Sea-Scooby's Foresters - Page 9

smooth906 · 09-05-2008, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neoshi

Dang man.. the T3s really look good. Now I'm regretting getting the Speeds in 17s bc they look funny to me now. I think the pic shown were 18s, so it didn't look so stubby. Did you end up getting them too?

Any pics of the Speeds? Shoulda gone with the Gears.

sea-scooby · 09-05-2008, 08:30 AM

Gears weigh nearly 30lbs in 17" size.

neoshi · 09-05-2008, 08:34 AM

^Yup. I prefer the evenly spaced spokes design too, though the Gears didn't look bad at all. I'll shoot you a pic via PM sometime.

smooth906 · 09-05-2008, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sea-scooby

Gears weigh nearly 30lbs in 17" size.

Are you serious?!? Are they made of lead?

neoshi · 09-05-2008, 08:41 AM

Haha yeah..
Sizes* Offset (mm) Bolt Pattern Bolt Pattern 2** Weight (lbs)

17x7.0 5-100 25.5

I would've gotten 18s too if they had 5x100 :(

I wish we had 5x114 too... so many options!!!

sea-scooby · 09-05-2008, 09:14 AM

I was off a bit with the weight, but the Gears are very heavy.
The 18's weight 29lbs, and the 17's weigh 25.5.

I believe the Speed wheels weigh about the same as stock 17" wheels.

incognito · 09-05-2008, 08:50 PM

Hey mate. Can I ask, which Rota wheels are you on. Thinking of going for the same alloys. Cheers

sea-scooby · 09-06-2008, 12:42 AM

Rota Tarmac 3s in 18x8 size with 225/45/18 tires.

sea-scooby · 09-11-2008, 08:59 PM

New brakes have arrived!

Arthrogrian19 · 09-11-2008, 09:07 PM

^^^ I officially hate you! Now, I'm going to hold your bumper hostage!!!!

j/k

sea-scooby · 09-20-2008, 04:59 PM

Tre36 came over today and we finished up my brakes! I really love the look and feel of them. I went with Racing Brake BBK on the rear (290 vs 266 stock) and stock size front rotors, with Hawks pads and Super Blue fluid. I stayed with stock size up front so I could still run my 16" winter wheels/tires. I'll have some pix up soon.

sea-scooby · 09-22-2008, 09:13 PM

Here we go with the pix!

Fronts

Before:

After:

REAR

Before:

After (Didn't get pic with caliper on):

Fronts rotors are stock size so I can stay with 16" winter wheels:

Stock rear 266mm vs. the RB 290mm

With wheels on

Front:

Rear:

Full car shot:

wakeabyss · 09-22-2008, 09:47 PM

Lookin good man.

I'm surprised you haven't commented on your new brakes. How do they feel?

sea-scooby · 09-22-2008, 11:19 PM

It has only been 2 days, so I'm still getting a feel for them but I'm really liking them so far. I went with Hawk HPS pads, and they definitely have better bite than the OEM pads. They have also been very quiet too which I'm very happy about. Pedal feel is nice and solid, and the slight vibration/pulsing I had before is now totally gone.

The best part of the new setup is the entire braking system now has a more balanced feel. There is less nose dive during hard stops, and it just feels like the rears are doing much more work. My OEM front pads had less than 10% left, while the rears had a good 70% left. It tells me the stock setup is extremely front bias. The BBK on the rears seems to have shifted that balance a bit, and to me thats a good thing.

sea-scooby · 10-11-2008, 02:14 PM

I picked up my newest addition today, a prodrive Oval Tip axelback! It is going to replace my STi axelback. I loved the STi muffler when I had the TD04, it sounded great, but with the protuned VF39 it gets a little raspy and I feel it is restricting flow a bit.

When my new Curt trailer hitch arrives next week I'll install them both at the same time. I currently have a hidden hitch and the crossbar protudes a slight bit into the muffler cutout and the Prodrive tip hits it, even with XL hangers. I wanted a hitch on both Foresters, so I'm going to put the hidden hitch onto the X, and Curt onto the XT. The Curt is shaped differently in the muffler area and it will not interfere with the tip.

Arthrogrian19 is coming up soon and my STi axelback is going to go onto his new FSXT!

09-05-2008, 08:30 AM	#122 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	Gears weigh nearly 30lbs in 17" size. __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

09-05-2008, 08:34 AM	#123 (permalink)
neoshi silly wabbit Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 949 THE OC/The Real 415 Posts: 2,310 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 4 / 100%	^Yup. I prefer the evenly spaced spokes design too, though the Gears didn't look bad at all. I'll shoot you a pic via PM sometime. __________________ Ninja Turtle Orange Juice

09-05-2008, 08:41 AM	#125 (permalink)
neoshi silly wabbit Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 949 THE OC/The Real 415 Posts: 2,310 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 4 / 100%	Haha yeah.. Sizes* Offset (mm) Bolt Pattern Bolt Pattern 2** Weight (lbs) 17x7.0 5-100 25.5 I would've gotten 18s too if they had 5x100 :( I wish we had 5x114 too... so many options!!! __________________ Ninja Turtle Orange Juice

09-05-2008, 09:14 AM	#126 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	I was off a bit with the weight, but the Gears are very heavy. The 18's weight 29lbs, and the 17's weigh 25.5. I believe the Speed wheels weigh about the same as stock 17" wheels. __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

09-06-2008, 12:42 AM	#128 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	Rota Tarmac 3s in 18x8 size with 225/45/18 tires. __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

09-05-2008, 08:50 PM	#127 (permalink)
incognito Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 21 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Hey mate. Can I ask, which Rota wheels are you on. Thinking of going for the same alloys. Cheers

09-11-2008, 08:59 PM	#129 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	New brakes have arrived! __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

09-11-2008, 09:07 PM	#130 (permalink)
Arthrogrian19 F****n' A, Man! Contributing Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,548 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 3 / 100%	^^^ I officially hate you! Now, I'm going to hold your bumper hostage!!!! j/k __________________ '08 FSXT, GRP, 4EAT

09-20-2008, 04:59 PM	#131 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	Tre36 came over today and we finished up my brakes! I really love the look and feel of them. I went with Racing Brake BBK on the rear (290 vs 266 stock) and stock size front rotors, with Hawks pads and Super Blue fluid. I stayed with stock size up front so I could still run my 16" winter wheels/tires. I'll have some pix up soon. __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

09-22-2008, 09:13 PM	#132 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	Here we go with the pix! Fronts Before: After: REAR Before: After (Didn't get pic with caliper on): Fronts rotors are stock size so I can stay with 16" winter wheels: Stock rear 266mm vs. the RB 290mm With wheels on Front: Rear: Full car shot: __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

09-22-2008, 09:47 PM	#133 (permalink)
wakeabyss Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Boise, Idaho 07 FSXT MT vf34 Posts: 1,424 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 2 / 100%	Lookin good man. I'm surprised you haven't commented on your new brakes. How do they feel? __________________ MY07 WRB FSXT MT bobbytuned MY00 SR OBS AT

09-22-2008, 11:19 PM	#134 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	It has only been 2 days, so I'm still getting a feel for them but I'm really liking them so far. I went with Hawk HPS pads, and they definitely have better bite than the OEM pads. They have also been very quiet too which I'm very happy about. Pedal feel is nice and solid, and the slight vibration/pulsing I had before is now totally gone. The best part of the new setup is the entire braking system now has a more balanced feel. There is less nose dive during hard stops, and it just feels like the rears are doing much more work. My OEM front pads had less than 10% left, while the rears had a good 70% left. It tells me the stock setup is extremely front bias. The BBK on the rears seems to have shifted that balance a bit, and to me thats a good thing. __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

10-11-2008, 02:14 PM	#135 (permalink)
sea-scooby The Sub kit guy Contributing Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Renton, Wa Posts: 7,688 Gallery: 0 iTrader: 41 / 100%	I picked up my newest addition today, a prodrive Oval Tip axelback! It is going to replace my STi axelback. I loved the STi muffler when I had the TD04, it sounded great, but with the protuned VF39 it gets a little raspy and I feel it is restricting flow a bit. When my new Curt trailer hitch arrives next week I'll install them both at the same time. I currently have a hidden hitch and the crossbar protudes a slight bit into the muffler cutout and the Prodrive tip hits it, even with XL hangers. I wanted a hitch on both Foresters, so I'm going to put the hidden hitch onto the X, and Curt onto the XT. The Curt is shaped differently in the muffler area and it will not interfere with the tip. Arthrogrian19 is coming up soon and my STi axelback is going to go onto his new FSXT! __________________ 05 Forester XTi Premium M/T (PRE tuned VF39)(his) 05 Forester X A/T (hers) My Journal page

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