Black Smann Body with Lorinser Speedy's - Smart Car of America Forums : Smart Car Forum

tigerwong58 · 08-16-2008, 05:17 PM

Finally received my Lorinser Speedy's, it looks perfect with the lowered stance of the Eibach Springs. I Autocrossed the car today and it did not rub at all.

Mluisgr81 · 08-19-2008, 06:57 PM

Sharp looking Smart

I love the Lorinsers. I'm thinking of geting a similar setup with possibly the H&Rs or Eibachs (once my smart arrives

). I have one question though: Do you notice your car to be any slower, due to the larger/heavier size of the wheels?

**jwight** · 08-19-2008, 07:24 PM

Tiger, very sharp looking car! Check out his other Gallery photos -

Since you mentioned it, how does the car do autocrossing with the larger wheels&tires?

SunDiego · 08-19-2008, 07:26 PM

Looks very nice!

Mluisgr81 · 08-19-2008, 07:49 PM

I forgot to ask, what is your tire size?

tigerwong58 · 08-20-2008, 06:09 AM

205/40/17 in front and 225/35/17 in the rear.. I think the rears are a little bit too wide for the 7" rim. For Autocrossing the wider tires helped the handling alot. The only time there was a slight tire rub was coming down a hill and u turning back up, and that was on the front wheel well plastic.

tigerwong58 · 08-20-2008, 06:11 AM

I have noticed it is a slower get up and go due to the larger wheels, but very minor.

SmartMadness · 08-21-2008, 10:33 AM

Tigerwong98... Car looks great!

We have the same wheels and tires on our car and they do not rub.

SmartKing · 08-22-2008, 12:43 PM

If you get new wheels like say, 17" do you have to get new springs or do they fit with low profile tires?

SmartMadness · 08-22-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by SmartKing

If you get new wheels like say, 17" do you have to get new springs or do they fit with low profile tires?

You do not need to install springs if you go with 17" wheels unless you want the added benefit of better handling. The springs will also lower the car a bit. For reference here is a shot of our car with 17" MOMO's with stock springs.

Since we became a distributor for Lorinser we have put on a set of Lorinser wheels. Here is a picture with the new wheels. Still with stock springs.

We now started to carry Eibach springs, so next week we will be installing a set of springs on the cars.

Hope that helps... :-)