car too low? tire/wheel help
01-03-2012, 07:56 PM
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I need 2 new rear tires now, whats the biggest I can go on this rim as in width and height??
the front is non negotiable since the clearance is only 1/2" from the fender
but the rear has about a 1 1/2" gap between the tire and the top of the outside fender
the front is non negotiable since the clearance is only 1/2" from the fender
but the rear has about a 1 1/2" gap between the tire and the top of the outside fender
01-03-2012, 08:23 PM
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If you want it to look right, and everyone will have their own different opinion on this, but I wouldn't go any larger than 285-40-17 on a 17x9 wheel.
01-03-2012, 08:35 PM
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agreed... also be aware don't stagger the overall heights of the front and rear too much or else the ABS will have a seizure trying to figure out what is going on. lol
01-04-2012, 08:20 AM
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Man, my car SAT that low with a tunnel mounted UMI TA. It never scraped, but one day it met a raised man hole from an unfinished road. It ripped the brace mounts out of the floor and mangled the brace itself. I limped the car back home, did 8 hrs of repair to get the floor back together and replaced the TA with a trans mounted adjustable unit... since the mounting spots in the floor were gone.
Maybe my fault for installing a relocated TA on a DD...
Maybe my fault for installing a relocated TA on a DD...
01-04-2012, 09:08 AM
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Man, my car SAT that low with a tunnel mounted UMI TA. It never scraped, but one day it met a raised man hole from an unfinished road. It ripped the brace mounts out of the floor and mangled the brace itself. I limped the car back home, did 8 hrs of repair to get the floor back together and replaced the TA with a trans mounted adjustable unit... since the mounting spots in the floor were gone.
Maybe my fault for installing a relocated TA on a DD...
Maybe my fault for installing a relocated TA on a DD...
01-04-2012, 08:46 PM
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Man, my car SAT that low with a tunnel mounted UMI TA. It never scraped, but one day it met a raised man hole from an unfinished road. It ripped the brace mounts out of the floor and mangled the brace itself. I limped the car back home, did 8 hrs of repair to get the floor back together and replaced the TA with a trans mounted adjustable unit... since the mounting spots in the floor were gone.
Maybe my fault for installing a relocated TA on a DD...
Maybe my fault for installing a relocated TA on a DD...
