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Old 2007-11-15, 04:12 PM   #4
sybir
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You're much better off getting the kit on, then taking measurements for what you can fit. Everything up until that is theoretical. What suspension are you running? What spring rates? How low? How much camber will you run? Keep in mind that there are two kinds of guys running widebodies, and only one of them is doing it for performance Part of APR's marketing (not all of it, and not saying it's you) is to the show crowd who sees a Falken FK452 that runs narrow and say "I can cram on a 305 on a 10.5 and run 5 degrees of camber and it;'s worth points". Start running stupid wide wheels with different faces/discs/pads and you'll run into brake clearance issues as well. For example, on my STi, I run 18x8.5 ET42 CR Kai's and 245's without too many problems, with tons of brake clearance. However, if I tried to run an 18x9.5 ET20, even though I'd be moving all of the extra width to the outside of the wheel via the lower offset, the spoke design would mean my calipers wouldn't clear..........which is the inverse of what you would think with a lower offset. Are you building more of a street/show type car, or something for autoX/track? If you're building something with track or uatoX in mind, and you're wanting to maximize what you can shove under your panels, get them mounted up and then work with a custom wheel manufacturer like Kodiak, etc, who will build exactly what you need instead of trying to get fitment with wheels meant for Evos or S14's/GTR's with different brake setups, etc.
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