01_VENM Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 The wheels are Shakotan. All 4 of them are 15x9 with a -10 offset. The car is a 72' 4 door Dime that has fender flared out. I have rear coilovers on the car and I believe 280 front with disc brakes. The coilover seems to bounce a lot. I'm thinking about just going with blue tokicos shocks to eliminate the bounce. I was thinking using 195/45/15s stretched tires. I've tested fitted the wheels/ mount them and rolled it by hand with clearance. (fronts and rears) See photos. What is your guys opinion and will it definitely fit or not? I also ordered some 5mm spacer just in case...\ Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 . The coilovers "bounce" because the shocks are bottoming out,,, I can only drive with my coilovers 1/2 way down or else it will "bounce" ...... These cars drive amazingly better with the coilovers raised almost all the way up ... . but they don't "look" low I don't see why those wheels won't fit,, especially with a 5mm spacer in the front ... . but I HATE the way 8" wide front wheels feel Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 . The coilovers "bounce" because the shocks are bottoming out,,, I can only drive with my coilovers 1/2 way down or else it will "bounce" ...... These cars drive amazingly better with the coilovers raised almost all the way up ... . but they don't "look" low I don't see why those wheels won't fit,, especially with a 5mm spacer in the front ... . but I HATE the way 8" wide front wheels feel yeah the coilover appears to be raised all the way up. But it still bounces. As expected I guess. But I know I ran 15x9 +20 offset before and it doesn't rub at all. So I'm hoping with the -0 offset on these wheels I will still be ok. lol. I'm stretching the crap out of the tires tho. Quote Link to comment
FiveTenzo Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 i have 15x8 -19 with 195/50 in front. Did some hammer time, cut/pulled fenders and slammed it on 280zx coilovers with vw rabbit insert. I love it 1 Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 i have 15x8 -19 with 195/50 in front. Did some hammer time, cut/pulled fenders and slammed it on 280zx coilovers with vw rabbit insert. I love it NICE... that -19 seems crazy.. you have any pictures? Quote Link to comment
Dawa Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 love those wheels and the car, specifically those fenders! im against stretching. thats my input :) Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 . I only tried 16x8 front wheels for a few blocks,,, and the steering felt scary ..... some of that was the car though .... :lol: and I had 215/40/16 front tires .... really heavy, and sluggish steering compared to 14x6 Enkeis with 195/45/14 tires :rofl: Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 those tokico blues wont dampen that high of a spring rate i think you would be better off with 16's you will have better tire size choices Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 those tokico blues wont dampen that high of a spring rate i think you would be better off with 16's you will have better tire size choices yeah I did all the measuring. 16s would def. hit... even with the 15s.... clearance allowance behind is not really forgiving either. So I'm hoping 5 mm spacer will do the trick. I know it's going to be super tight, but I'm hoping the end result will be a perfect stance...:) Quote Link to comment
FiveTenzo Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 NICE... that -19 seems crazy.. you have any pictures? just noticed my cars to high on this side.lol left it higher cus this is the side i sit on, but still gota go lower Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 SWEET... that looks good man... Quote Link to comment
FiveTenzo Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 i say go 15x9 -10 Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted August 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 They fit pretty good and does not rub at all... -Fender Flared, rear coilovers, 280 front. -15x9 -10 offset all around, wrapped on 195/45/15s 2 Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 . Looks perfect!!!!.. . :cool: .... there's just one thing that seems a little off .... is it still on jackstands?? ... :lol: ... I'd love to see the coilovers turned down all the way .... but that seems like a good daily driver hieght right now 1 Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted August 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 Lol. Yup, the rear coilovers were turn all the way up... You are right Btw.. I try to make it so It's the perfect height for daily town driving. :) I like it nice and fitted! Lol, Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 . Yeah,, there's no reason to drive any lower than that .... . It's way more fun to not worry about dragging metal .... :lol: ..... how does the steering feel compared to your old wheels? Quote Link to comment
01_VENM Posted August 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 it's actually pretty good or just about the same... I did a few u-turns already and it hasn't even rubbed. Quote Link to comment
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