I got new wheels and tires for the beater. 17x9 +30 wrapped in a stretched 205/50/17. I think this is probably the most agressive fitment ever put on a J-Body which also inspired me to trade in my Eibach Pro-Kit springs for some Eibach Sportline springs. I also added a set of BlackJason Forged aluminum lugs.
On with the crappy cel phone pics...
Bring on the hate!
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I personally love it, it needs to go lower now!
if they were 18's and the car was 2-3 inches they would look fantastic. as it sits it just looks odd and out of place.
Darkstars wrote:if they were 18's and the car was 2-3 inches they would look fantastic. as it sits it just looks odd and out of place.
This, i cant get my head around to liking the stretched tires on that
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the stretched tires look like something you'd seen on a beaner hydro mobile with daytons on it. sorry not a fan.
rims are pretty neat though and i LOVE those lug nuts. link?
Anything worth doing is worth over doing.
I knew 90% of the people on this site would hate these, which is what inspired me to do it lol!
I forgot to mention in my first post, i am also using 3mm wheel spacers on the rear to help with the retarded super sunk in rear wheel look on these cars. So the actual offset of the rears is +27mm.
I wish the car could go lower but it just can't, and being too low to the ground isn't my reasoning... Unfortunately J-bodys are just not ment to be lowered and this about as low as they get before they become unbarable to drive. I'm sure people will argue that but hearing your struts bang as they bottom out on every bump you hit is not the way a lowered car is supposed to be lol.
After spending a lot of time on the 240 web sites over the last couple years these tires on my cav don't even look stretched to me at all. You should see some of the low offsets and stretches that are typical amoung that crowd.
The wheels, tires and lugs came from www.wheeldude.com
I personally love the way this set up looks. It actually has settled some after those pics, it had only been on the ground about 15 minutes and drove around the block to my local abandoned school when i snapped those.
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well forgetting the tires thing.......i love it and those wheels and lugs are hottt
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the Jew wrote:well forgetting the tires thing.......i love it and those wheels and lugs are hottt
agreed ignoring the stretched tires and them sticking out the car an inch, the rim and lugs look good.
they look alright. Be careful not to come to close to curbs or potholes. If you had the correct size tire that wouldnt be a problem as the tire would take the abuse not the rim.
Bent Rims FTL
I love it. I'm digging the stretched tires on it. I know your not going any lower, but It would need to be lower to look 100% perfect.
I love the fact your beater is nicer than 90% of cars on here
Wish you didn't sell me your sportlines now? Haha.
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like the car, but agree with the stretched tire remarks above. im going to be one of those picky people that i hate and point out the wax residue below the tails lol
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tanner wrote:im going to be one of those picky people that i hate and point out the wax residue below the tails lol
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Skilz10179 wrote:the beater.
Wax residue is probably not a high concern. It wouldn't be for me if I had that 240
Zenith wrote:I personally love it, it needs to go lower now!
X2 Looks good.
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did you get the spacers from the same site as well?
I love it ive been waiting for someone to do this to a cavy
i love every car you own skilz so im not gonna start hating now. love the rims, love the tires, only one suggestion though roll those fenders and quarters and it will be tits. o and remove the door strikes lol.
Skilz10179 wrote: I also added a set of BlackJason Forged aluminum lugs.
OMFG dude, i just sprayed pop everywhere!!!!! hahahaha
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still not digging them... it'd look better if the wheels were an inch or two bigger. there's too much sidewall IMO.
wheels and lugs look great though... just needs a less stretched tire or something that actually takes advantage of a 9" wide wheel
love the style of stretch and low offset and stance and getting flush but this doesnt do it. maybe its because its not lowered enough or me not liking the style of wheels but something is odd looking. hopefully this isnt what mine turns out to look like. sorry. A for effort tho, something just doesnt work with what you tried.
Fitment is excellent, however I too hate the lack of stance to compliment them!
I thought about doing 205's, and spacers on my G6 wheels but since I've sold the B&G's, never getting done now.
common jeremy don't be a pu
ssy and quit bitching about ride quality.. slam that @!#$. cut a couple coils off.. something
I love the height, but I also have Sportlines. I do not like the stretched look on any car.
FU Tuning
I like it!
Lots of empty schools around here....
