tires and wheels "The Stance Thread"

[Colin]

The new trend among the "boys" now have been bolt on flares though, you know.

 

[2902TBeeDee]

New???? I believe turbo flares are bolt on...

[cosm3os]

Hard parkers will hard park.

[jrkoupe]

New???? I believe turbo flares are bolt on...

bolt on flares were never a   current trend, till very recently. Thats what he meant,

 

.... Im sure RAU 911's helped start this current trend.

 

the artist himself......love him or hate him, one must respect his skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 7, 2014 by jrkoupe

[Chrispy Piedrahita]

Hey guys I had a question and seems like this is the perfect thread for it. I was thinking of getting some 3sdm wheels from would be 16x8 et25 and rear would be 16x9 et20 I'll probably have it stock heigh or just a bit lower with I believe are the pig cheek fenders. Could this work? Any other modifications needed?

[oz_tom]

Hey guys I had a question and seems like this is the perfect thread for it. I was thinking of getting some 3sdm wheels from would be 16x8 et25 and rear would be 16x9 et20 I'll probably have it stock heigh or just a bit lower with I believe are the pig cheek fenders. Could this work? Any other modifications needed?

 

Check the backspace of the wheels is the best way to 'get it right' the first time. At that width you'll likely hit something on the inside of the tyre-well if not measured up right.

 

As a 'general' statement - You are suggesting a more 'extreme' setup for 02 standards, but I don't see why that setup couldn't be made to work with flares such as the pig cheeks. It might take a bit of trial and error with say, finding the right tyre size and right height / firmness for the suspension setup, but don't let that put you off.

 

Best,

 

Tom

[eurotrash]

Pig cheek builds are primarily a thing of the past..  or at least not common with the more avid internet forum crowd..  To be 100% sure you'll have to build the car, then measure and order wheels..  "..its the only whey".

 

 

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Hey guys I had a question and seems like this is the perfect thread for it. I was thinking of getting some 3sdm wheels from would be 16x8 et25 and rear would be 16x9 et20 I'll probably have it stock heigh or just a bit lower with I believe are the pig cheek fenders. Could this work? Any other modifications needed?

Edited March 10, 2014 by eurotrash

[VMSETHAN]

Here is my setup.

15 x 6.5   et 35

Dunlop Direzza ZII  195/50-15

No spacer in back, 1/8 spacer in front.

 

 

Could go a LITTLE lower but already did some work to drop a bit. Car sat too high with the IE stage 2 springs. Car has been stripped for track days and is light. After mulling it over the decision was made to lower  by cutting coils.

Started conservativly and took off 1/2 coil from the back,  That was mostly the "flat" section of the sping. Afterward while putting them back in that end did not want to sit nice in the pads, eirther to or bottom. There was too much "ramp" and they looked unsecure to say the least. Did some brainstorming and decided a custom upper retainer would be best solution.

 I drew up a quick diagram for an aluminum doughnout to have machined. To capture and retain the spring properly I incorprated an outer lip and put in a sprial cut on the seat face to match the coil ramp angle.  Kind of hard to see in the pics, but a 5/8 ball mill was used to match spring diameter and create a proper seat for the spring. It spirals up(down?) one revolution.

 Located some srcap aluminum from work, aprox 1.75 thick. One of my machining connections through work lives nearby and he has a few CNC mills in his home shop, so a deal was made.......This was more than I could hanlde with a manual machine. These could also be made from Delrin or UHMW plastic. Possibly lighter and quieter? We have the program saved for future use.

 

 

Fronts were cut 1/4-1/3 with no problems.

[choptop]

 

a current shot..

Wow man this looks spot on. cant wait to see progression pics. great job.

[Chrispy Piedrahita]

Cool thank you guys. I figured I would have to do lots of measuring and trial and error.

[choptop]

Test fit my new wheels on today before I have my tires mounted.

They are 15x7 et35. I knew when I bought them that the offset would

Most likely be to high. I believe a 10mm spacer will push them out enough.

Would do you guys think?

This is no actual contact as it is now but I would guess that will tires and once it's on the ground it would.

Tires are 195/45

[LarryS]

Choptop,

 

Are those Avid 1 rims? I have a set that I haven't put on yet.

 

Mine are 15x7 et25 but the backspacing is more like 5" instead of the recommended 4.5" 

[eurotrash]

By looking, I would say that the 45s will clear.  That little bit of stretch might make it happen..

[choptop]

Yes they are avid 1 15x7 I believe +35

[oz_tom]

Choptop - In the interest of having decent tolerances I would recommend a spacer that will get you somewhere between et25-30 and also some extended studs. 

 

Post up some pics when all mounted up!

 

Tom