GDII's 1990 G-Limited

[GDII]

Nice photos! I'm definitely doing the Japanese rising sun thing on my gas flap now!

DO IT!!!

Great photos!

Great looking car. Real nice in red!

LOL'd @ weedle.
Nice photos btw man, what camera/lense is that?

Thanks guys.

It's just a Fujifilm XM1 with the 2 kit lenses. 16-50mm and 50-230mm.

[ALZ]

Nice photos! I'm definitely doing the Japanese rising sun thing on my gas flap now!

Great photos!

Great looking car. Real nice in red!

LOL'd @ weedle.
Nice photos btw man, what camera/lense is that?

Simply, a truly inspirational thread mate...

Appreciate everything about the info and experience shared...

Again, inspirational...

[Gleshlich]

Was it you I spotted at the bottom of the Haywards this morning?

[GDII]

Simply, a truly inspirational thread mate...

Appreciate everything about the info and experience shared...

Again, inspirational...

Thanks ALZ. I'm glad you find this build inspirational. I'm happy to share.

Was it you I spotted at the bottom of the Haywards this morning?

Nope. Haven't been that way for a while. Sorry I couldn't meet up with you on the run on Sunday. Had family over so couldn't make it.

[GDII]

I decided after getting married and going to Japan for our honeymoon I would treat myself.
Back in March I ordered a set of Yokohama Wheel Advan Racing RG-D wheels. 17x8+37 front and 17x9+29 rear.
To finish off the package I added in some Advan Racing lug nuts and Advan Racing Middle sized centre caps.
They finally arrived at my door 1.5 weeks ago.










These wheels have a cast face with a flow formed rear barrel. So it's a semi forged wheel.


Rear wheels are reverse mount due to the larger 56mm lip. Fronts have a 38mm lip.


It appears almost every wheel from Yokohama is inspected by Y.Suzuki.


17mm Powerbuilt mag wheel nut socket. Plastic parts to protect the wheels and nuts from damage when installing or removing.


Fancy branded cover on the wheels in the box.


Secondary 'hair net' under the branded cover.






Line up of 6", 7", 8" and 9" wheels.








Full metal centre caps. No plastic here except the foam tape holding the brushed badge to the main cap.




20 lug nuts. 220g per 5 nuts. Stock front nuts are 450g and rears are 580g. Big weight savings there.

[GDII]

Today I went to get some tyres to fit the wheels.

First off I had to install the valve stems so the wheels would hold air in.
With each wheel you get a sticker, instructions how to install onto the correct spoke, an aluminium air valve in anodised blue and a 21mm socket. However as the Advan racing nuts are 17mm it's useless. 10mm and 12mm sockets are from my tools for installing the air valves.





Air valve, 2x rubber gaskets, a washer and a nut. Then a cap to finish it off.

Spoke sticker



Instructions how to install the sticker. Google translate app helps read some of the Japanese which is helpful.


Sockets that are not much use to me.

[lasersooby]

Looks awesome mate, very nice

[GDII]

Packed up in the car ready to take to the tyre shop.



Reverse mount wheels for the rear.


New Bridgestone Adrenaline RE003 in 215/40R17 for front and 245/40R17 for the rear.










Balancing them. Silver stick on weights with the option of black.

[GDII]

Cleaning off the tyre installation gel. Grubby mitts all over the spokes needed cleaning too.







All clean and stacked.


Moving onto installing the spoke stickers. Line them up with the edge of the lip.


Remove the end backing to hold it in place.


Remove the main backing to apply the sticker. Rub a few times to add some heat as pointed out in the Japanese instructions.


Remove the clear backing.


Finished


Now to protect the wheels from road grime and brake dust. Chemical Guys Max Coat Wheel Guard. Makes anything it touches green, wear gloves.


Comparison to the 15x6.5+45 BBS wheels.


Bolting up the front wheel. Perfect fit. Tyre has some stretch to it. Wheel has 8mm clearance to strut.


Bolting up rear wheel.


Very close fit. Will need to flatten the lip on the guard before driving it. Tomorrows job.


Stock max camber.


Compared to the 225/50R15 with 15x6.5+45 wheel.




Final product. I am extremely happy with these. Very good fitment for wheels and tyres.

[TNR]

Oh man! Those look amazing! Great fitment too. Wheels really do have the ability to make a car.
Must have been so excited opening a box of brand new quality wheels.

[GDII]

Oh man! Those look amazing! Great fitment too. Wheels really do have the ability to make a car.
Must have been so excited opening a box of brand new quality wheels.

It is very exciting to open a box with new parts like these!
Wheels do make or break a car, they have changed the look of it so much.

[Alsw20]

So good.

Amazing how well a quality wheel looks rather than basing your purchase on price.

[JasonFriday13]

Yeah, those are very cool. Especially on the lower spring setup.

What's the tyre-to-strut clearance like on the rear? I only ask because the rears appear to stick out just a tad too far. Or perhaps it's just adding more stability to the rear in the corners.

[GDII]

Yeah, those are very cool. Especially on the lower spring setup.

What's the tyre-to-strut clearance like on the rear? I only ask because the rears appear to stick out just a tad too far. Or perhaps it's just adding more stability to the rear in the corners.

It's about 30mm wheel to strut in the rear. It's only 6mm further out compared to the 'ideal' 9" with +35 offset.
The reason I went with the +29 over the +35 wheel (only 3 options in 17x9) was the lip size. Smaller 38mm front lip and larger 56mm rear lip. Having both lips the same would look silly. Fits fine with camber and folding the lip. I'll adjust as required.

[GDII]

So good.

Amazing how well a quality wheel looks rather than basing your purchase on price.

I thought the price on these were reasonable so I say, 'do it once, do it right'. Lots of far cheaper second hand options but I wanted something specific and unique.

Does look good ay.