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Old 11-19-08, 03:51 PM
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Default anyone have ame rims for non dropped cars...pics please

i'm planning on getting rims but i don't wanna drop my car, my garage is steep i can't slant it. just say i can't drive dropped cars period. and also i'm scraping on my stock height. I want 19's. so if anyone has pics. i would like to see how it looks thanx. also some info on rims and tires would be nice. like offsets and such since my car will not be dropped.
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AME and not dropped? not a good idea :P
Old 11-19-08, 03:56 PM
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why mod your car if you're going to leave out a lowered ride height?
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Omg!!! its not hard to drive a drop car, and your scratching on stock height, wuz that all about. I guess with 19's and no drop should be the same height as stock rite now, it may even look higher than stock height..lol
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Drop it. Ame looks good when slammed..
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Originally Posted by EyeEstwo50
why mod your car if you're going to leave out a lowered ride height?
Some people just don't have the clearance for a drop, and others just don't want to deal with the possible issues of a drop (ie- ride quality, lowered ride height, alignment, etc). But, they may still want to mod their car.

To the OP: as long as you keep with the same rolling circumference, the car will essentially look the same height-wise with regard to gaps, with the only difference being more metal and less rubber
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19" rims on non dropped car? come on you live here in hawaii too, you see all those maxima/altima with big rims and no drop... how do they look? Take a look at the aftermarket rims thread, you'll see TONS of car on rims with no drop ... As for a steep driveway, heres mine and my front is as dropped as teinSS coils will go. No excuses, RUNUMHARD




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Hawaii is beautiful.
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nice place llamaz!
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Judd, your van needs a drop...LOL.

To the op...you can do a modest drop with tein h-tech, f-sport, or eibachs springs w/o being that much lower then you are now.
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Originally Posted by Rashoodz
Hawaii is beautiful.
My sentiments exactly...
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Rule of thumb...... the fender to tire gap must be equal to or less than the side wall of the tires.... otherwise its gonna look lifted.
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Default drop your car on coils 1st...

[QUOTE=808Lexy;4019093]i'm planning

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Here try see this pic..

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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
LOL. Look at the license plate frame of the VAN!..


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