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Old 02-05-2008, 09:24 AM
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so im planning to drop my car soon should be at least 1.5 - 2.0 front and rear

im going to be running 225 front and 255 rear what do i have to do so that i wont rub.

1. rolled fender front and rear..

2. camber ( but im not sure what my camber is going to be)




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Old 02-05-2008, 09:32 AM
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relocate the rear bumper tabs. the fender liner tabs for the front should be pushed/bent upwards if you're going to keep the liners in. run at least european alignment. also the brand tire is going to matter because some tires are made with wider shoulders or wheel protectors...
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next time go 215 front and 245 rear for a little help!

But once you have them on, you will see where the rubbing is happening and then work at it
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anyone else running these tires and offset >
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Ive installed this same setup on other cars, and have this on my rears currently.

have to roll rear fenders, relocate the fender screw back some, trim the lip of the plastic bumper possibly, and add -1.5 or-2 deg minimum camber in back

fronts, youll have to add some camber, and also push up the tabs on the fender that hold the liners on.
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J's, think I could get away with a similar setup, without adding camber?.. considering I just spent $170 for a custom alignment 17x8.5 +48 in the rear, lowered on espelir springs. I want to run 255 in the rear, but I'm sticking with 215 up front.
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$170 for a "custom" alignment? What is that? The local shop I use is very good and he charges about $60 for a four wheel alignment. I told him where I wanted my specs to be after reading up on this forum, he compared to stock specs in his machine and did it. Took about 45 minutes and that was adjusting it too, since it had recently been lowered.
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mine took 2.5 hours, and he only charged me for 2. And I know the guy, he wasn't ripping me off. $60 is cheap.. most places charge around $100

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