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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 01:00 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:45 PM
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Haha the guy at discount tire said it seemed pretty narrow to put 215/40's on a 9.75 but he'd be "excited" to try it.
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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lol! Wtf, discount will do it? Cool! My buddy used to work there n they never wanted to stretch tires.
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:53 PM
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Well new mexico is ghetto as f*ck...
I'm looking at the tyre-stretch calculator (an excel thing some guy online made) and 225/35's dont look that bad either though...
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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They dont at all.... I think the width of the 225 kinda makes up for the loss of the 40 side wall
Old Mar 1, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by INFKT
Not rim to fender... But its gonna look real good.. U may wanna do 10mm all around!
Hmmm ok ill try it out n if i dnt think its good enough for me then ill do bigger spacer

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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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Haha one discount tire says they'll stretch tires and I walk into another to get a quote on 215/35's... Dumb mothertrucker says "215/35 isn't even a tire size. 215's start at 215/40." hahaha
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Originally Posted by Hayseed
Haha one discount tire says they'll stretch tires and I walk into another to get a quote on 215/35's... Dumb mothertrucker says "215/35 isn't even a tire size. 215's start at 215/40." hahaha
Yeah, discount sucks! (sometimes) They dont know shet of tires or wheel offsets..
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 05:45 AM
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does anyone know if this setup will fit?

20x10 +19 Hi disk
20x11 +37 Lo disk
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 06:07 AM
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Um.... what's your suspension setup? Def will take body work to get that done, unless your turning you tC into a Donk, or would Bubble be the correct term?
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 06:26 AM
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Originally Posted by dropzone
Um.... what's your suspension setup? Def will take body work to get that done, unless your turning you tC into a Donk, or would Bubble be the correct term?
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i dont think SSR Viennas are considered donk wheels.
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 06:30 AM
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Add a lift kit and anything can be I guess lol. Those are def nice looking, but still is going to take some good fender work to fit. Only time I've seen 20s is on a widebody tC.

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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 06:44 AM
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do u think a fender roll will be sufficient?

i really want these wheels, but it's looking like they might be too massive for a tc
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 07:06 AM
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It's going to take more than a fender roll. I'm not the wheel fitment master but looking through the aggressive fitment thread you'll find what some have done to fit 10" wide wheels is roll and pull(def needed up front as the wheels poke out). I've seen your post about running adapters, so that will push the wheels out more. If you want to get them, just know that it's going to take some $$$ for fender work to get it set right, a roll and pull is not enough for that setup.
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yeah, i'll have to use 20mm adapters. thanks a bunch for the advice. i'll give it some thought.
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Chrance
does anyone know if this setup will fit?

20x10 +19 Hi disk
20x11 +37 Lo disk
those sizes you'll honestly have to go wide body.
Old Mar 12, 2011 | 07:50 AM
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ok new wheels i found!

19x9 +16 up front and 19x10 +14 rear

i'll have to use a 20mm wheel adapter, so offsets will be -4 (front )and -6 (rear).

will these low offsets require fender body work? or just rolled fenders?

heres what the wheels look like:

Old Mar 12, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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Not feeling those rims at all..kinda scary to me but ur car man and yes u will need some fender work
Old Mar 12, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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U will definitely need to roll, pull, flare, and trimm
Old Mar 22, 2011 | 03:09 PM
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Aight, fellas. Looking into a new wheel/tire setup, and i've done some searching, just haven't been able to find any information on what I'll need for my setup.

I'd like to know how much fender work (if any) i'll need to do, tire size/stretch, or how much camber i'll need if I decide to run 18x9.5 et38 on Eibach Sportline springs(roughly a 2 inch drop all around). see pics below for clearance on stock wheels/tires.

Any opinions are greatly appreciated!

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