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Offline Marty van den Bosch

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« on: April 25, 2004, 11:00:38 am »
I am going to get 2 large front tires (S-03s).

Either 235/45/17 or 245/45/17

There is a remote chance they would not hit the outer fender lip - but they most likely will.

Anybody know a good place to either roll the lip in, flare it out, or trim it a bit?
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Offline Howard Hu

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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2004, 11:20:54 am »
do it with a hammer? and just hammer it in?  :roll:
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Offline Andrew Sturgeon

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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2004, 12:01:55 pm »
Lowells got his done.  Maybe give him a shout and see how he went about it.
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Offline Eric McIntyre

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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2004, 12:23:18 pm »
if you flare them out, you would need wheels with a different offset.... something like +30 or so.....that would give you an extra cm and i'm sure 225's fit fine
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Offline JamieSibley

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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2004, 01:37:44 pm »
My 235/40/17's fit fine, but the 45's are proably at least 1/2 inch taller.  They would clear on a 2g,  but 2g's have bigger wells don't they?
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Offline John Hartman

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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2004, 05:15:57 pm »
won't you need to repaint if you do drastic surgery like that?
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Offline Mike Meron

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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2004, 05:53:33 pm »
kinetic has a fender rolling tool that doesnt hurt paint.
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Offline John Hartman

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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2004, 05:56:40 pm »
now that presents some possibilities :)

cool info Mike
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Offline Jesse Veitch

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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2004, 06:07:45 pm »
when I was looking to buy a talon I called a guy up cause he didn't specify TSi or anything... then he told me it was... so I went to look... it was actually the 1.8..hah.. and oddly enough it had 245's all around.. no body work... looked damn sexy...
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Offline Mike Schmid

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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2004, 12:22:31 am »
235/40/17s fit great on my Talon... The 45's will have alittle more sideall which will help your launches but might also make them tighter.  I'm not real sure what my offset is though either.
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Offline Matt Park

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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2004, 01:19:10 am »
I think Bobby said he used an aluminum baseball bat....
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Offline Bobby Grewal

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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2004, 02:15:51 am »
it was wooden...
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Offline Matt Park

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« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2004, 11:30:56 pm »
my bad
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