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Old Mar 17, 2011 | 09:20 PM
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coils on full stiff! haha
Old Mar 17, 2011 | 09:29 PM
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Jasper that looks ____in good. Run another half a degree of camber in the front, and you should be good. Same goes for the rear, but I really like the way it is now.
Old Mar 17, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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Thanks, guys. I wish I could go full stiff. These TRDs are too soft. I love the look of these fat tires. I really, really, really want to make them work. I'll order camber bolts for the front tonight. Bahamas this weekend. I'll play with the fitment early next week and I'll have proper photos up by Wednesday.
Old Mar 17, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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^^ Looks good Jasper.

Have safe trip.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Jasper Ash
^ I think I already regret going with 225/40 myself. I might just wanna pull them off and sell them.
why? ive had mine for a year and while the tires do rub while turning, ive never had an issue, ive speculated that the reason some people bend their front fenders is because they flatten the inside lip completely.

in any case, i need new tires, if you decide to sell em, let me know how much, lol
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 01:18 AM
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jasper, you need to put in some werk son, lol

i have camber plates up front so i didnt need a camber kit, but im only at -1.5 up front, and im also slightly pulled, about a half inch pull up front.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 01:51 AM
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Yeah I'm gonna scope your build thread again, Chico. Your tires look great the way they are and it works. I'll have camber bolts soon and I'll dial in some front camber. You're still on 225/40s right? The guys at Autoglitz were saying you are on 17s, running 215 tires... I was pretty sure you're on 225s with the exact same size wheels as I.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 02:16 AM
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Old Mar 18, 2011 | 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Jasper Ash
Yeah I'm gonna scope your build thread again, Chico. Your tires look great the way they are and it works. I'll have camber bolts soon and I'll dial in some front camber. You're still on 225/40s right? The guys at Autoglitz were saying you are on 17s, running 215 tires... I was pretty sure you're on 225s with the exact same size wheels as I.
nah, same size as you, only on falken 912's

from your pics i cant tell what tires you have? so did you go with the 512's or the nittos?

you can make it work bro, took me a few weeks of rubbing and tweaking to get it perfect.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 02:41 AM
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another thing i hate about the 912s is theyre inside/outside tires, so i cant flip em, coulda squeezed another couple of months if i could flip em.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 05:44 AM
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Ive had my wheels for 2 weeks now and i finally got rid of the rubbing, but now im running too much camber for my liking...i had an alignment done today, -3 camber rear and it rubbed a bit, -3.5 and 0 rubbing at all... im running 18x9 +24 rear and 215/40 Falken 912's...the stupid bumper tab scraped part of my tire tread off lol. im thinking about shaving the bumper tab and doing -3 camber to get more flush...

btw, i really love the SBC coating...its pure sex jasper loving the wheels
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 02:01 PM
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actually cut my bumper tab off instead of rolling it in with the fender itself.
used a regular pocket knife and with a little bit of heat it cut through it like butter.
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 02:39 PM
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^thank u for the brief but very useful DIY! lol I will be doin that tonight so I can put my spacers back on!
Old Mar 18, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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^ just so you know it wont eliminate all the rubbing issues you might be having you might still have to do a small roll even after you cut out the fender tabs in the rear.

but hope it helps.
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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I was on my way to Import Reactor in Texas with some friends and check out what I saw, don't know if it counts as aggressive to you folks.. But I approve do you?

Old Mar 19, 2011 | 08:54 AM
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 12:17 PM
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^Same car???



If I had known this was going down I'd have taken a 4-day weekend. Oh well.
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 12:32 PM
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looks like he tried copying riboflavins color....
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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looks awesome.
just needs to loose those blue signal overlays and get some grills.
Old Mar 19, 2011 | 02:55 PM
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Dropzone - yeah same car

Davedave - it's from a 2010 STi color. I thought it was the chicane silver too.

Cory- it kinda matches since he rocks super blue hids



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