Project Cheap Winter Car My @$$ is complete. (pics)

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88st165

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oh my your car is beautiful..... great job on the restoration.... seeing posts like this motivates me even more to go and finish mine.... im going out to the garage right now!
 
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d1alltrac

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very nice, i like the seats. there is a local place selling a pair and i have been considering buying them, now i think i will.
 
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Incubusrocks84

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NICE PAINT! ... u made me have some flash backs when i painted mine myself. It's no easy task.... looks great!

P.S. how much did the rotor package cost yah with shipping? if u don't wanna say just PM me.

Keep it up. veeeery nice
 
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turbo4wd

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Conan":32dtcgig said:
Simba":32dtcgig said:
18x9" rear, 32 offset with a 15mm spacer.
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Different tire width also?
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Yea.. what Conan said.. with different wheel widths, now I'm wondering what tire sizes your running to try and equalize the speed difference..
 
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Simba

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Conan":3kilpsa4 said:
Different tire width also?
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At the moment, they're both 255/40, which fit both wheels well. In future, I'm probably going to go to 245/40 up front and 275/35 out back, assuming I can squeeze 'em in. :D
 
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turbo4wd

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Simba":1sz6ahbx said:
Conan":1sz6ahbx said:
Different tire width also?
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At the moment, they're both 255/40, which fit both wheels well. In future, I'm probably going to go to 245/40 up front and 275/35 out back, assuming I can squeeze 'em in. :D
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Thats what I thought.. it looked like you had the same tire because on the fronts they looked fine, while on the rears they were obviously stretched..

I have a feeling this may pose some potential problems to your diff.. your front tire/wheel combo is taller than your rear tire/wheel combo..
 
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Simba

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turbo4wd":3powsuo7 said:
I have a feeling this may pose some potential problems to your diff.. your front tire/wheel combo is taller than your rear tire/wheel combo..
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They're the same diameter, front to rear. The sidewalls are slightly flared on the rears, but, not to a degree that gives me any kind of concern, nor to one which changes the overall height of the tire.
 
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Conan

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Simba":2x02o0vk said:
In future, I'm probably going to go to 245/40 up front and 275/35 out back, assuming I can squeeze 'em in. :D
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Won't that cause more traction on the rear = wearing the center diff :shrug:
 
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Simba

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Conan":d85m864l said:
Won't that cause more traction on the rear = wearing the center diff :shrug:
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I doubt it, at least not to any degree I'd be overly concerned with. Significant differences in tire circumference, and hence wheel speed will eat it up pretty quickly, but I highly doubt the small difference in available traction will cause any ill effects.

If I had any intention of drag racing it, I'd probably be somewhat concerned. But then, if I were going to, I'd be using different tires (and wheels) alltogether.
 
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Conan

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Simba":2cw0scg3 said:
If I had any intention of drag racing it, I'd probably be somewhat concerned. But then, if I were going to, I'd be using different tires (and wheels) alltogether.
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Pimp! Pimp! Hooray! :D
 
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Kyoto

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What a transformation, your attention to detail is nice. How's the bling factor on those rims...!?! :D
 
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