just an update on how it came out but here is how it finally sits at the recomended height 4/3 (instead of the 3/3 he wanted originally) sits now on starion wheels, 16x7 front on 205/55 and 16x8 rear 205/55.


Shot at 2010-05-12


Shot at 2010-05-12




Shot at 2010-05-12


Shot at 2010-05-12

 

Nice work man... best looking oem wheels out there...

 

that looks good. nice streetable comfy sidewall size. i would have run a 205/50 and 225/50. probably will when i swap to some 16s i like. may have to find me some s2ks instead of meshies

 

yeah..... he didnt want to go low just a subtle drop. given what he described to me i told him to go with a 55 series tire since i know the 50 is a bit more performance oriented size. the 55 will still be sporty but give a more comfortable ride. the 205 is a good tire to keep the drag and bump steer down.

 

i used to have 225/50/16s all around on my hilux. if youve seen my fender flaring...those are why. haha. a 205 would have been better, with a 5mm spacer. but yeah, for what it looks like he wants its perfect. taller tires are cheaper too. although 205/50 and 225/50 are common ford sizes. probes and focuses mostly.

 

205/50 are getting real common now since all the jdm style guys use them.......honda's and a few other makes come with them from the factory too..........

 

nice. that means cheap. and having camber like a bagged ranger, i need all the help i can on tire cost. haha.

 

funny but true........

speaking of........ cant wait to hit the canyons with this truck and its new found toys........ might actually need to retune the suspension again.... camber...

 

Looks good!

I was driving back from a show the other weekend in nearby Nampa, ID and saw a red 89-95 Yota with Starion's on it. Now ya got me thinkin I should ask if he'd sell 'em.

 

im actually thinking about trading or selling mine in order to get the wider set of wheels, have them modified on the offset and fit them in.....

 

SD what wheel you thinking about?

 

want to do the 16x8 front and 16x9 rear starions again. i got rid of my old set cus there was no way in hell they would clear the 4wd bed........ i got sources and ideas to get past it now so im on the hunt again for some 16x9 rears at least....

 

Drats! I wish I lived near socal. Thanks for posting up the pics sdyota. I just mounted my starion rims and that's the same drop i'm looking for!

 

Im in Chula Vista. What part do you stay at?

 

sweet man! what size starion's you mounting on there??

ha! im in chula vista also....... near H and Hilltop area.

 

Did those wheels on his truck belong to you Alex?

 

no, actually, he had purchased them a while back, even before he bought the truck. he had explained to me before he had even seen my truck that about a year or so ago he had seen a picture of this "truck" slammed on starions..... he saved the picture and had it on his phone since then and wanted a truck just like it. when he showed me the photo, it was a picture of my truck parked out front of the house right after i had dropped it to the height its at now...... it had a different front end at the time but he didnt recognize it sitting in the driveway......

that was funny...... i know my trucks been talked about in places im likely still not even aware of, fokai has mentioned a few hawwaii places and of course guam sites too so...... i can only imagine where my trucks been seen at

 

Haha. AHHH....stardom

I bet mine is the same way. People come up to me I don't even know and say they love seeing it around. I'm still really diggin starions...damnit...I might need to find a set to test fit around here with some 50 series tires already on them. Anybody local got them? Don't say shonuff...he doesn't. Lol

 

well..... depending on what happens on a pending email, i may have a pair, (maybe even a full set) up for sale soon