Ok well its not THAT serious, but I gotta decide and I need help! I'll be on vacation for a week or 2 in the beginning of June and want to do some work on the car. I got a Ypipe planned so far, but will only have enough money for new wheels/tires OR springs/struts! I can't do both of those! Right now I'm riding on 15" GXE hubcaps (on a 97SE! go figure =/ ). If I get wheels, it'll look 4x4, but if i lower it 1.5"-2" and keep hubcaps on 15" wheels It'll look....well...you know. Eventually I'll do the other of the two, but probably not until the end of the year or close to it. If I got the suspension upgrade, I'd probably go with KYB AGX's (if i can find them for around $300) and springs for around 150-200...still haven't decided on 1.5" eibachs or 2" sprints (or maybe maxspeeds, theyre so cheap!). I live in boston so 1.5" is tempting due to potholes.
If I got wheels, I'd get 17" 6 or 7 spokes. I'd like a set of 5th gen SE wheels, but if I can't find a good deal on those, then I'll get aftermarkts with the same style.

Any suggestions on which of the two mods to do first (and then the other about 6 months later)?
Thanks!

 

go ahead and dont spend the money right now
just wait till u get enough for both..

my .02

but if it were me, id get the 5th gen se rims...
it wont look that 4X4ish

 

get the mag 5 spoke wheels and hankook ventus tires for 800 bux shipped to your door! maybe you will have some extra money from them, to see how they look, click my homepage or goto tirerack.com to roder them

 

there is a seller with $300 AGX right now...check it out on the FS board.

 

Go 4x4 for a while, it wont hurt

 

buy the nice rims and deal with the 4x4 look.

 

 

everyone all started with 4X4, jus save up ur $$ and get both.

 

go with the wheels and live with the 4x4 look.

 

lower that badboy first.

 

Go for the wheels. If you get it lowered, down drive down Mass Ave, Comm Ave, any of 93, Dot Ave, blue Hill Ave, Boylston, Beacon... wait, scatch that. Just move to Weston where it's safe to drive lowered.
-E

 

i don't get it.

 

Any major city in Massachusetts (Boston, Worcester etc.) is riddled with potholes that have been there since the Revolutionary War. They were put there by Bostonians so that advancing British troops would fall into them and ruin their shins and knees.
-E

 

really??











wat da hell?

 

HAHAHAHA thats the best reason I've heard for the holes yet! It's so true too! I think I jerk the wheel more times to avoid potholes and bumps (lame fixes) than anything else. Living here is great, but this city wasn't designed with cars in mind. I.E. intersection from Storrow onto Rt. 2. Theres about 9 roads going in 5 directions with no signs. Then theres the BIG DIG. And on top of these things (or rather IN THEM) is potholes!

 

wow, ya learn something new everyday. i thought he was refering to that fact that you might get laughed at for being lowered on hubs and those streets/roads are main cruising places.

 

rofl me too

 

getting laughed at for being lowered on hubs is a GIVEN! cmon i know dis maynnnn! lol

on another note, I'm talking w/a guy from Speedandstyle.com and he's going to get me a nice little discount on wheels, so i think im going to get those first

check out my thread on which wheels to get! lol im rediculous

 

i say lower it first cause youll get the performance suspension upgrade longer and help looks a little, but either way...its all cool

personally if the money for both were in the near future, id just wait and give myself a big gift

 

get the wheels first dude. or you could wait, either way its up to you.