Lowering car with 11's?

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Nov 6, 2005 | 12:48 PM

98Z28MrO

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Lowering car with 11's?

I was just curious to whether or not you can lower your car an inch or 1 1/2 inches and still be able to fit 17 x 11's on the rear? I know i will have to re-weld my cutout, but i wasnt sure if my tires would fit or not..

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Bryan

Nov 6, 2005 | 01:27 PM

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Yes, you can. Depending on offset and tires, you may have to hammer the fender wells or roll the outer fender lip.

Nov 6, 2005 | 01:51 PM

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ditto on what arachnotron said...if you dont roll the fender your gonna shave some edge off ur tire..

Nov 6, 2005 | 03:05 PM

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Well, I am lowered with a Pro-Kit and I just installed 17x11s on the rear this weekend...everything is fine, and I haven't even installed my Adjustable Panhard Bar yet

Nov 7, 2005 | 03:15 AM

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i'm lowered w/ sportlines and used a adj. panhard bar and rolled the fender lip w/ no problems, and cut down my bumpstop. This is w/ a 50mm offset/

Nov 7, 2005 | 03:22 AM

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Eveyone always mentions how they love the stance my car has. too bad it went from this..

Too this....

I installed a Lakewood DSL for the track and those lowering springs and my true duals along w/ the loop did not work, it dragged on everything. But now i'm ditching the duals and going back to the sportline rear springs only, because I installed a QA1 setup in the front so I can adjust that all I want.

Nov 7, 2005 | 03:23 AM

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one way or another, i'm bringing this car back down to the earth, I miss it!!!

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Nov 9, 2005 | 12:04 PM

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I have the eibach pro-kit and the 36.5mm offset zr1's. It doesn't rub at all and I didn't even have to bang the wheel well in. The fender is rolled flat though.