I have a 74 2002 with the same flares on the car shown in the heading on this site. Problem is, the wheels are not consistent with the width of the flares. They are set too narrow to look like the above.
Date: 4-7-06 06:52 From: TMK-001 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia Subject: Re: pig cheek zender fenders
I think you need like 14x8s with some decent offset to get some nice dish... those ones on the white & green car are a bit small IMHO. _________________
Date: 4-7-06 09:07 From: TobyB in Seattle Subject: keep in mind
that increasing the offset and width of your rims/tires
is gonna have a pretty drastic effect on handling.
Those flares were originally designed for road racing cars-
things like slow- speed corners and ease of turning weren't
foremost in their minds back then...
That car used to belong to my friend Jeff (AlfaGuy) and is now owned by Brent, (Bimmerboy?) It was a bit hard to park but that car handled fine back in the day. I have 13X8 for my car with like a 5mm offset.
John _________________ The Revolution will not be Televised.
So how do the present wheels drive and park on your car?
The car I am working on belongs to my daughter, and has been in the family for close to 20 years. She drives it as a weekender, but does not have the arm strength of a man. If it were too tough to steer or park, it might be a problem for her.
Date: 4-8-06 02:19 From: f1reverb Subject: There are pig-cheeks and pig-cheeks . . .
Date: 4-8-06 04:38 From: boxy02 in SoCal Subject: Re: There are pig-cheeks and pig-cheeks . . .
The flares on the green-striped car are the schnitzer style, right?
The Alpine flares (or pig cheeks) are the ones on the car above? I think that's correct.... _________________ Mike
74 2002
Date: 4-8-06 05:28 From: oz_tom in Melbourne - Australia Subject: Re: pig cheek zender fenders
Harv wrote:
That car used to belong to my friend Jeff (AlfaGuy) and is now owned by Brent, (Bimmerboy?) It was a bit hard to park but that car handled fine back in the day. I have 13X8 for my car with like a 5mm offset.
John
Brent goes by 'vtbimmer' i think. He's on bimmerforums mostly. It took me a while to get used to the massive flares but i like them now :-)
The tire size is getting harder and harder to find. I just checked to see if tire rack had any more of the 235/ 45/ 13 and they didn't. I think I'm going to be stuck using the 215/50/13 that Sumatumo and Yokohama use unless I can get some of those 235/60/13 Pirelli P6's that Chastle sells
John _________________ The Revolution will not be Televised.
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