Since our car squats alot....help

[LilJit02]

in the next few days im gettin my stock 18's wider and i wanna try to fit 300's on the back.. if not 295's ... will i have to seriously roll the fenders or even if i roll them our car will still squat and hit the tires ... anybody have 300's+ on there gtos?

[Dbluegoat]

in the next few days im gettin my stock 18's wider and i wanna try to fit 300's on the back.. if not 295's ... will i have to seriously roll the fenders or even if i roll them our car will still squat and hit the tires ... anybody have 300's+ on there gtos?

even rolled they will hit.....you'd have to run drag bags and keep them at 15psi at least

[City Goat]

geez that's going to be rough.....even with drag bags, pedders drag springs (it's a lift spring) and rolling the fenders i think you'll rub inside.

Why not just settle for 275s? A lot less work to get those to work.

[Black Devil]

Minni tubing. trackday is doing it. But, he is going SRA.

[LilJit02]

so with rolling fenders .. 275's are pretty much the largest i can go without doing serious work ...

[Dbluegoat]

so with rolling fenders .. 275's are pretty much the largest i can go without doing serious work ...

yep

[tha joker]

pedders drag springs,pedders shims top and bottom,and a serious roll,and the right offset it might be doable...

[kmaro]

so with rolling fenders .. 275's are pretty much the largest i can go without doing serious work ...

my 275s still rub in the rear with people in the car and I had the fender's rolled. they arent rubbing on the fender now but where the rear bumper joins the quarter panel.. :shiner: Some more slight modification and it should be fine

[luke0927]

im going be running at least a 275 i will have pedders (i belive) 2589 rear springs they are the 5/16 raise with rolled finders it should work out just fine.

[highperf]

pedders drag springs,pedders shims top and bottom,and a serious roll,and the right offset it might be doable...Still a bit of crap shoot

[Chilly Palmer]

With the rear lifted enough and rolling the fenders and the right offset it could work.

If you do this, please post the outcome - I for one would be interested in seeing the final product.

[#1judge]

would a 265/35 zr 18 work on the rear with no rolling of the fenders?thanx

[tha joker]

Still a bit of crap shoot

this is my setup right now with my 275's fitting nice...granted i have not rolled my fenders but with the raised rear all i need is some custom offsets and i could see trying to fit those in my fenders.i think it would work..
if someone has a set of the wheels and tires in question,and want to see if it will fit before spending the money send me your wheels and ill check the fit and post the result and send the wheels back...that way ill know what offset and wheels i have to order....IT WOULD HELP BOTH OF US...........:drink:

[sccaGTO]

Give me about another month & I'll try to post results for tires wider than 275s.

[tha joker]

month all i need is the wheels and im ready now....lol that way i can ask santa for the same wheels...

[wrp]

so with rolling fenders .. 275's are pretty much the largest i can go without doing serious work ...Was for me. Koni Adjustables helped with the rubbing though and are a fantastic perfromance addition to your suspension. I've been able to get 8.5 inch slicks on it with BMW 15" rims. Here is a shot of the squat. Click on it to see.

http://f10.putfile.com/thumb/7/20312231824.gif (http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3077431)

I had a set of 245/40 by 18s on TSW rims with a 40mm offset and they rubbed until I rolled the fender lip and then added the Koni Adjustables. I sold the wheels to MyGoatBites and he installed them on his car and they didn't rub at all, even without the rolled fenders. Only bring it up cause there ain't no substitute for just trying them out. Our cars are different enough that the crap shoot reference is pretty accurate.

[sccaGTO]

month all i need is the wheels and im ready now....lol that way i can ask santa for the same wheels...

Well, I guess some of us are more prepared than others.

[tha joker]

Well, I guess some of us are more prepared than others.

lol only reason im ready to try is because of the extra weight of my stereo..i had to go with my setup cause i didnt want to roll my fenders.but my 275's clear just fine now..but i have been talking to the guys about trying to fit a wider tire in back..this is a perfect chance to find out if someone had the wheels..

[sccaGTO]

lol only reason im ready to try is because of the extra weight of my stereo..i had to go with my setup cause i didnt want to roll my fenders.but my 275's clear just fine now..but i have been talking to the guys about trying to fit a wider tire in back..this is a perfect chance to find out if someone had the wheels..

Well, I'm not getting extra stereo equipment. So I simply have to measure, measure, measure. Then slap 'em on.