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Brent C

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Sounds good man, thanks for all the help. At least it is an older car so if I jack something up won't be no biggie. Now I need to decide on what coils, megan ez's or ff type 1's......hmmmmm.
 

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Going from stock you should probably look into getting FF2's so you also have dampening ability (rather than FF1's)
 

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I'm trying to decide if I should get 17x8.25 or 17x9.75... yes they are XXR 527's.
The tires I have now will fit the 17x8.25 wheels so im leaning towards those. What do yall think?
 

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All depends on how low you want to be. If you don't want to be slammed with 4-5 degrees of camber I would say go with the 8.25. If you don't mind being slammed with that much camber go for the 9.75s.
 

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All depends on how low you want to be. If you don't want to be slammed with 4-5 degrees of camber I would say go with the 8.25. If you don't mind being slammed with that much camber go for the 9.75s.

I'm at 23.5 right now and want to go a quarter inch lower so ill just go with the 17x8.25s cause I don't want to run a ton of camber. Thanks!
 

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From looking at some wheel pictures of the XXR 527's the ones with that have a wider wheel (like a 17x9.75 as opposed to a 17x8.25) seems to have more concave nature to it? So basically does the skinnier 527's have less concave nature to them? Or are just some pictures just f***ing with my eyes?
 

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I have 18x8.75 +35 527s with 215 Nankang NS-20s and when I was around 23.5 they fit pretty well with a 15mm rear and a 5mm front spacer. I had my fenders rolled and my bumper tabs relocated. It's a pretty conservative setup but it still sat flush with having to pull the fenders. Another question would be, what offset are you thinking about going with on the 17x8.25s? 25 or 35? I would suggest the 25 offset and then you would only need a 5-10 for the rear if you care about being flush.

And it makes sense that the wider wheels would have more of a concaved looked to them since there is more wheel.
 

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I have 18x8.75 +35 527s with 215 Nankang NS-20s and when I was around 23.5 they fit pretty well with a 15mm rear and a 5mm front spacer. I had my fenders rolled and my bumper tabs relocated. It's a pretty conservative setup but it still sat flush with having to pull the fenders. Another question would be, what offset are you thinking about going with on the 17x8.25s? 25 or 35? I would suggest the 25 offset and then you would only need a 5-10 for the rear if you care about being flush.

And it makes sense that the wider wheels would have more of a concaved looked to them since there is more wheel.

25 offset for sure im sitting at 23.5 also. I have a 15mm spacer in the rear already and I can get free spacers so I can easily put some up front. My fenders are rolled and tabs relocated. I was going to pull them last Monday then I decided I was going to get new wheels so im waiting to see if I need a pull and if so how much.
Sooo maybe I should go 18s... hmmm... Fackkkk I dont know!
 

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Here are some pics of my car. Rims are 19x8.5 +35 with 225/35/19 rubber. My height is 24.75" front and 25" rear. Zero gap all around with no tucking

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All I need to do is get an alignment so the tires are straight all around. Rear fenders are rolled
 
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