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21-10-2012 10:35 PM
#13921
Member
Heres how the car sits atm, currently sitting on 17x7" +43, fairly close to oem wheel setup.

not sure how you guys measure ride height since i've never seen the car at stock height, but i guess its a little higher than finger gap from the top...maybe like finger and a half? lol i'm confident the fronts will fit fine without scrubbing on 8" +35 unless i'm swinging hard into a corner maybe. What about the rears?
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21-10-2012 11:02 PM
#13922
Member
thanks for the tips guys! im gonna fiddle with the gruppe m when i have free time.
and about your reverse gear UNA91, ALL cars crunch when you go into reverse whilst moving. technically you're supposed to come to a dead stop before putting it into that gear!
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21-10-2012 11:12 PM
#13923
Moderator
 Originally Posted by UNA91
Heres how the car sits atm, currently sitting on 17x7" +43, fairly close to oem wheel setup.
not sure how you guys measure ride height since i've never seen the car at stock height, but i guess its a little higher than finger gap from the top...maybe like finger and a half? lol i'm confident the fronts will fit fine without scrubbing on 8" +35 unless i'm swinging hard into a corner maybe. What about the rears?
what tyre size are u running at the moment im on similar height to urs on the rear with 17x8 +45 not scrub but I reckon roll ur rear to be safe.
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21-10-2012 11:23 PM
#13924
Member
 Originally Posted by Mikeyy168
thanks for the tips guys! im gonna fiddle with the gruppe m when i have free time.
and about your reverse gear UNA91, ALL cars crunch when you go into reverse whilst moving. technically you're supposed to come to a dead stop before putting it into that gear!
Lol yea i figured there was no sychros for reverse; its just that at my uni I usually park on an slight incline and i would just pop it in neutral, roll into the parking space and sometimes I don't roll back far enough so i select reverse, hence, crunch lol
 Originally Posted by Perry
what tyre size are u running at the moment im on similar height to urs on the rear with 17x8 +45 not scrub but I reckon roll ur rear to be safe.
Currently running 215/45, the wheels i'm looking to get has 225/45 and still with decent thread. According to the offset calculator, I should have 20mm more poke with +35.
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22-10-2012 09:24 AM
#13925
Member
 Originally Posted by Perry
what tyre size are u running at the moment im on similar height to urs on the rear with 17x8 +45 not scrub but I reckon roll ur rear to be safe.
stock height is 3 finger gap... or 3.5 fingers
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22-10-2012 09:45 AM
#13926
U won't have a problem UNA91
I'm at same height Ish with 17x9 +38 front and 17x8 +32 rears. No guard work at front. -1.5 at front right and +0.50 front left LOL
About -2 in the rears
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22-10-2012 11:19 AM
#13927
Member
 Originally Posted by butterfingers
U won't have a problem UNA91
I'm at same height Ish with 17x9 +38 front and 17x8 +32 rears. No guard work at front. -1.5 at front right and +0.50 front left LOL
About -2 in the rears
Haha yeah, i've went thru the wheel setup thread, read that you had some whack alignment going on in the front for some reason lol
i'm gonna test fit a friends 8.5" +35 wheel this afternoon, that should help me judge abit.
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22-10-2012 11:31 AM
#13928
 Originally Posted by UNA91
Haha yeah, i've went thru the wheel setup thread, read that you had some whack alignment going on in the front for some reason lol
i'm gonna test fit a friends 8.5" +35 wheel this afternoon, that should help me judge abit.
Nobody seemed to notice it with stock wheel specs. No idea what caused it may have happened before it was imported.
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22-10-2012 12:04 PM
#13929
Member
Reverse is a straight cut gear hence why it makes a whining noise and sometimes crunches.
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22-10-2012 09:34 PM
#13930
Member
 Originally Posted by UNA91
lookin good man!!!
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23-10-2012 12:15 AM
#13931
Member
Ok, defs getting the wheels. Test fitted my friends 8.5" +30 wheels and they do poke out a little but JUST clears; he was also running wider 235 tyres, should be better with 8" 35+ with 225/45 or 215/45 tyres, but i'll defs need to roll guards anyway, maybe run a little camber to be safe. Whats the point of those lips on the fender anyway...
P.s. I got quoted $39 to freight the set of wheels from Sydney to Brisbane, depot-depot with e-go. Does that sound right? total weight is roughly 88kg, dimensions are 22cm wide, 47cm diameter roughly. I thought i input something wrong so when i changed the dimensions and weight the price only varies by $2 or $3 more. I've used this company to freight wheels from Melbourne to Brisbane without problems before, and it costed me around $85
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23-10-2012 09:44 AM
#13932
Member
 Originally Posted by UNA91
Heres how the car sits atm, currently sitting on 17x7" +43, fairly close to oem wheel setup.
not sure how you guys measure ride height since i've never seen the car at stock height, but i guess its a little higher than finger gap from the top...maybe like finger and a half? lol i'm confident the fronts will fit fine without scrubbing on 8" +35 unless i'm swinging hard into a corner maybe. What about the rears?
hey random question... have you ever been pulled over and been troubled by the cops co of your ride height?
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