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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:29 AM
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:30 AM
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Old Mar 22, 2010 | 12:37 AM
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almost looks like a truck with that height and the roof rack and meaty tires. haha
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
almost looks like a truck with that height and the roof rack and meaty tires. haha
ha thanks, it actually has the height set optimally and corner balanced by dan gardners crew chief. it does sit high, but holy crap is it light on its feet on the track. i was left amazed after we made the adjustments.



thats not a big tire! this is a big tire:



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hella flush lolz
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 03:52 AM
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Wow I really like that tC... Functional is nice
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Hix
Wow I really like that tC... Functional is nice
thanks man, glad to here people like it. its not quite as functional as it looks lol at least with these tires (track setup) they rub a little front left on large dips and a lot in the rear if i have passengers in the rear. my other wheels/tires fit fine though
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:01 AM
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Roll em'. Still looks really good as a whole package. Like a midget jeep on roids
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:12 AM
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fenders have been rolled and pulled, and then after realizing my wide meaty tires still were not drivable, i did even more pulling and brought out the grinder.

there is literally nothing left in those fenders
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:13 AM
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im surprised i haven't gotten knocked yet for rocking the rally armor mud flaps lol cant really see them in that pic though
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 04:15 AM
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rally car!! haha
Old Mar 22, 2010 | 06:58 PM
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Hey I know this car!
Hello there :D
Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:10 AM
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rally car!! haha
At this ride height, how do you rub? I know I did on my 255's before some MORE grinding/fender rolling, but it was mainly only in the rear. The fronts I fixed by cutting away at the front bumper tab where the bumper bolts onto the fender. Also whats your width/offset? Camber? Spring rates? lol j/w, I like aggressive/functional setups, as it is what I am doing as well
Old Mar 23, 2010 | 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by t_urbo_C_harged
At this ride height, how do you rub? I know I did on my 255's before some MORE grinding/fender rolling, but it was mainly only in the rear. The fronts I fixed by cutting away at the front bumper tab where the bumper bolts onto the fender. Also whats your width/offset? Camber? Spring rates? lol j/w, I like aggressive/functional setups, as it is what I am doing as well
i have done all of what you have mentioned, however i only really rub in the front left, and being corner balanced, that side sits about a half inch lower. it only rubs on really rough bumps. the rear does not unless i hit a jump on the highway or if i put passengers in the back.

the wheels are 17x8 35 offset, tires are "245"/45/17, they measure much larger lol.

alignment specs at least for track use: (pics are dialed a little less right now as i had snows on.

front camber: 2.63/2.65 degrees negative
rear camber: 1.5ish degrees negative

spring rates: 650 front 750 rear and severely under-dampened in the front (thanks to the awesome engineers over at krapsport)
Old Apr 1, 2010 | 04:56 AM
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Only in California do you see sunny days and clear nights year round... yeah right!


Granted I was in Tahoe, but hey I live in SF where 50degrees is considered a good day and 70 is just way too hot. lol
oh and those tire chains? they totally ruined my fenders. I can see bare metal now...
Old Apr 1, 2010 | 05:05 AM
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hahahaha nice dude

poor fenders
Old Apr 1, 2010 | 06:44 PM
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Wow... there did that happen?
Old Apr 1, 2010 | 10:01 PM
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Why would you put chains on your tires
Old Apr 2, 2010 | 11:22 PM
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It's a California law to have snow chains on the drive wheels for FWD or RWD cars. AWD or 4WD cars don't need chains if they have M+S tires...

It's also because CA drivers are stupid, during a snowstorm or not. They drive way too fast and slide into ditches, which happened to 6 SUV drivers during my trip to go snowboarding. lol
Old Apr 3, 2010 | 12:36 AM
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wow im originally from Connecticut and its like an unspoken rule to never use snow chains
Old Apr 3, 2010 | 03:56 AM
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Umm..what in the hell? Your driver rear wheel ..is it..levitating? Maybe its the lack of sleep and I'm just .



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