xtrail and Quashquai (or however that stupid name is spelt).

[ironpaw]

Qashquai is the dualis ain't it?

[bigkevracer]

Qashquai is the dualis ain't it?

According to wikipedia, yes.

So maybe

[PN-Mad]

Ok, well after what feels like forever, and is probably 6 or 7 months, I have finally got wheels on my car!

Details: Wheels - SSR Type F 19x8.5 +22 in Matte Black and very light! (JDMConcept)

Tyres- Continental Extreme Contact DW 225/40 19 (tirerack)

This is the same wheel specs as Bbenny's Enkei GTC01's. Thanks mate for putting up with my PMs about wheels all the time!

Very happy with the outcome - the fit is just right, I think it looks great. Pics taken really quick, with bad Camera. The car is Lowered with Eibach springs. Only criticism is that the rear looks a little high in the pics (car is on downward slope), but in reality I can just fit 2 fingers between the tyre and arch. The overall height is ok for me due to the driveway- lower I'd be scraping. Really, the photos don't do it justice. Nick- You'll have to take some good ones for me!

On with the PHOTOS!

New Wheels! Stock Wheels------------------------->

Edited August 14, 2011 by PN-Mad

[wht510]

Looks great.

No wheel spacers needed? offset looks pretty perfect.

[PN-Mad]

Nope, no spacers- thats sort of why I took so long picking wheels. The right offset is difficult to find without spacers!

[Commsman]

Nice one Alex . Darker wheels look great on the silver M35's IMO.

[Jetwreck]

Bring your car around and I fix the rear height for you.....15 minutes work!

Btw.....looks awesome!

[slippylotion]

Looks sweet but needs an inch out of the back.

[PN-Mad]

Put the Angle grinder away Craig!

The car was parked downhill, so it didn't do it any favours. I think I need that clearance though, the Mrs has to go over epic speedhumps at work!

[jasevr4]

Looks the goods from the small pics. Keen to see some bigger ones - still undecided on size of wheels for mine.

[WAGON_BOY]

the wheels look great!

[Ross]

Manage to source a Kakimoto front pipe to go with the new catback.

[andy65b]

Gave my ARX some much needed love this weekend with wash, clay and wax for the whole car. Even gave the twin tips on the exhaust a polish to bring them back to new..

[zei20l]

Manage to source a Kakimoto front pipe to go with the new catback.

nice!

i have one too

Alex, the wheels look fantastic mate. good choice

[Ross]

nice!

i have one too

Alex, the wheels look fantastic mate. good choice

Any idea what sort of power increase it gave you after installation?

Did the note or volume of exhaust change?

Edited August 14, 2011 by Ross

[zei20l]

i can tell you that mine made zero change to anything. possibly due to the fact its still in my garage lol

i would imagine as its a de-cat pipe (and youll be installing the cat after this pipe *wink*) that the note would be more raspy and possibly higher pitched. but it will depend on your existing exhaust and if you have an aftermarket dump pipe

[Dunc]

Finally got my new headlights in; when I got them there was an amber LED array that lit up with the driving lights/squid rings; was pretty sure this breached ADRs so Brad lent me a hand rewiring them up to the blinker; had to wire in the old blinker globe to up the resistance on the circuit to slow down the blinks too. A little hodge-podge, but the end result looks good imho. Hopefully the seals hold up