Icarus March 17th, 2007, 11:36 PM After going through tons and tons of info for the past few months, and talking with many suppliers and other forum members here and elsewhere... I ordered a set of 20" Driv Royale rims and Falken FK472 tires today...
I hope they get here in the next couple weeks!
The guy that helped me out most though, and who I would highly recommend anyone buy from is Brad (cudaz101 on TCCoA and baggedtaco here). He went out of the way to help me out with great info and well beyond amazing customer service! He knew his stuff inside and out, and I've not encountered this kind of great service in years from anyone! Thanks Brad!
I'll try to post up pics when they show up. I'm still in the process of making it an LSC as well, so I hope to have it all done as well as many other smaller things I still need to do to the car in time for spring!
Doc March 18th, 2007, 11:11 AM Congratulations!!
I have 20's on mine with a Rays switch and a sensor mod to drop it about an inch and three quarters. Make sure you lower it or it looks like a 4x4. You will be most happy.
JoeyLincolnMK8 March 18th, 2007, 11:56 AM you got any pix of the rims?
Icarus March 19th, 2007, 01:33 AM I've been trying to contact 1wykdmk8 about getting a kit, is this the right person? I've not gotten a reply yet... :confused:
I have the car sensor lowered a bit, but will adjust it again once I actually have 'em on the car too. I'd love to get a Rays switch to drop it for meets, etc. or have a diagram so I can do that same. I'm decent with wiring so either way would work for me :)
http://www.mhtwheels.com/images/categories/royale.jpg
Icarus March 19th, 2007, 01:53 AM btw... what is everyones opinion on a color for the calipers? The car is Garnet Red, so I was thinking red or black, not silver as to avoid to much 'shine' becasue of the larger rims...?!
Thanks
MachVIII March 19th, 2007, 06:20 AM Stick with black.
btw... what is everyones opinion on a color for the calipers? The car is Garnet Red, so I was thinking red or black, not silver as to avoid to much 'shine' becasue of the larger rims...?!
Thanks
bufordtpisser March 19th, 2007, 10:28 AM I've been trying to contact 1wykdmk8 about getting a kit, is this the right person? I've not gotten a reply yet... :confused:
I have the car sensor lowered a bit, but will adjust it again once I actually have 'em on the car too. I'd love to get a Rays switch to drop it for meets, etc. or have a diagram so I can do that same. I'm decent with wiring so either way would work for me :)
http://www.mhtwheels.com/images/categories/royale.jpg
I have three of them. All new. One original, and two of the new ones.
Icarus March 19th, 2007, 02:38 PM I sent you a pm bufordtpisser :)
Stack March 21st, 2007, 07:49 AM Those were SOOOO the rims I was looking at
I can't wait to see what they look like
Icarus April 10th, 2007, 07:27 PM Mmmm.... look what showed up today :D
These look sweet! Wierd they have two valve stems though (see pics!) I had them install a flush mount one on the visible one, and they put a regular w/chrome sleeve on the inner. I'm just waiting on the hubcentric rings, and for the salt to get cleaned off the roads a bit and then they go on the car!!!
:D
Sorry 'bout the pics, only have my phone camera:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/otherstuff/driv.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/otherstuff/driv1.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/otherstuff/driv2.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/otherstuff/driv3.jpg
98LSC32V April 10th, 2007, 07:40 PM How much for the wheels and tires together?
Icarus April 10th, 2007, 07:48 PM ...more than enough ;)
mmtphoto April 10th, 2007, 08:07 PM what size are the tires?
Icarus April 10th, 2007, 08:10 PM 255/35-20 ;)
Sal329 April 10th, 2007, 08:51 PM Im not a big fan of chrome... But those rims are HAWT get em on the car I wanna see....
Icarus May 5th, 2007, 06:36 PM Well, I put them on without the centering rings just to see how they'd fit...
The center hub of the rim rubs on the caliper bracket badly. A lil finessing of the bracket with a grinder (I'm painting them anyways) and a 3-5mm spacer, they fit (I could have cleared it without the spacer, but I didn't want to take too much off the bracket...)
So anyone thinking of getting these, they will not directly bolt on!
Icarus May 5th, 2007, 06:48 PM ...and now for the pics (camera phone, sorry!):
Rims on only pass. side:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/automotive/ilsc/lincdriv.jpg
Fronts look great ow that they fit!:
For rears, I may put a spacer in thou to match front a lil better (depends how ya look at 'em!):
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/automotive/ilsc/lincdriv1.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/automotive/ilsc/lincdriv2.jpg
Rears bolted on fine without doing anything:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/automotive/ilsc/lincdriv3.jpg
Icarus May 5th, 2007, 07:01 PM And here is the brackets I was mentioning that I needed to clearence:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/automotive/ilsc/drivbrake.jpg
Stack May 5th, 2007, 09:46 PM LOOKING GOOD!!!
They look even better than I thought
I wish they were two pieces though!
Icarus May 16th, 2007, 03:46 PM Don't order these rims for a Mark VIII unless you plan on finding and installing longer wheel studs so the lugs have enough thread. They clear fine with the spacers in every aspect but this (and the brake bracket, but thats a wheel design flaw... not a result of the offset.)
I looked around for longer studs, but without making the holes bigger in the hubs (drilling them out with a hand drill is not my way of doing this in an acceptable manner ;) ) to accept new studs, I can't find anything that fits that is about 5-7mm longer...
Icarus July 16th, 2007, 11:49 AM Well, the Drivs' went back to the store and I'm trying a different style/manufacturer... more to come later... ;)
Icarus October 9th, 2007, 01:22 AM This has been all summer in the making to get a set that I could use, and finally I found one that went on with minimal hassle!
My '94 Mark VIII with 20" Giovanna Dalars:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/otherstuff/gioside.JPG
http://www3.sympatico.ca/icarus.icarus/otherstuff/gio34.JPG
:D
The tires are Nitto 555's... 255/35-20 all the way around. I had to shave the upper ball joint stud that sticks down from the arm so it was close to flush with the arm, and rounded the end a bit so I wouldn't risk it rubbing on tire. I'm pretty well positive the front brake caliper brackets that I shaved for the Driv's would fit fine with these without shaving them. I still need to roll the rear fender lip right up top a little, as I hit a good bump at highway speeds (when the car lowers itself) and it rubbed a bit. I'm going to lower the front end a lil more too, and leave the rear height as-is.
With a 245/35-20 tire (the best match to factory size) I don't think I'd need to worry about the upper ball joint stud, but maybe the rear fender lip still thou.
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