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Old 07-05-15, 07:48 AM
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Default Lip to fender or tucked wheels

I know it all falls down to personal preference, but I wanted to see what everyone else's preference would be. Tucked wheels or Lip to Fender?

TUCKED




or LIP TO FENDER


Old 07-05-15, 12:12 PM
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I would say lip to fender. Much more cleaner look
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Man, I hope that guy just parks like that and not actually drive around that low. That lip on the outside of that fender can lead to some serious damage. Proper flush fitment would allow the lip to tuck under the fender when compressed.
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It looks like you'll get damage just by leaving your driveway if you do lip to fender.
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Guys im on bags, this is just when parked. When driving the car is air'd up.
Old 07-05-15, 02:35 PM
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i personally think lip to fender is nice on cars with coils, but since ur on air, i think tucking it in would look pretty nice. but thats just my opinon.
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Personally i like lip to fender look
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Thanks for ur inputs.
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lip to fender!
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If you're hard parking, super tucked.
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Lip to fender. Making jealous! I want to join the airbag team haha
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Lip to fender looks best to me , fully tucked makes the rims look smaller to me for some reason.
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I actually had the alignment redone and ran more negative camber from -3 to -4.75. Reason being is, my fronts are 9.5 and rears are 11's. I can't seem to get the fronts to sit flush lip to fender and I don't want to get longer studs and spacers. Anyhow, I'm runing -4.75 camber in the rears and now the wheels can tuck again. Before the rears were at -6 when first installed air, but that just looks too broken to me. -4.75 with 11's sit pretty well with a perfect barely tuck stance. I think I'll be running this set up for the meantime. Thanks for all ur inputs.
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