when i got out to my car this morning. i had two flat tires. guess i had it comin to me since i have procastinating on putting the rims on. got the rims on tonight. gotta get an alignment tomorrow. pics to come. dont know if it will be tomorrow or friday cuz i will end up going to work about 2-3 hours late and staying about 4-5 hours late since i gotta make up some hours. they really do look bad!
#24211, "RE: got my 18"s put on tonight.....finally" In response to Reply # 2
yea, pics are soon. probly tomorrow morning. i am working till midnight tonight so i dont have much a chance till then. sorry all. they do look awesome though!
#24281, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 12
i can turn the wheel side to side and not rub a bit. 235/45/18. i got some side skirts that i need to put on and i am gonna get my front and rear bumper repainted as well because of chips and other damage. the spoiler and handles/mirrors go with that as well.
#24304, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 14
does anyone else have this problem. my rear tire is roughly less than a finger width away from the wishbone lookin thing. is there any way to fix that? when i hit certain dips in the road or drive over certain curbs, i rub and can hear it. i just dont want to screw something up. thanks!
#24316, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 15
bump!
Lookin tight Dice. Wish I could be of help with the rubbing. Oh wait, I can be! Just ship those fatties on down here to Phoenix for me to "look at" for "a little bit."
#24318, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 16
Fat tires all the way I always thought 235s would be too big... I have 225s and on really big bumps on the stock suspension they will rub for the briefest of moments.
#24320, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 16
Originally posted by DR1665 bump! Lookin tight Dice. Wish I could be of help with the rubbing. Oh wait, I can be! Just ship those fatties on down here to Phoenix for me to "look at" for "a little bit." Take care bro.
you crack me up all the time. LOLERS!!!!!111oneoneone your ride looks good too, i never replied to your *i got my rims* post but they do. they probly ride a little nicer than mine do too.
#24335, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 18 Jun-10-04 09:57 AM by DR1665
Originally posted by Diceman19
Originally posted by DR1665 bump! Lookin tight Dice. Wish I could be of help with the rubbing. Oh wait, I can be! Just ship those fatties on down here to Phoenix for me to "look at" for "a little bit." Take care bro.
you crack me up all the time. LOLERS!!!!!111oneoneone your ride looks good too, i never replied to your *i got my rims* post but they do. they probly ride a little nicer than mine do too.
It's all good bro. They ride nice and firm. Like virgin titties imo. BAHAHAHAHA I shoulda got the 225/45s but I opted to save some green and went with the 205/40s. The only slop in my handling now comes from the 157k+ on the stock shocks, brakes, bushings, and um, oh yeah, brake fluid.
#24336, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 19
yep, i feel that. i am getting ready to spend some dough on new rotors and pads. also converting rear to discs. i will mucho braking powa when i am done. but i will be about 1000 poorer...
#24346, "RE: got my 18"s put on today....finally.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 20
damn those are pimp, loved em when you showed em to me the first time and i love em even more on ur car!!!!! my car will sound like, bumbabumbubavrooooooooooooooomrooooooooahhhhhhhhhhhhh, kishhhhhh www.dsmregistry.com/detail.php?carid=643 VW= The joy of driving DSM= The frustration of fixing
#24368, "RE: HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 21
i got more questions, even though no one has answered mine yet. i got something strange on my fronts. the driver side has like a finger and a half on the gap between the top of the tire and the fender. the passenger side is almost tucked into the fender. does anyone have any ideas? blown shocks possibly? i am using stockers(yea yea yea, i dont want to hear any crap about it neither) ideas?!
#24385, "RE: HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP.......PICS......FINALLY (56k will die)" In response to Reply # 22 Jun-14-04 06:32 PM by CODE4
Originally posted by Diceman19 i got more questions, even though no one has answered mine yet. i got something strange on my fronts. the driver side has like a finger and a half on the gap between the top of the tire and the fender. the passenger side is almost tucked into the fender. does anyone have any ideas? blown shocks possibly? i am using stockers(yea yea yea, i dont want to hear any crap about it neither) ideas?! total--you gots a pm.
Shocks/struts really do not affect the ride height really. All in the springs. If 2GNTs used shocks instead of struts, you could drive it around without shocks and bounce all around the ride height would be the same
Your front springs may not be matched that well, or perhaps now that you have larger diameter wheel/tire combo the difference is more noticeable. 2GNTs do have more weight on one corner because of the way the distribution is. I have not heard of a gap difference as great as yours however.
EDIT: Trouble could also possibly be from worn bushings.
