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#1 _oikurtman_

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 08:26 PM

To those of you who run flares and 15's, please enlighten me with the visual pleasures of your rolling stock!

Also feel free to boast about what dimensions your tyres are, brands, mags, backspacing etc.

(I have given up on 13's and 14's and trying to find tyres. I'm doing this to try and justify spending the big dollars to buy some 15's... :<_<: ...)

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 08:34 PM

15/8.5's 285/60's tyres, relocated shocks, no tubs, who needs flares!
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Posted 14 March 2007 - 08:36 PM

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centre line convo pros 15 by 7 on the fornt and 15 by 8.5 on the back 225/50's on the front and 265/50's on the back abit big tho thats why the back is so jacked up untill i can get the gaurds cuti found it hard to find appropriate tyers aswell i dunno how it compares to 14 and 13 though...

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 08:38 PM

If you must flare, 15/10's with 265.50's
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Posted 14 March 2007 - 08:57 PM

this is my old LX with 225/50s on 15x7's and 295/50's on 15x10's at the back.

aquaplane city lol

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 09:13 PM

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 09:51 PM

MR NOS. can you email me some pics of how you relocated the shocks please. That looks awesome. also what width rear rims and backspace are you running?

mike971()bigpond.net.au replace() with @ ta.

Edit: just saw the rim size 8.5's doh!

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 11:25 PM

levis - car looks hot mate! How heavy is your steering with 15 x 7's and the 225/50's??? Same question for you hawks!!!

Do your cars handle pretty well with that combo?? Don't suppose you know the backspacing for those 7's? Any clearance/rubbing issues???

Here are my specs... also running 15" Convo's all round, with flares:

Rears: 15 x 10's (5" backspace) with 265/50's. Always used BFG's, but you can't get them anymore. Now the 2 choices are Sumitomo, and Jetzon's in that same size.

Fronts: 15 x 4's with 165/80 Hankook's. (Unsure of backspace measurement, but they are the ones that have the ripple - torries with no flares usually use the non-rippled 15 x 4's).

In the future I would like to buy another set for the front - either 15 x 6's or 7's, and run either a 205/50 or a 225/50

PS. MRNOS, love that torrie mate, damn that is sweet!

Actually, all the torries in this thread are SWEET AS!!!!

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Posted 14 March 2007 - 11:34 PM

265/50/15 - 10" genuine Indy Racer rim. A9X flares

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225/50/15 - 8.5" genuine Indy Racer rim, cast with Shelby 500 inside
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Posted 14 March 2007 - 11:38 PM

PS. Further to my last post - prior to buying the 15 x 10's, I used to run 15 x 8.5's, also with a 5" backspace... and wearing the same 265/50's. With those rims I was able to dump the ass of the car really low, no probs.

I am yet to try lower springs again since fitting the 10's, but I'm definitely not happy with the stance anymore... needs a good couple inches out of it... hopefully I can make it work!

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 05:42 AM

good thread.

this is how you do it without flares (my brothers car)

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back rims are 15x10s with a big arse backspace

its a bit of work though :)

Edited by hawks, 15 March 2007 - 05:52 AM.

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 06:37 AM

^^^Yeah but he's cheating he's got tubs lol
Chialx heres the pics of the shocky mods, the biggest tyre you can get under a sedan and hatch, without flares or tubs is 295/50
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Posted 15 March 2007 - 09:06 AM

^^^Yeah but he's cheating he's got tubs lol

true, he will be cheating with the motor too :blink:

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 09:11 AM

heres mine:

15x10 convos shortened diff and A9X flares 295/50 McCrearys

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Damn theres some convos around!!
cant wait until my new wheels are finished

15x10 and 15x8 of these old school wheels MAWERS, very nice wheel

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Edited by timbotorrie, 15 March 2007 - 09:14 AM.

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 10:35 AM

15x7 front and rear, 205/55/15 BF Goodrich Sport on the front, 225/50/15 Kelly Chargers on the back.

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Car hasn't been lowered yet, but I'm hoping will look like this...

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 10:59 AM

WOW! Some really nice combos there! Keep them coming! :spoton:

To anyone who has there tall and fat tyres engineered in NSW... How the hell did you do it!? I can't find an engineer who will even talk to me about tall and fat tyres!

Cheers.

P.s: are such tyres readily available? how expensive are they? what stud pattern are your mags?

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 11:28 AM

5 stud...






















OK, Torana stud pattern.

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 11:31 AM

thats a familiar looking house!

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 11:47 AM

To anyone who has there tall and fat tyres engineered in NSW... How the hell did you do it!? I can't find an engineer who will even talk to me about tall and fat tyres!

try consulmotive (02) 95130011 they didn't engineer my LX but I have heard good things about them.

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 12:04 PM

thats a familiar looking house!


Funny, I thought the same thing :tease: :D

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 06:52 PM

levis - car looks hot mate! How heavy is your steering with 15 x 7's and the 225/50's??? Same question for you hawks!!!

Do your cars handle pretty well with that combo?? Don't suppose you know the backspacing for those 7's? Any clearance/rubbing issues???

thanks for the kind words!

the stearing isnt to heavy i cant really remember how it was to start with though...i dont have full lock at the moment they catch on the front of the gaurd but ive had a look and it can be fixed.... also with the low springs had to trim the gaurd back abit.... the rears scrub at the moment they will need cutting back to :cry: just got to work out how to do it.... it handles well tho even without full lock as long as its not the slightest bit wet...

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 07:11 PM

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fronts 15x 8" 225 50 15
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rears 15 x 10" 285 40 15

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 07:35 PM

i have 255-15-10
what is the biggest tyre i can run without tubbing but i do have flares and will be moving the shocker?
i have weld wheels at the moment but am thinking of putting centre lines on it
does anyone have photos of a torrie with centre lines
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Posted 15 March 2007 - 07:42 PM

Biggest ive seen, no flares or tubs 295/50/15-i had 285/60/15's, biggest ive seen no tubs but with flares, 15inch rim 12 inch wide, tyres were 345/35/15's

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Posted 15 March 2007 - 07:57 PM

Love the pics of big rubber, Thanks to you also MR NOS for those shocker pics :spoton:
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