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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rotaryfreak3
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

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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by rotaryfreak3
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"
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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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GoodfellaFD3S
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.
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Old Jun 13, 2016 | 11:35 PM
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Less talk more pics please

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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by TpCpLaYa
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Beautiful! And that engine shot...

The FD, 2016 by Nate Libberton, on Flickr

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Old Jun 15, 2016 | 08:37 AM
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 11:05 AM
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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 01:11 PM
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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

MSpeed, lookin good man!


Pics of my whip in its latest state.

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Old Jun 17, 2016 | 10:24 PM
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This is what lunch looked like today with both my baes


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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 08:32 AM
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 03:29 PM
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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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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 05:16 PM
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 7_rocket
Less talk more pics please

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Damn Dom!!!
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Old Jun 19, 2016 | 11:28 PM
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No no sir. Your car looks superb! Glad it's back and running. Dem rims doe.. I'll hit you up on FB messenger
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 08:19 AM
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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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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 11:18 AM
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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
Thanks brotha!!! I'm trying my best!! As always, your car is looking Clean!!
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 07:45 PM
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Old Jun 20, 2016 | 10:45 PM
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^what size wheels and tires?
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Old Jun 21, 2016 | 04:17 AM
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Old Jun 21, 2016 | 05:38 AM
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Len-Len, what are the specs on those wheels, so much want!!!
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Thanks Aaron and RuffRx7.

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


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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 10:15 PM
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Old Jun 23, 2016 | 12:49 PM
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taiman: I want to see more of that exhaust

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

Johnny: So fresh and so clean clean
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 02:25 PM
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Old Jun 24, 2016 | 02:30 PM
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So clean and simple. My fav
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