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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 01:05 AM
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Wheel well gap - What wheels/tire setup do you run?

Trying to compare my 15x7 wheels with 205 50R15 falken's with your wheel/tire setup. I'm not too happy with the gaps on the sides. A lot of people say it's just the way the FB is designed, instead of going straight down the sides of the inner wheel well sort of groove out in opposite directions causing that gap somewhat. Curious to see what other people have used and how good theirs looks.

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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 02:56 AM
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dude...its just like that! hahha
looks fine to me
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 03:21 AM
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dude...its just like that! hahha
looks fine to me
Haha, you love everything man
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 11:50 AM
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Photoshop some black side moldings on there, and it will 'appear' smaller to the eyes.
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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Photoshop some black side moldings on there, and it will 'appear' smaller to the eyes.
Ha! For sure
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 12:29 PM
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I think it looks good
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Old Nov 30, 2008 | 05:03 PM
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looks good to me

i need to put on my re-speed coil overs, my fb is like a monster truck lol

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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 02:37 AM
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looks good to me

i need to put on my re-speed coil overs, my fb is like a monster truck lol

well at least you can go through speed bumps. my RB exhaust scrapes EVERYTIME!
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 06:14 AM
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lol do you have any more pics of your car? it looks good in the sig. nice and low
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 10:54 AM
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lol do you have any more pics of your car? it looks good in the sig. nice and low

yeah...here are some old ones. havent taken any pictures recently







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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 11:20 AM
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I saw his FB in person the other day.. Cleannn drop!
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 04:35 AM
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Get some 17's...They fill in the gaps nicely.

I'm running 205/35/R17 on the front and 235/40/R17 on the back.

Cam...

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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 11:47 AM
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Get some 17's...They fill in the gaps nicely.

I'm running 205/35/R17 on the front and 235/40/R17 on the back.

Cam...

Those look clean, and 4x114.3 too? What wheels are those?
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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Looks the same as these..

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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Cbz
Looks the same as these..
Yeah thats because thats my car in both pics.

They are Simmons rims, in OM design...with 114.3/4 pcd.

Cam...

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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 05:12 PM
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Yeah thats because thats my car in both pics.

They are Simmons rims, in OM design...with 114.3/4 pcd.

Cam...
Amazing. I love you & your car. Are they rare/expensive?
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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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Thanks to everyones help I will be getting some 17's shorty with 42 offset, hope they fit as well as I have seen posted here.
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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Old Dec 7, 2008 | 03:55 PM
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Didnt have time to really mess with it but it seems the 42mm offset is too high for the 17x7" wheel.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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How's this for gapage?





I wouldn't recommend it, makes it hard to get over the speed bumps and looks like hell.
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