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scheides
03-26-2010, 12:25 PM
Nothing wrong with tirerack. Ricer pete on here works up at goodyear in maple grove, he can hook ya up on the mount/balance.
Don't be in a rush to do springs/sway/suspension stuff. At the most, just do a rear sway and then do the springs and other stuff later when you find the time/money. Taking your time and doing one mod at a time is fun :)
Murlo26
03-26-2010, 12:36 PM
True, however I think I need to roll the fenders to get them on their with stock suspension. i could be wrong though.
Maybe I will wait a bit, but I guess I only wanted to get my alignment done once, which is why I was debating this. And I don't want my new stuff to get uneven wear like my advans did. So iooono.
mlomker
03-26-2010, 01:27 PM
Yeah, was just throwing it out there that it can be done.. as Scheides had said 265's were possible on a 9.5..
I'm doing 275's on mine, but my rims are 18x9.5+28. It's the +15 and being so much wider than stock that causes the fitment pain.
I saw the 10.5's on Gates' car and I must say that it looked mean.
mlomker
03-26-2010, 01:30 PM
True, however I think I need to roll the fenders to get them on their with stock suspension. i could be wrong though.
You can't get aggressive enough with the camber at stock height. The fronts aren't gonna happen...you went really extreme on the rims and now you're going to have to go all the way. heh.
Murlo26
03-26-2010, 01:31 PM
You can't get aggressive enough with the camber at stock height. The fronts aren't gonna happen...
I have seen my setup on someone else's car on stock suspension. Are you saying it won't fit?
Murlo26
03-26-2010, 01:36 PM
http://www.evoxforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27724
See here for 18x10.5's +15 offset on 275/35's on stock suspension.
simulatedwood
03-26-2010, 01:53 PM
Murlo,
Your setup should work just fine, Have you seen some of the setups evodave has been running (I believe 10.5 with 295 width) ? I think you are pretty safe on that setup. As far as Camber goes, Jeff the alingment guy was able to eek out 2.5 degrees of camber on the fronts on my setup just flipping the blots and applying pressure on the lower control arm with a bottle jack when tightening the bolts ;). As for the rest of the suspension, biggest bang for you buck will be a rear swaybar. I picked up a perrin from MAP for $180. Between tires, agressive alignment, and rear sway. You will be on rails.
Murlo26
03-26-2010, 01:57 PM
Murlo,
Your setup should work just fine, Have you seen some of the setups evodave has been running (I believe 10.5 with 295 width) ? I think you are pretty safe on that setup. As far as Camber goes, Jeff the alingment guy was able to eek out 2.5 degrees of camber on the fronts on my setup just flipping the blots and applying pressure on the lower control arm with a bottle jack when tightening the bolts ;). As for the rest of the suspension, biggest bang for you buck will be a rear swaybar. I picked up a perrin from MAP for $180. Between tires, agressive alignment, and rear sway. You will be on rails.
Yea I am not too worried. So you think hold off on the drop for now and if that then the Whiteline RCK as well since i was getting that because of the drop?
Regardless I am happy since I am finally getting rims. I am really pushing the budget, but I didn't want to buy tires to go on the stock rims again since I wanted bigger tires...and then i would have to buy more again when I got rims. So kind of the lomker attitude of while your in there, i have that too:) Just not quite as bad.
mlomker
03-26-2010, 02:16 PM
See here for 18x10.5's +15 offset on 275/35's on stock suspension.
Looks terrible to me. He also spends the rest of the thread talking about doing it the right way later. I assume if he bottoms out his suspension that it'll leave a nice dent in his fender. The good news is that they seem to be filling in potholes (craters) around town.
I didn't do much research into rims like that, so...
simulatedwood
03-26-2010, 02:20 PM
If your planning on a drop, I think the roll center kit is a must have. I know alot people like less wheel gap, it dosent really bother me much. So if your on a budget, Id say hold off, I have been really happy were I am at without a drop and performance has been great. Id would suggest alignment from Jeff for sure any way you go, it was about 80 bucks if I remember correctly and it was soo worth it.
Let me know if you plan on selling the stock rims. I could use another set for test n tune days since I am on a "having a baby" budget. ;)
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