^ Gold on Black.. one day

 

Te37's.... one day

 

I want to buy ray lugs to go with my TE37's. Just wondering about sizes.

I hope someone can clarify here.

Am I supposed to get 1.25 or 1.5?

Thanks again.

 

12x1.25 is for Nissans

 

Perfect thanks.

On yahoo answers they said 1.25 and on 350zmotoring someone said 1.5....

Out to confuse nubs like me.

 

one new pic

 

 

Looking at Bilstein PSS10s. I would like to lower by stock 2004, but I don't want the ride to be much firmer and I don't want to go lower then 3/4 inches.

I was planning on 18X9.5 TE37s for rear and front with 275/40 in the rear and 255/40 in the front. As you can see nothing crazy.

First, I'm wondering how the ride is using the Blstein's.

Also, I like the edge of the tires and wheels to come close to or at the edge of the front and rear fenders. I really don't prefer the wheel outer lips to stick out past the edges of the fenders. Maybe I'll need to rol the rear fenders?

Cments will be much appreciated.

Best regards.

 

If you want the tires out flush with the fenders, you will need to roll the rears. As a reference here is mine with 275/35/19 at +7 rear offset and my rear fenders are rolled and very slightly pulled.



I am assuming the 18x9.5 TE37's would be +22 offset, and in that case you would probably want a 10mm spacer (for +12 net offset) to get the 275-width tire out near the edge of the fender. Again, definitely need a fender roll at this point.

Unfortunately tires pushed out to the fender edges go hand-in-hand with fender rolling.

 

sry110,

Thanks, sorry forgot to mention the offset - very important! Yes, +22 offset.
Off topic somewhat, but figured I would ask. I have heard of pulling. In general, I assume a shop that rolls fenders can also pull them as well. Any re-painting required here? in general how much should I expect to pay to have a fender pulled slightly?

I like the height of your car. How much is it lowered? Also what size wheel, tire and offset are you running in the front? This also looks great.

Thanks again for your help.

 

^^^Come to Cincy, and I'll roll your fenders cheaper than any shop.

 

Reading through old threads, a few members said they're comfortable and is for daily driving on the softest dampening setting. That's what I have mine set to.

I can not tell the difference in comfort between my stock, gf210 springs and bilstein coil, they all felt the same to me

Someone did tell me they're comfortable for how low I am. GL with your decision.

 

"Pulling" or "flaring" can be done to various extents. In my case, the fender arch is pushed out slightly (which you can see where the rear bumper meets the fender, how the fender starts to bend out a bit). In my case, this slight fender pull was an accidental side-effect of having my fenders rolled, i.e. I think they applied a bit too much outward force when tucking the fender lip and inadvertently pushed the fenders out as well.

On the other extreme, you will see guys running really aggressive wheel+tire setups with their fenders cut and flared way out....looks bad in my opinion, but I guess it serves to accommodate the fitment.

If done properly, with the proper fender rolling tool and a heat gun for example, repainting will not be necessary as long as your paint in that area is in good condition to start with. Same goes for slight pulling/flaring. But in many cases "spider-webbing" will occur in your paint and sometimes the paint cracks and flakes off. The latter happened to me so now once a year I hit the affected areas with a few coats of touch-up paint and from 2 feet away I can't tell the difference.

My setup is 19x9.5 +12 net offset fronts with 245/35/19, and 19x10.5 +7 net offset rears with 275/35/19. Camber is within OEM spec if I remember correctly (I have to look at my alignment sheet to confirm actual camber angles).

Not sure how much it is lowered but here are some representative pictures to give you an idea:







As far as "fingers" go as a measurement tool, I have about zero to half a pointer finger between the top of the tire and the front fender, and about one to 1.5 pointer fingers for the same on the rears.

Side note: I wish I had gone with 255/35 fronts instead of 245/35. Now I have this sort of half-*** stretch going on with the fronts, but I don't think I have enough room to space them out another 5mm without making the camber more negative to avoid rubbing the fender liners. Do y'all think the fronts would rub if pushed out another 5mm?

 

sry110,

Again nice set-up! Thanks for this info and the pictures. I see what you mean with the front slightly stretched with 245s. I'm not sure if you have room for 255s without a camber adjustment.

 

brandon3434, Thanks. I'll need to decide how low I'm going first.

 

stogey420time,

Thanks, good to here! Riding the city streets can beat one up without some dampening adjustment.

 

mmmmmm....white te37

 

^ Awesome! How's the upkeep on those? I have a set of white wheels on order for my DD and I'm wondering how much of a pain it's going to be. I see a lot of wheel wax and weekly hosings-down in my future...

 

are those even Volks? Don't see stamps on the wheel. If they're Varr crap delete and GTFO. If not my apologies.

 

It should be deleted due to the "models" . lol