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New Wheels and Stance!

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Old 10-17-10, 12:26 AM
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Just got some new wheels on my SC and lowered it as well. Thanks to all the help from many CL members to find the right fitments.

Posting a couple pics first as its going to rain for about a week in SoCal. I'll wash my car after the rain dies down and post more close ups and stuff.





The wheels are 20x8.5 +20 and 20x10 +25 (REALLY flush offset) and tire sizes are 245/35/20 and 275/30/20

I lowered the car with Megan Coilovers (stiff ride but still comfy)

More pictures to come!

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Old 10-17-10, 12:59 AM
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looks good
Old 10-17-10, 02:20 AM
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Looks Great....
Which rims did you use?
Which tires?
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Looks real good, even without the wash.
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Looks great! Wow! Conservative drop-which I am looking for too. How many inches (or inch) did the Megan coilovers drop it? It's a perfect height to me! Not a black rim fan, but yours are one of the best I've seen!
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Thanks guys.

Albino - The rims are TSW Strips and the tires are Hankook Evo V12s

scdroptop - I'm not sure how many inches it is. When dropping the car we would do a bunch of trial and error. But each side has a 2 finger gap. No rubbing so far.
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Looks pretty good. Nice work.
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Originally Posted by Ice350
Looks pretty good. Nice work.
Thanks. I need to lower it by about 1 more finger in the front to make it perfect

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Any chance you can measure or tell me how much yours is dropped when you are all done? I'd like to have the exact height on mine. Very nice! Why mess with perfection?
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Is there a lot more room to lower the car more on the coilovers? Im interested in buying the Megan coilovers but wanted a lower drop.
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scdroptop - Yeah I'll definitely try to get you the numbers and I'm going to lower it a bit more because the rear is a 2 finger gap and the front is a 3 finger gap. I just want them to be the same :P

m3nv - I believe so. I think I can still drop it a lot more, but I rather not rub.
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Looks nice. Before you drop them more, let them settle in for a week or so..... they'll drop a bit more on their own.
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I was going to wait a week but at the moment the front is still a gap bigger than the back. I want it even :P
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will it go low enough to tuck tires?
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Yes it should go low enough to tuck the tires, however, I can't do that because my offsets don't allow it and I didn't want to roll my fenders.

But with a higher offset like +30 it should lower you down enough to tuck your tires.


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