mikuni Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 They look like they are meant to be there now, which is a good thing. Just a little high? It would need more than 10mm lowering to get away with them I think, probably only a little more though, 15-20mm. It would also tuck in a lot nicer once you have some decent width wheels and tyres with a little bit of stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock-Lee Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 was it 10mm lowering or 10mm away from flare once lowered? Looks epic. ti baby ZG esque/ funny that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Remember, it's a solid axle so any upwards movement has the potential to contact with the flares. I'm also trying to go for that kinda jacked staunch look with poke like that rx7, where's the pic.... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/ ... ennsm3.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j148/ ... me_011.jpg Brock-Lee, should be about 10mm gap between tyre and flare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazytim Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Was that moosh dude no go with flares or are you in a rush? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Well, not in a rush but he's a bit far away to make anything custom and good to my liking really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Looking choice man. I guess that means you're going to bite the bullet and cut away the bodywork from underneath the flare? There was a niggling in the back of my mind when I did that to mine, which was quickly overcome by the realisation that it's well fucked anyway and missing arch steel is hardly a drama when the car would never be concourse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Sweet - 44 gallon drum mini tubs and 6 inches of dish?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 What the fuck tyres do you run on 15s that are 9+ inches wide? Most that are around 255 seem to be 4WD tyres or the profile is 70 or something yuck like that. I want 245/50/15s, which appear to not exist. Mike: Yeah, cutting the arches has always been on the cards, this aint no back country starlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Just get in contact with a good tyre guy and let him do the searching. You will find something suitable. You've pretty much found one of the main reason a lot of people stretch tyres though. I'm putting 215/40's on my 9.5's just because they are easy and cheap. /just the way I like them etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I had 225/50/15 on my mr2. Didn't aid traction at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 I was hoping to find something cheap as it will only be for the rear... Can use my existing 195s for 8" fronts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 The problem then of course is matching the diameter front and rear, what profile are your 195's? If they're fairly low-pro it's entirely unlikely that you'll be able to find a matching diameter in a much wider tread width for the rear. I would be getting 15's for the C110 because they come in much more badass widths, alloy wise (up to 12"), but tyre selection is fucking shite. Which is why I'm going for the 16's which sadly only go as wide as 9.5" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 The 195s are 50s which gives almost straight sidewalls on an 8" wheel. On a 10", 225/50s could work but they will definitely have more stretch, the stretch is pretty much the same on a 9". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Yeah but a 225/50 will also be a noticeably taller than a 195/50. I guess you could compensate by adding more low to the rear than the front so the car sits level or are you going for a slightly raked looked regardless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 195/50R15 vs. 225/50R15 Section Width: 7.67 in 195 mm Section Width: 8.85 in 225 mm Overall Diameter: 22.67 in 575.81 mm Overall Diameter: 23.85 in 605.79 mm Sidewall Height: 3.83 in 97.282 mm Sidewall Height: 4.42 in 112.26 mm Radius: 11.33 in 287.78 mm Radius: 11.92 in 302.76 mm Circumference: 71.21 in 1808.7 mm Circumference: 74.92 in 1902.9 mm I guess the added stretch might combat that to some degree but then there's the fact that you'll likely not get cert. for those tyres with that amount of stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 The other option is that I just roll with 8" front and rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 195/50R15 vs. 225/50R15Section Width: 7.67 in 195 mm Section Width: 8.85 in 225 mm Overall Diameter: 22.67 in 575.81 mm Overall Diameter: 23.85 in 605.79 mm Sidewall Height: 3.83 in 97.282 mm Sidewall Height: 4.42 in 112.26 mm Radius: 11.33 in 287.78 mm Radius: 11.92 in 302.76 mm Circumference: 71.21 in 1808.7 mm Circumference: 74.92 in 1902.9 mm I guess the added stretch might combat that to some degree but then there's the fact that you'll likely not get cert. for those tyres with that amount of stretch. link for calculator please.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Just google tyre diameter calculator, or tyre stretch calculator or similar. I was looking at these yesterday and there are some very good ones around that show a diagram of stretch and will tell you how much to compensate the speedo/overall rolling diameter etc. They're easy to find. With a Gemini I'd definitely consider going with equal width wheels. The wheels on my Chevette are 8 inch +5 offset and the rear is much harder to fit on than the front, so adding width and offset will only make things harder. Granted you are running bolt on flared guards but with those SSR's adding an inch will bring them to 15x8 +0.5ish so pretty much zero offset, which should fill them alright? Maybe you could try taking the rear springs out and jacking the diff with the guard on to see where the SSR will sit, then just add 25mm on? Similar to the last couple of pics in my Commodore build thread, but before shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 link for calculator please.. I used 1010tires.com, have for oodles of years; http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 attn: Leon/Simon, All good if i have a hoon on those flares? see how they look/fit the van? Can pick em up and have em back within a hour someday. chur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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