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Old 03-13-2007, 07:46 PM
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Right now i have the stock 16" rims. Will going to 18" raise my car or will it just fill in the fender gap?

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I'd suggest looking through the hundreds of pics.... thats what I've been doing for the last few days....
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It will NOT fill in the fender gap, in fact it will make it obvious that there is a fender gap between the wheels hence the 4X4 look when you get aftermarket wheels on there.
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Hard question to answer 100% without knowing what your tire size is now, and what tire size you're going too and whether or not you're sitting on the stock/modified suspension or what.

Without knowing that I'd say the answer is no. The reason why is because you're probably going to drop down to a ~35 series tire, so your overall height is going to be very close to what it is now.
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well ill say right now im getting rpm 505 chrome rims. 18 inch with offset being between 35 and 38. Not 100% sure. But as for tires im looking at 275,35,18.

And I am on stock suspension.
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Originally Posted by bene
It will NOT fill in the fender gap, in fact it will make it obvious that there is a fender gap between the wheels hence the 4X4 look when you get aftermarket wheels on there.
Why's that?
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Originally Posted by killer18r
well ill say right now im getting rpm 505 chrome rims. 18 inch with offset being between 35 and 38. Not 100% sure. But as for tires im looking at 275,35,18.

And I am on stock suspension.
I think that'll put you about even with where you are now on a stock 16", so no.
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it will fill a lil bit but not much and it will look taller




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