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Old 09-26-07, 06:27 PM
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What the biggest 19" tire I can fit on the back and still have the stretched look? The car will be lowered so it will either tuck tire or have the fender sit level with the top of the tire. Im willing to roll the fenders/panels, but no cutting. thanks
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You might want to provide your width of your wheels.
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I did not purchase any wheels yet. That will probably happen in spring. I want to have them sit flush. So basically biggest wheel and tire I can fit in there, but also have it sit pretty low and have a stretched tire.
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Somthing like this?





That's TLW's old set-up.

The specs are as follows

19 x 9, +30

19 x 10.5, +29

If you're going to run a set-up like that you're going to want to run 235/35 up front and 265/30 in the rear. Fender mods will be imperative if you want a set-up like this. You can actually get a bit more aggressive if you like.
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thank you, thats what I was looking for.
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What about if I was to run a 20"...what sizes and offsets would I need to get..

I basically want to run pretty agressive wheels, but I dont want to stretch or cut my fenders/panels. Im willing to get them rolled. And the reason I ask about a 20" is that it seems more common and less expensive than 19"s.
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Originally Posted by GS4_CS
What about if I was to run a 20"...what sizes and offsets would I need to get..

I basically want to run pretty agressive wheels, but I dont want to stretch or cut my fenders/panels. Im willing to get them rolled. And the reason I ask about a 20" is that it seems more common and less expensive than 19"s.
no offense but isnt the point of running aggressive wheels accomplished by HAVING to do some fender modifications.
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not necessarily. I want to run agressive wheels with slight body modifications . Some people run really aggressive wheels which take a lot of work to get them to fit and its just something I dont want to do to my car at this point.
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this is the look I want





anyone know their wheel and tire sizes?
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You can probably run a 19x10.5 +25 with a 265 or 255 /30 on shavered fenders. Anything lower offset and you will have to start pulling. You can probably run a 11 or even a 11.5 width, but just adjust the offsets accordingly and make sure nothing hits the inside.



Right now I'm running a 19x10.5 +17 w/ 245/35/19, but had to pull my fenders to accomplish this.


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^I love your new setup, it looks sick. Although I would love to, I dont have the funds or the resources to get all that work done. The farthest I would like to go it just rolling the fenders. The way the black gs sits that I posted above, is the exact way I want my car to look (meaning wheel size).
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