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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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yea probably just a 1 finger gap at most. haha no bodies just stock wheels in the trunk. how low are you again?
I went with 1 finger gap all around. It settles a bit after a week to just sitting right on top of the tire. Its as low as I am willing to go. my nose is centimeters away from scraping asphalt on even moderate rolled curbs at the end of driveways.
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 03:13 AM
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looks good man
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 08:02 PM
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tire is just sitting right above the fender. i think this might be tooooo low. lol when i turn the wheel too much it starts to rub on the fender i dont think that can be fixed from fender rolling or can it? also as it sits now the fenders arent rolled but if i were to get an alignment i would need to roll right? since the wheels will straighten out?
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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I'm usually not a fan of the "slammed" look, but with those rims, it looks pretty darn nice.
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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nice man, love the drop!
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 03:16 AM
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need moar pix.....

looking goood so far....
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 03:32 AM
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drop is great dude!
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by jeroplex

tire is just sitting right above the fender. i think this might be tooooo low. lol when i turn the wheel too much it starts to rub on the fender i dont think that can be fixed from fender rolling or can it? also as it sits now the fenders arent rolled but if i were to get an alignment i would need to roll right? since the wheels will straighten out?
Props Bro! That's a nice set up. I assume the the rubbing of the fenders is in the front and not the rear? If that's the case, rolling the fender will not work since the fronts are already rolled. You can either have the wheels machined down a few millimeters or install the adjustable ball joints and add a couple degrees of negative camber. Hope it all works out! Gotta love PWPs on baller rims
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by swoosh
need moar pix.....

looking goood so far....
I will for sure ..thx
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drop is great dude!
thanks
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Props Bro! That's a nice set up. I assume the the rubbing of the fenders is in the front and not the rear? If that's the case, rolling the fender will not work since the fronts are already rolled. You can either have the wheels machined down a few millimeters or install the adjustable ball joints and add a couple degrees of negative camber. Hope it all works out! Gotta love PWPs on baller rims
yea fronts are rubbing when I turn the wheel to a certain point. I don't think I can complete a sharp u turn. So the fronts can't be rolled any further than what they are at? How about if I were to raise it half inch or finger gap u think it will still rub?
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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Raising will help if you don't expect your front suspension to travel much. The problem is not the ride height. It's a combination of the tires and wheel offset being a bit too aggressive.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:01 AM
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Raising will help if you don't expect your front suspension to travel much. The problem is not the ride height. It's a combination of the tires and wheel offset being a bit too aggressive.
damn thats what i wanted to avoid. i thought i pretty safe with +40 offset..... well now i tried to turn the wheel and it didnt rub and i was able to turn it all the way but it was parked. i might have to raise it a little once it settles. only reason is i dont want to eff up my fender. when you say "Raising will help if you don't expect your front suspension to travel much" do you mean travel distance it will move while im driving? the rubbing when i turn ive only tested when i was parked havent did a full turn while drive to see

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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Wow. Looks really good man!
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 11:41 AM
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Wow. Looks really good man!
thanks man. i think imma have it go up a little and have the fenders rolled on monday
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 11:43 AM
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looks great bro....

i still feel rear needs spacers and you need to run a little neg chamber with those rims + drop....
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by swoosh
looks great bro....

i still feel rear needs spacers and you need to run a little neg chamber with those rims + drop....
thanks man you mean more neg camber? its got a little neg right now its a little \ slanted already
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Spacers, roll and camber necessary

Form>Function.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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thanks man. i think imma have it go up a little and have the fenders rolled on monday
Nice man. Yeah saw the picture of your front fender sitting on your tire. Props for slamming it . Tell me how the fender roll goes. I'll be getting mine rolled sometime in the near future. Got some new wheels coming in the mail.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 06:51 PM
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anyone have experience with alignments from firestone?

http://www.firestonecompleteautocare.../alignment.jsp
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 11:57 PM
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^^^ I do....they are fucking awesome !!!

Condition: Find one which is newly opened....so they have a brand new alignement rack....this ones goes underground so driving on it is very simple....awesome for lowered/slammed cars....If they have the old rack where you have to drive up, it gonna take them an hour just to get on and off the ramp and they gonna scrape all under ur car....

I have their lifetime alignment for $160....i took the girl at the counter out for dinner and found a 50% discount coupon hidden in her clothes ....didnt really save me money coz the dinner was more expensive than the 50% coupon

I get my car aligned and my tires rotated/balanced every 5K miles when I do my oil change.....
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 03:21 AM
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Looks great. Love the drop and wheels. Mind telling us the wheel specs?
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 08:47 AM
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Looks great. Love the drop and wheels. Mind telling us the wheel specs?
wheels: privat akzent 19x8.5 +40
Tires: 245/35/19
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 09:46 AM
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like it a lot the drop is very nice
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 12:52 PM
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nice and clean...im jelly!!!

now all you have to do is get the aero kit, clear your headlights and a roof rack...jk!
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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jgarcia lol!
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jgarcia19

now all you have to do is get the aero kit, clear your headlights and a roof rack...jk!
and then we could start CU2 roof rack crew hahaha
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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looks like the front can be pushed out a bit more, and with the back as well to get the ultimately flushness, but of course fender rolling will be needed
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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looks like the front can be pushed out a bit more, and with the back as well to get the ultimately flushness, but of course fender rolling will be needed
The front is really close to the top fender already. The back could but I'm not going to just yet. Going to get the back rolled tomorrow the front looks factory rolled not sure if it can roll any further
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Old Nov 13, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jgarcia19
now all you have to do is get the aero kit, clear your headlights and a roof rack...jk!


LOL

Must be a PWP thing
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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Hey Jeroplex. Did you ever get your rear fenders rolled over at sz? How did it go? Gonna be getting my fenders rolled in the very near future and wanted your input. Thanks
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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Hey Jeroplex. Did you ever get your rear fenders rolled over at sz? How did it go? Gonna be getting my fenders rolled in the very near future and wanted your input. Thanks
i did get them rolled by them.... dont go to them to get them rolled. they didnt do the greatest job. i am going to go to sanford to a shop called samules to just have them trim or cut my rear fender.i dont wnat to drive to kissismme and deal with them about it. speedzone for some reason when they did it (noticed this later on) that my paint in the inner part was chipped or cracked on both rears. i guess thats why it was cheap. Also when terry from samules looked at my quarter panels notice that they werent normal kinda bent or dented a little. But just a heads up i wouldnt recommend you go to them to get it rolled.

you might wnat to check these guys out in sanford.
http://www.performanceracesolutions.com/home.php

even the shop samules i went to might even roll them.
http://www.samuelsauto.com/

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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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i did get them rolled by them.... dont go to them to get them rolled. they didnt do the greatest job. i am going to go to sanford to a shop called samules to just have them trim or cut my rear fender.i dont wnat to drive to kissismme and deal with them about it. speedzone for some reason when they did it (noticed this later on) that my paint in the inner part was chipped or cracked on both rears. i guess thats why it was cheap. Also when terry from samules looked at my quarter panels notice that they werent normal kinda bent or dented a little. But just a heads up i wouldnt recommend you go to them to get it rolled
Shit! I'm sorry to hear that. I thought they knew what they were doing...That makes me mad Hope you find a good fix and thanks for the heads up.

Also, just as an FYI, do some research (if you have not already) on trimming/cutting the fenders. I remember seeing some info about rusting issues that may occur with that method.

eh. now I'm spooked about fitting my 9.5s.
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 06:35 PM
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Shit! I'm sorry to hear that. I thought they knew what they were doing...That makes me mad Hope you find a good fix and thanks for the heads up.

Also, just as an FYI, do some research (if you have not already) on trimming/cutting the fenders. I remember seeing some info about rusting issues that may occur with that method.

eh. now I'm spooked about fitting my 9.5s.
cutting the fender seems like the best thing to do. they said they will trim it and then touch it up with paint then spray some coating. anyone else chime in on cutting fenders/quarter panel
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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cutting the fender seems like the best thing to do. they said they will trim it and then touch it up with paint then spray some coating. anyone else chime in on cutting fenders/quarter panel
Hmm. makes sense that as long as they paint and clear the areas that they cut, you should remain rust free.
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 06:40 PM
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Hmm. makes sense that as long as they paint and clear the areas that they cut, you should remain rust free.
thats the plan...and they arent cutting it totally. i think about half of what the original fender was. are you kevin btw? lol vishal as speedzone mentioned a guy named kevin with a second gen tsx at their shop
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 06:56 PM
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Hope they will be able to get you back to 100%. It still burns me up that speedzone screwed up your fenders.
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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cutting fenders..interesting. Hope it goes well man!
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Old Nov 17, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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thats the plan...and they arent cutting it totally. i think about half of what the original fender was. are you kevin btw? lol vishal as speedzone mentioned a guy named kevin with a second gen tsx at their shop
LOL. No my name is not Kevin. But I'm almost 100% sure I am the 2nd gen he was referring to. You think Vish would actually remember my name after being there 3 weekends in a row. hah

I think I'm gonna try this shop in Tampa Called S&R performance to get my fenders rolled. Been seeing a lot of good reviews.

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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 01:19 AM
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you dont cut fenders on acuras and hondas. if you feel your quarter panels they have pinch welds in them. (feels like ingraved spots) you cut them and your panels are going to split. you can do that for vws and im pretty sure that the shop your planning to go to is a euro shop.

lol tommy please dont do anything stupid on your car. one of michaels friends 1st gen tsx did the same thing and you can see through it rofl.

i work in a body shop as a painter and i know what i am talking about not blowing smoke up your ass.
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 05:49 AM
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who is tommy? how can i know if there are pitch welds or are you saying they do? also i would be cutting just the rears not the front if that matters?

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