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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Storm Trooper
Yes but wouldn't it make the wheel a few inches wider on the side that faces out thus making it stick out?
My Fikse's that i'm currently running were originally vette offset. What I did before I started ordering wheel hoops was I took my rear springs out and measured where the wheels would be at full compression. By adding a more aggressive offset in the rear your going to have to watch out for the lip on the quarters. I don't know if your quarters are already rolled but if they aren't your likely going to have to. Anyways, remove the rear springs (don't know what springs your using but mine just pull out when the car is in the air), put your wheels/tires on, and jack the diff pumpkin up until your sitting on the bump stops. Using a straight edge or plumb bob you can kind of see how much outer lip you can add before running into clearance issues.
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Old Jun 29, 2012 | 12:14 AM
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Never thought of that, thanks i'll do that, hopefully I can get at least another inch of lip! And thanks to everyone else on the kind words about my Z!
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