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Old 12-25-2010, 05:48 PM
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hi ya

Quite new on here, i got a white S2k, was thinking to get some alloys to make it look more aggresive.

thinking of Rota Torques or Force

what offset would u guys suggest? will be lowering it too soon hopefully....

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Search padawan, the answers are out there
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There has been a thread specifically about rota torques in the last couple of days...
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Originally Posted by Ultra_Nexus,Dec 25 2010, 08:28 PM
Search padawan, the answers are out there
F.A.Q.
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Any pictures of your car

If your prepared to roll your arches go with 17x9 et35 rears and 17x8 et as close to 35 as you can.

If not 17x8 et48 rear and 17x7.5 et48 fronts.

There your options, personally I'd go with the first option as it will Fill your archs nicely with a bit of work
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Originally Posted by r8byb,Dec 26 2010, 03:02 AM
Any pictures of your car

If your prepared to roll your arches go with 17x9 et35 rears and 17x8 et as close to 35 as you can.

If not 17x8 et48 rear and 17x7.5 et48 fronts.

There your options, personally I'd go with the first option as it will Fill your archs nicely with a bit of work
Torque Drifts, concave rears look the part
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Originally Posted by JDMJut,Dec 26 2010, 03:07 AM
Torque Drifts, concave rears look the part
Exactly

I'm tempted with a set but 17x9 et35 on all corners with 255 tyres
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Do it! Or Grid drifts!

I hate torques with a passion, but drifts on all 4 corners would look awesome.

I response to the op. Search as already said and trawl the gallery section, I spent weeks trawling it before I bought my wheels
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Drifts can only be got in et25 so unless I get wider fenders there a no go sadly!
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thanks for the advice!!

if i was to go 17x9 et35 rears and 17x8 front et35 and roll the arches

will i have any issue with rubbing etc...?


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