Rolling Arches

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:24 am

ESL wrote:
Incidentally, what is the ET of 2004 STi Wheels? 53? 7.5x17?

Yep!

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:58 am

[quote="ESL"]Logan, its

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:08 pm

Phils done his magic, rolled all four while I 'modified' the liners and they fit, no cracked paint, had the arches rolled and pulled to give an extra 20mm. Archenemy come highly recommended.

Just taken it out for a blast and while the RE070s feel nice, they aren't a quantum leap on from the Goodyears in terms of outright grip. Not sure they will give me a second a lap, but have to see I guess. Shakedown this Sunday at Barkston.

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:11 pm

wait til you get them warm

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:17 pm

They were quite warm to the touch when we stopped. The tyres wont get much heat into them when sprinting, but they felt pretty good from cold.

Like a bit more time on them to get a valid comparison, but not sure they were quite the leap I was expecting. Some track laps to get them hot might tell a different story as you say Dunc.

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:19 pm

Should add that they are nicely progressive. Car handling very nicely and didnt have to change any suspension settings at all.

Post by **Stuart** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 3:35 pm

Thanks for the feedback on archenemy Andy, sounds like that may be an option if the arch roller I had planned doesn't come off.

As for the Re070's, that's quite interesting. Dunk has always had an almost unhealthy opinion of how good they are. Without wishing to drag the topic off thread, would you mind adding your thoughts to a thread I'm going to start in a minute on tyres?

ESL · Post by **ESL** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 5:08 pm

I'm going down to London on them tomorrow and then will have a sprint on them Sunday, so I'll let you know how they feel after that. As they are 1a listed and Dunc has had them on his for 15k miles, they can't be trackday sticky as they would be dead way before that.

They may represent a good combination of longevity and grip though.

Shaker · Post by **Shaker** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:26 pm

ESL wrote:Phils done his magic, rolled all four while I 'modified' the liners and they fit, no cracked paint, had the arches rolled and pulled to give an extra 20mm. Archenemy come highly recommended.

Just taken it out for a blast and while the RE070s feel nice, they aren't a quantum leap on from the Goodyears in terms of outright grip. Not sure they will give me a second a lap, but have to see I guess. Shakedown this Sunday at Barkston.

Sounds interesting, got any close up pix especially of the rear arches after they were rolled and pulled as im thinking of haveing this done for clearance issues too. Incidently how much did this cost and did he come to you?
Thx in advance............

Shaker · Post by **Shaker** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:36 pm

Ok ive spoken to phil regarding comming to suffolk specifically bury st edmunds to roll my arches, he said he would be willing to do this aslong as theres 2 cars for him to do. Preferably another impreza as he said there quite easy to do. Anyhow if your interested he has given me some dates so need another interested party for this to go ahead.
Or if nobody minds and there haveing theres done maybe i could tag along to yours and you may get a saveing??????as 2 cars see where im comming from.
Anyhow feel free to pm me ect sorry to hijack someone elses thread but it seemed to make more sense than starting another.
Cheers guys.