What did you do to your Mirage today?

[MCMfan92]

Those are wide wheels for a Mirage. If you're buying them from a local shop, see if they will mount 1 and let you test fit it on your car (front and rear). You are going to have to roll your rear fenders (and possibly pull them out a little, too) to keep them from rubbing.

Sigh......

I just want some JDM dish man. lol

Jokes aside. I have a shop here I can go test fit at before I pull the trigger.

Good news is, I’m not lowering the car, and if they poke, I have an excuse for fender flares.

[Mark]

I’m looking at a set of JNC001 Hyper Black 15x8 wheels.

Wrapped in 195/50r15 rubber. Slight stretch. 0.8% circumference difference for the Speedo. Should make it pretty accurate and look pretty sweet.

Get a resin shift knob tonight (wife picked it) and changing my dome light to a white LED.

I hope you realize 8" wide rims are designed for tires that are 215 to 245 wide.

https://www.tyresizecalculator.com/c...rim-size-chart

I think rims that wide (fat) would look silly on a Mirage. Just my opinion. My Subaru Forester has 6.5" wide rims. Can't imagine putting an 8" wide rim on a Mirage.

Any rims with the width of 5" - 6.5" would be way more appropriate. 5.5" - 6.5" wide rims would be perfect for a 195 wide tire, but a 7" wide rim should work, too. 8" wide would be really stretching a narrow tire out, and I don't think that presents a good look at all!

[Mark]

2 days ago I put a trailer hitch on the Pumpkin. I used the Curt hitch & the Curt wiring adapter / pigtail for the trailer lights. The wiring kit was really nice, perfect plug & play. It took longer to read the directions (I really did read them) than it took to hook them up. The trailer hitch went on really nice as well & I used the hole above the fuel filler pipes to avoid drilling the hole in the rear of the left frame. Tonight I pick up a small trailer. I'll let you know how it works...

I sort of wondered if there was a nice "plug & play" wiring kit for the Mirage. Thanks for sharing that!

[MCMfan92]

I hope you realize 8" wide rims are designed for tires that are 215 to 245 wide.

https://www.tyresizecalculator.com/c...rim-size-chart

I think rims that wide (fat) would look silly on a Mirage. Just my opinion. My Subaru Forester has 6.5" wide rims. Can't imagine putting an 8" wide rim on a Mirage.

Any rims with the width of 5" - 6.5" would be way more appropriate. 5.5" - 6.5" wide rims would be perfect for a 195 wide tire, but a 7" wide rim should work, too. 8" wide would be really stretching a narrow tire out, and I don't think that presents a good look at all!

And this is why I post! I need the knowledge!

Thanks guys. I’ll probably leave the JNC wheels for my fusion.

I’ll keep hunting !

[7milesout]

Mod 1 complete -

I slapped on a set of 5 lug ultra-performance wheels. I'd have to guess I picked up a tenth in the quarter mile, and probably 0.6 seconds quicker around Road Atlanta.





As I was just trying to figure out why my pictures are so foggy, I was rubbing the camera lens with my finger, and a protective cover just peeled off. It's been on there for years! It looks like some schmutz just got behind that film. Hopefully that led to the foggy pictures. Will update this picture later, if that was the issue.

The 2nd image is the mock-up I made.

[MetroMPG]

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Love those lightweight Honda wheels.

[MetroMPG]

Tonight I pick up a small trailer. I'll let you know how it works...

It will work fine:



^ What I did with my Mirage today! First day back on the road and I was whipping it like a rented mule! (Doing yard work.)

The pic makes the trailer look ginormous, but it's actually a light weight (160#) sailboat trailer that I sometimes haul brush and other things on.

[Mechanic]

7Miles,
. . . I like the wheels. Where did you get them and how much did they cost?
GOD Bless and Thanks,
rich!
Happy Thanksgiving!

[Dirk Diggler]

It will work fine:



^ What I did with my Mirage today! First day back on the road and I was whipping it like a rented mule! (Doing yard work.)

The pic makes the trailer look ginormous, but it's actually a light weight (160#) sailboat trailer that I sometimes haul brush and other things on.

Dude, that blindspot with no mirrors?!? You are a brave soul indeed!

[dspace9]

MetroMPG: not sure if driving an automobile without *at least* a driver's side mirror is legal in the Province of Ontario.

You may be pulled over.

Driving a car on public roads with no mirrors is dangerous.. for you, and for other drivers, too. That's why there's general rules for car maintenance on the roads. Even if you don't need a safety anymore. I'm gonna look this one up.

And on top of that you can't see out the back. The stuff people do that I wouldn't