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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:59 AM
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If I fubar my fenders, I'm holding all of you responsible
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by hypnotiq9000
sorry I was referring to these....are the fenders cut?
No, they are rolled...
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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If I fubar my fenders, I'm holding all of you responsible
Good thing you don't know where we live then. Seriously though, if you're really worried about it, just take your car to a body shop. They can usually do it for you without jacking up the fenders for a pretty reasonable price.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by GG06MR
Good thing you don't know where we live then. Seriously though, if you're really worried about it, just take your car to a body shop. They can usually do it for you without jacking up the fenders for a pretty reasonable price.
I actually mocked it up on the lift and used a tranny jack to compress the suspension. It sticks out slightly past the fender, and a 255 would be lined up with the wheel. I could run some camber, but I plan on running pss9's which is a very soft coilover. That added with a very low drop, I need as much room as possible as philly isnt the smoothest of roads. I promise itll look decent.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BBS
I actually mocked it up on the lift and used a tranny jack to compress the suspension. It sticks out slightly past the fender, and a 255 would be lined up with the wheel. I could run some camber, but I plan on running pss9's which is a very soft coilover. That added with a very low drop, I need as much room as possible as philly isnt the smoothest of roads. I promise itll look decent.
How wide are the wheels then? 9.5's or 10's or what?
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Peteypab2133
, just love using my rear view mirror

amen to this!!! wingless ftw
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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^^^ You guys seriously find a half inch tall panel to be a major obstruction to rear visibility through the rearview mirror? Yeah, it keeps you from seeing the entire object behind you, but I've never had any trouble seeing cars, bikes, etc. behind me with the wing installed.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by GG06MR
^^^ You guys seriously find a half inch tall panel to be a major obstruction to rear visibility through the rearview mirror? Yeah, it keeps you from seeing the entire object behind you, but I've never had any trouble seeing cars, bikes, etc. behind me with the wing installed.
9.5. This is EXACTLy the reason why I WANT to go wingless. Its almost engineered, at the height, to block the headlights of a crown vic pacing you. It's really hard at night to differentiate a cop car.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 10:51 AM
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9.5. This is EXACTLy the reason why I WANT to go wingless. Its almost engineered, at the height, to block the headlights of a crown vic pacing you. It's really hard at night to differentiate a cop car.
OK, I could see that. I don't really have that problem down here in Texas though. You can drive 10-15 mph over the speed limit on the major roads and not even get looked at by the cops most of the time....at least that's my experience here in San Antonio.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 11:09 AM
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Must be nice to live in the tx! Also, I hate how the wing makes headlihgts look liek theyre flickering. I keep looking in the rear view and its a constant distraction -__-
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Goch
amen to this!!! wingless ftw
Stop lying to yourself, Goch. You know you want to put the wing back on...
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by JDMevoBOOST
mr 2.3 evo...please tell me you didn't slap volk stickers on some rota grids.
maybe he got these instead.. lol

http://fakewheels.com/2009/04/vork-w...gineering-wtf/
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by GG06MR
^^^ You guys seriously find a half inch tall panel to be a major obstruction to rear visibility through the rearview mirror? Yeah, it keeps you from seeing the entire object behind you, but I've never had any trouble seeing cars, bikes, etc. behind me with the wing installed.
At about 5'10" It seems like its directly in my line of sight.

If i lean back, or sit on a phone book its not an issue
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BBS
9.5. This is EXACTLy the reason why I WANT to go wingless. Its almost engineered, at the height, to block the headlights of a crown vic pacing you. It's really hard at night to differentiate a cop car.
On a 9.5in wheel a 235 would be WAY too stretched imo. If you are worried about rubbing stick with stock tires. Run -1.5 camber in the rear and you will be perfectly fine with a 255/35/18. I run 255's that tend to run wider on 17x9 +28 and with my fenders barely rolled I have PLENTY of clearance even with my Ohlins almost fully lowered in the rear. You will be fine. Heat gun and go slow and it rolls pretty easy...just be careful near the bumper bolt in the rear.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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I've seen guys running 225's on 9.5"
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