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Originally Posted by rotaryfreak3 (Post 12074883)

So the wheel and tire combo works without any rolling or pulling of your fenders? Car looks great btw! I was going to ask the wheel/tire specs, but I found them in your thread. Just in case anyone is curious:

"Brand new Work XD9 Rims in Bronze.
Front: 18x9 + 38
Rear: 18x10 + 10

Nitto NT05 Semi Slick
235/40/18 x2
265/40/18 x2"

For the front you'll need a slight roll and the rear you'd need a serious roll and possibly a slight pull.

For reference, from my experience:

'oem fender' fitment for 9 inch front is +45 and 10 inch rear is +43.
'rolled fender' fitment for 9 inch front is +30 and 10 inch rear is +27.

^This is 'real, streetable' fitment..... i.e., for those who drive their cars in real world environments and don't want contact between wheel/tire and fender liner/fender under any circumstance.

Lots of variables are in there, i.e. stretched tires vs non (this is a bit of a stretched fitment), ride height, and amount of negative camber.

Also keep in mind those tires are seriously tall, ideally you want your OD to be right around 25 inches and possibly a little more, those tires yield 25.4 inches front (on the edge of ok IMO) and 26.4 inches rear..... that rear OD will crush your effective final drive. Your 4.10 FD rear end becomes something like 3.85, worse than an auto FD..... you'd need to move to 4.33 final drive to get 'back' to OEM gearing. This will seriously hurt acceleration and is not recommended on a stockish or 'low' power FD, again IMO ;)

Wheel/tire fitment ain't no joke and making big changes can have lots of repercussions on things like acceleration, handling, braking, and...... fender health :rofl:

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Originally Posted by rotaryfreak3 (Post 12074883)

Good find :)

Rolled both front and rear guards but no pulling of fenders required, although the car is not that low.

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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S (Post 12074942)

Also keep in mind those tires are seriously tall, ideally you want your OD to be right around 25 inches and possibly a little more, those tires yield 25.4 inches front (on the edge of ok IMO) and 26.4 inches rear..... that rear OD will crush your effective final drive. Your 4.10 FD rear end becomes something like 3.85, worse than an auto FD..... you'd need to move to 4.33 final drive to get 'back' to OEM gearing. This will seriously hurt acceleration and is not recommended on a stockish or 'low' power FD, again IMO ;)

Amen amen amen.

About 7 years ago I had 18x10 and 18x10.5, and Nitto NT555RII in 285/35 front and 305/35 rear. Those size tires are already tall, but they bulge on those size wheels and make them even taller. My car felt so. damn. sluggish. And that was with an A-Spec 500R turbo kit. It didn't take long for me to get tired of those and switch to something closer to stock outer diameter. The car felt much better after that. I'll see if I can find pics, if they're not already in this thread.

What also helps is an EFR turbo that starts spooling around 2000RPM lol.

Less talk more pics please

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Originally Posted by TpCpLaYa (Post 12069586)

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Beautiful! And that engine shot... :drool:

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7494/2...3d392eb6_b.jpg The FD, 2016 by Nate Libberton, on Flickr

I love your car Aaron. I also love that you drive the stinkin' heck out of it and can hang with the LS and 2JZ boys :icon_tup:

MSpeed, lookin good man!

Pics of my whip in its latest state.

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This is what lunch looked like today with both my baes

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7618/2...72d60bfa_k.jpg Untitled by Gerald Mugar, on Flickr

Went for a drive yesterday with lOOkatme (the other black FD) and another buddy (not sure if he's on here), and the MS3 and Suby were along for the drive too.
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First event in 1.5 years... anything black is actually carbon :)

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Originally Posted by 7_rocket (Post 12075158)

Damn Dom!!!

No no sir. Your car looks superb! Glad it's back and running. Dem rims doe.. I'll hit you up on FB messenger

Been watching your build on Instagram Ken and it's been nice to see the progress you've made and actually driving the car

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Originally Posted by Len-Len (Post 12076151)

I love your car Aaron. I also love that you drive the stinkin' heck out of it and can hang with the LS and 2JZ boys :icon_tup:

Thanks brotha!!! I'm trying my best!! As always, your car is looking Clean!!:nod::icon_tup:

cars and coffee Charleston SC

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^what size wheels and tires?

Ken - sick fucking car!

Len-Len, what are the specs on those wheels, so much want!!!

Thanks Aaron and RuffRx7.

Wheels are Work Equip Anhelo 17x10 +11 front and 17x11 +11 rear.

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taiman: I want to see more of that exhaust :nod:

Len-Len: that thing fucks! More insta videos plz

Johnny: So fresh and so clean clean

So clean and simple. My fav