Thread: Jomamma's Bagged Red 97 GTP | Somethings Always Broken |

these are the wheels i would buy if i had a 5x114 car.

Nvm i see them now lol...

Originally Posted by Bio248

to show you the actual lip depth....

Those look sweet, I love 5 spoke and nice deep lips. But do they come in 18's?

I really like the varrstoen es1's I posted a few pages back.

Originally Posted by Jomamma

Those look sweet, I love 5 spoke and nice deep lips. But do they come in 18's?

I really like the varrstoen es1's I posted a few pages back.

nope, only 17x9 or 17x10, which you'd run 17x10 all around.

i'm trying to keep in mind that you're not going to be spending lots of money on wheels.

Originally Posted by Bio248

nope, only 17x9 or 17x10, which you'd run 17x10 all around.

i'm trying to keep in mind that you're not going to be spending lots of money on wheels.

A set of those varrstoens will run me about 1k.

But I'm guessing you don't like those.

Originally Posted by Jomamma

I want to get these.

I like those. However I think everyone and there mama does multi spoke now

But how many guys actually bag a Grand Prix..

Exactly

But I still like Bios choice better

Idk if you're a fan of work meisters, but varrstoen has made some reps now. You probably saw them already, but I had thought about getting them at one point. They're fairly common among the stance crowd but it would be a huge first for them to go onto a gp. I tried to get a pic that was similar to your car

Hmmm those are nice too. I'm not a fan of all those bolts on the face of the wheel. That's the main reason I won't buy xxrs

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did you notice that the SC reps are $125/wheel? that's $500 for the whole set. hah.

Originally Posted by Bio248

did you notice that the SC reps are $125/wheel? that's $500 for the whole set. hah.

That makes them a lot more appealing now haha.

If all goes well and I get out of class early enough, I will be rolling my fenders with a roller tomorrow.

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I'm surprised that you haven't had to cut out part of your fender liner yet haha. I like the american muscle wheels too. they would look good with the meaty tires that you would have to get with them

Originally Posted by Bakerdd

I'm surprised that you haven't had to cut out part of your fender liner yet haha. I like the american muscle wheels too. they would look good with the meaty tires that you would have to get with them

I don't really ride around that low. Fronts are around 60psi and the rears around 30psi. The fender sits just above the tires at that pressure.


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oh cool, maybe I just went at mine with a knife without checking if it was needed first. I don't remember really ever making sure if it was necessary

Well when you roll the fenders the liner has nothing to attach to anymore.

I'm going to cut my liners in the shape of a crescent moon.

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seems like you learned that trick from someone....

if you roll everything flat it'll pull the fenders slightly just because you're using a roller. if you need a little bit more pull, raise the car up and slowly drop it down with a phone book in between the fender and the wheel a bunch of times. obviously don't rip the fender off doing it, but it's an easy way to get some more pull out of the fenders without doing lots of body work.

on those 17x10s i'd just run a 245 tire and be done with it. it'll be a little stretched, but you'll be tucking the sidewalls when you're parked anyway so it won't be an issue. i would also think about running a 245/45R17 to get a little bit more low out of the car, it'd be about 0.5" shorter sidewall height.

Originally Posted by Bio248

seems like you learned that trick from someone....

if you roll everything flat it'll pull the fenders slightly just because you're using a roller. if you need a little bit more pull, raise the car up and slowly drop it down with a phone book in between the fender and the wheel a bunch of times. obviously don't rip the fender off doing it, but it's an easy way to get some more pull out of the fenders without doing lots of body work.

on those 17x10s i'd just run a 245 tire and be done with it. it'll be a little stretched, but you'll be tucking the sidewalls when you're parked anyway so it won't be an issue. i would also think about running a 245/45R17 to get a little bit more low out of the car, it'd be about 0.5" shorter sidewall height.

Yeah, you were supposed to send me pics of your fender liners. I saw that phone book trick a while back... It'll be a breeze with bags.

Also, I'm trying to run the widest tire I can so once again the 17's are sounding nice. Not sure how I feel about running a half inch shorter side wall.

i don't have the car to take pictures of anymore, whoops.

found this picture. clearly not the same car and your fender liners won't look anything near what these do, but same concept. just trim out the area on the outside that hangs down that you'll be able to see once the fenders are rolled:



and as far as the shorter tires go, you probably won't ever notice except that the car will sit a little lower when parked. just don't raise it up to stock ride height when you're driving around, keep the driving height still lowered a few inches from stock and you'll never notice the tires being shorter.