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Old 07-04-2009, 09:50 PM
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Default 18x11.5 & 335s without mini-tubbing. Possible?

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I really want to run 335s on a LSX 454 camaro build I'm planning on, is it possible to do without mini-tubbing? I do not want to do that, I want to be able to keep the rear seats and don't want to chop the car. If it was going to be strictly a track or drag car it would be different but it's going to be a DD.
In my previous post a attached pics of h8bnslo's camaro and as I said before he made no mention of mini-tubbing or modifying the rear end other than quite a bit of BFH'ing the wheel wells. I will get a narrowed rear end if needed, as I will be upgrading to a beefier one anyway. But I would like to hear from people who either have done this or have pics of others who have.
Wheels will be 18x11.5, 50mm or 56mm offset with 335/30/18 Michelin Pilot PS2s
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Anyone? Anyone? Beuller? Beuller?
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i have seen it done with no tubbing, just a lot of hammering and fender rolling. and even then they still rubbed some. go with the 50 mm offset for the best results.
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Originally Posted by hitmanws6
i have seen it done with no tubbing, just a lot of hammering and fender rolling. and even then they still rubbed some. go with the 50 mm offset for the best results.
Yeah that's what I thought and I hope when I actually do it they will fit. Check out h8bnslo's car, it's bad ***.

Here's some pics.
http://inlinethumb41.webshots.com/44...600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb13.webshots.com/44...600x600Q85.jpg
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I recall when meeting H8BNSLO, at the NEOCC Camaro Show a few years back, he sad it was A LOT of work. How much I have no clue.

Anything is possible, but I have no clue how to fit it. 315's are a bitch to install correctly IMHO, so I don't even want to think about 335's . . Heck my 295's were hard enough.
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Originally Posted by Xsta Z 28
I recall when meeting H8BNSLO, at the NEOCC Camaro Show a few years back, he sad it was A LOT of work. How much I have no clue.

Anything is possible, but I have no clue how to fit it. 315's are a bitch to install correctly IMHO, so I don't even want to think about 335's . . Heck my 295's were hard enough.
I know, right? That's what I can't figure out. I think I'm just going to go to the shop that I'm planning on having do the build on the car and ask them how and if they could do it. I'll show them the pics of his car and go from there.
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I was running 335's on my TT2's 17x11. Fenders are rolled and did some minor BFHM.




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