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you need the wheels on the car when doing a widebody
Posted by
Antonio(AZ->NYC)
on May 06, 2008 at 10:22 AM
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get a crap set of stockers for body work (n/m)
posted by BigTDogg (MA)
on May 06, 2008 at 12:12 AM
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The widebody gets made around the wheels.
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Widened my wheels. They look great!
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XTZ
23:01:45 05/05/08
Yup weldcraft wheels rocks (n/m)
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collegeboy
23:07:07 05/05/08
Jebus those are big, congrats. (n/m)
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5280Z_nightstalker
23:09:35 05/05/08
Re: Widened my wheels. They look great!
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arthoes
23:21:19 05/05/08
was going with a 345/30/19 Nitto INVO but it seems too large (n/m)
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XTZ
23:30:38 05/05/08
That is. Get 355/25/19 from Pirelli
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collegeboy
23:32:18 05/05/08
Ok, read your post
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collegeboy
23:34:36 05/05/08
Another factor is time. Shop needs wheels during body work
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XTZ
23:46:41 05/05/08
get a crap set of stockers for body work (n/m)
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BigTDogg (MA)
00:12:22 05/06/08
you need the wheels on the car when doing a widebody -
Antonio(AZ->NYC)
10:22:54 05/06/08
Yup. 30 with 345 is way too tall though XTZ...trust me
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collegeboy
16:11:01 05/06/08
was going to go 12.5" but decided for a 12" better tire opts (n/m)
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XTZ
23:37:10 05/05/08
It all depends on the width of the tire
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collegeboy
23:30:45 05/05/08
Ride quality may be a matter of taste, but performance is
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240Z FeO2
10:16:27 05/06/08
Re: Re: Widened my wheels. They look great!
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XTZ
23:34:10 05/05/08
Those are gonna look very nice on a widebody Z...
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TheTwinZ (Peru)
23:35:31 05/05/08
Either made by Paul Bailey, or Z Central Strosek like
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XTZ
23:42:17 05/05/08
Great to hear...I was just going to suggest you to check
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TheTwinZ (Peru)
23:59:23 05/05/08
I will have to do that. It will not look right if I don't (n/m)
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XTZ
00:02:45 05/06/08
that's phat lip, bro (n/m)
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zyoulater
23:36:11 05/05/08
The rear should look awesome, but really only 225 front?
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Scotts94z32
00:45:27 05/06/08
The fronts are 19x8.5 with 225/35/19
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XTZ
00:55:05 05/06/08
I'd run almost anything on the front over 225s. I have no
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Scotts94z32
09:26:03 05/06/08
You can/should run a 245/255 up front. 90mm section diff
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BigTDogg (MA)
09:56:24 05/06/08
you know, I always thought that could be done
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ZLover4Life
00:56:51 05/06/08
Re: you know, I always thought that could be done
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XTZ
01:05:36 05/06/08
when I was thinking of doing it
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ZLover4Life
01:43:51 05/06/08
uhhhh! lipped stock wheels! (n/m)
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inf
02:18:48 05/06/08
I don't think that'd look right
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ZLover4Life
11:04:04 05/06/08
then you might have to get spacers, depending on width (n/m)
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XTZ
15:36:05 05/06/08
I won't be doing it
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ZLover4Life
10:28:11 05/07/08
speechless (n/m)
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robo (sebring1970)
05:13:14 05/06/08
I suggest going with a JSPEC front instead of that
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ENVYMYZ
07:05:01 05/06/08
agreed!! wheels look awesome tho (n/m)
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fst300zx
07:13:26 05/06/08
Agreed...But on the other hand, the j-spec fascia needs some
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TheTwinZ (Peru)
09:08:42 05/06/08
maybe something reminiscent of a 911 Turbo or Supra, clean
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Zlicious (Seattle)
11:43:47 05/06/08
That one would be a nice choice too! lol
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TheTwinZ (Peru)
12:07:52 05/06/08
how much do they weigh? Balanced? (n/m)
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MidLifeZ (DFW)
08:00:36 05/06/08
wow, that's pretty good! (n/m)
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RedSER13
09:51:23 05/06/08
* thumbs UP * (n/m)
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Milo (SATX)
11:12:23 05/06/08
thats great work done. how much did it cost u? (n/m)
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shougun
11:36:02 05/06/08
Re: thats great work done. how much did it cost u?
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XTZ
14:36:02 05/06/08
You should do that once the body is finished...
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TheTwinZ (Peru)
15:50:31 05/06/08
WOOHOO ... hello massive understeer (n/m)
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Luke@tirerack
15:26:59 05/06/08
Come on... being able to turn is overrated. (n/m)
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240Z FeO2
16:31:02 05/06/08
That's what I told SZ...
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Dave N
16:42:00 05/06/08
how'm I going to have a problem? Near Stock diameter & Width
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XTZ
16:43:59 05/06/08
Perhaps it's counter intuitive, but rear wheel width
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240Z FeO2
17:38:06 05/06/08
Re: how'm I going to have a problem? Near Stock diameter & W
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Luke@tirerack
09:11:41 05/07/08
Looks great! Just curious about something though >>
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Ash's Z
17:47:23 05/06/08
Re: Looks great! Just curious about something though >>
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XTZ
21:32:59 05/06/08
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