[EvaThaGenny]

Hey guys.. I’m sure I’m going to get roasted on this but don’t blame you if you do. So I bought some wheels. I got an incredible deal and didn’t ask much questions when buying them. The seller after the fact didn’t know much about the wheel specs because he bought the car they came off of to part out. With that being said I know little about the specs but know they’re ds07’s, the diameter of both the fronts and rears are 18 inches and that the width of the fronts are 9.5 inches. I’m running 245/45r18 in the front and 255/45r18 in the rear. I don’t know the width of the rear wheels or offset of either. Looking up the size these wheels are available in I would guess that the rears are 10.5 inches in width. They have a very aggressive poke to them all the way around. What I’m curious of is what y’all think I should I could do to lower the car a bit. I was seemingly only able to fit 2 fingers between the fenders and tires all the way around. If I had to guess I’d probably only be able to lower it 1-2 inches all the way around, but I’d like to hear what you guys think. This is my daily and the majority of my driving is back and forth to work (highway driving) so the roads can be a bit bumpy at times. I’d like to retain ride quality as much as possible and the struts/shocks have not been replaced so new suspension will most likely be needed regardless of lowering the car slightly or not at all. Thanks in advance

 

[shadowtrench]

I found 0.25 or 0.5 inches to be an ideal drop. (Measured from pinch weld to ground) Any more and I would probably never take it out on unknown roads. I have a set of DS02 in the 9.5 and 10.5 size +22 offset. Looks similar to your setup.

If you just want to lower some quality lowering springs should work. I got a good deal on bc racing coilovers but I also track my car on occasion.

I attached an image for reference. The gap is pretty narrow despite the small drop.

 

[EvaThaGenny]

Thank you. That’s funny though I’m going to look at some bc’s today. I would do the lowering springs and may still do that if it comes down to it, but my front right strut is ever so slightly bent so it needs to be replaced anyways. If I replaced the right the left would have to be changed too. Might as well do all 4 at that point and with fully replacing suspension to oem spec from what I can tell is $400+ and a decent set of springs is probably about $300+ so in my mind at that point I might as well just be looking for coilovers.

 

[BigBallah]

Those DS07's are made by Aodhan and they only come in the rear 18x10.5 the offset is +22 which is the flush fitment on our cars.The most common setup for flush fitment on our cars is F 19x9.5, R 19x10.5 +22 or, F 18x9.5 and R 18x10.5 +22 offset front and rear. Your setup is not considered poke or aggressive it's flush fitment. I highly recommend Tein springs hands down perfect fitment at a great price. If you never had coilovers and you already travel on bumpy roads prepare to have your kidneys shaken on the daily lmao! It's going to be a harsh ride on coils with or without harsh roads so really think about it before you commit. Imo I would go with springs you have the looks and comfort as well the best of both worlds

 

[EvaThaGenny]

It doesn’t exactly seem flush to me. It’s literally poking out of the fender so I’d call it poke imo, but that’s just me. My suspension needs to be replaced anyways so I don’t really want to buy new oem suspension and springs. I understand the risk of harsher ride on the coilovers. I got a great deal on some bc coilovers yesterday actually. I’ll be putting them on in a few weeks. Thank you for your input

 

[BigBallah]

You're welcome best of luck with the setup