My N16 Sport Plus

[Almerasleeper]

Yep - impressive for her age How are the Eibach springs for ride quality ?

 

[lrt84]

The Eibach springs are good for ride quality, firmer and more planted but well balanced for handling and comfort. I did fit monroe dampers at the same time as the springs, as the original ones were coming to the end of their life.

 

[edk]

Look very smart I like this a lot, and makes me want sport+ twist alloys even more!

 

[tommo]

....because silver sport+ is win of course ed :lol:

looks great boss gotta wash mine now after seeing this!

 

[lrt84]

I am really pleased with how it looks at the moment, only subtle mods but they make a difference. I fancy a strut brace next

 

[Almerasleeper]

I am really pleased with how it looks at the moment, only subtle mods but they make a difference. I fancy a strut brace next

Try an 'Alutec' strut brace - they're alloy & can be bought from a vendor in Malaysia online. Cost is approx £110, but they're incredibly light compared to OMP's steel version.

 

[lrt84]

I'm looking at changing the tyres for wider ones too. The Ronals are 16x7 and nissan recommend 195/55/16's to be fitted which seems a waste. I was thinking of 205/55/16's instead. Anyone else running 16 inch rims? If so what have you got wrapped round em.

 

[edk]

205/50 will take you to standard overall diameter mate. That's what I have. 205/55 is a little too big.

205/45 means a bit lower profile, little less comfort but lighter rolling mass.

 

[lrt84]

Cheers Ed. I'm gonna start pricing up some 205/50s then, they should do a better job of protecting the rim than the 195/55's too. I found a handy website for working out what tyre sizes you need to keep the speedo in sync http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

 

[edk]

Yeah those things are handy. I've used this one in the past - http://www.alloywheels.com/tyrecalc.asp

I can tell you that Falken 912 or FK452 work really well on our cars :thumb:

 

[Almerasleeper]

Yup - I'll 2nd that. I'm using Falken 912 195/55/16's on the standard wheels I use in winter & 205/45/16's for my Rotas in summer. My speedo reads about 5 mph under at a true 60 mph, but at least I know it.

 

[Readman]

I like it. You should paint the chrome strip on the front grill black tho, it looks sexy.unk:
http://www.almeraownersclub.com/threads/36705-My-3dr-N16

 

[knight rider]

are those grills actually ms design ones bud? they look different to the ones i was looking at for mine when i had it.

 

[edk]

Readman means painting the standard grille's chrome bit's black. MS Design grilles look quite different.

 

[fox1983]

That ms design grilles nice anyone know where i can get one from

 

[edk]

Won't fit a phase2 Paul.