oh yeah, anyone have extra lug nuts for 17'' rpf1? If not, what brand would be a replacement with the right fit?

 

Cutting them is the best option if you want to protect your paint and keep from damaging the fenders by trying to bend or manipulate, I see this sometimes and its really tragic, I don't understand what people are thinking sometimes. Recently there was a guy at a local meet that had a beautiful custom blue/purple paint on his Ap2 and had some wheels that stuck out a good 1" to far from the fenders, his camber was still stock at -1 at best and no roll or cut yet either, he seemed dead set on trying to flare them first, I tried to talk him out of it and explained how many other options he had that would likely work without risk damaging his fine custom car. I seen him a month or so later, both his fenders were bent up and trashed from trying to pull them out around the rear tires. Incredible!

My own experience and general logic tells me you cut the fenders first, then if you need more room yet you run more negative camber, you have up to -3 to run without adverse handling effects. And then if that doesn't work its because you picked the wrong wheel/tire combo. If you want you can stretch a skinnier width tire on the rim to give you another 1 or so to play with. Manipulating the fender beyond cutting or rolling should never be a consideration unless you know exactly what you are doing.

And just another fyi - your tire/wheel size if between +30/+60 offset will fit no problem with a conservative -2 camber and possibly a fender cut if needed only. But likely you only need to adjust camber.

 

 

Thanks for the tip. It's a currenly a stock AP2 '06 with a +45 offset all around, so if i get a suspension upgrade and lower it by -2, cutting may not be required?

 

Correct as long as you run a decent amount of negative camber in the -2 to -3 range. Remember the wheel travel tucks in as it compresses upward, depending on the camber degree you have to start with and how much wheel gap you have at rest will dictate everything, If i had a pick of your car I could tell you almost exactly what camber you need to run or if any trimming needed (which I doubt you will need

 

Chris know's his shit and i finally got to see his setup last night. Car is dope.

 

thanks man, good meet last night.

 

I'm thinking about rolling with the Tein Mono Flex setup, recommened for a novice track runner? I gotta get something quick, the rubbing is killing me. Also, any suggestion on lug brands (black) fitments for the RPF1 17''?

 

I know you weren't talking to me but if you have time for advice . . .

I have 45 offsets with 215's in the front, 245's in the rear.

I'm dropped about an inch on Eibach Pros but I would like to go about another inch lower.

Camber is 1.8 in the front, 2.0 in the rear.

What do you think? Thanks in advance, Walter

 

i have the same set-up as yours but i agree, a lil more drop is needed by looking at your pic...especially in the rear.