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I used the guard roller I bought, you just keep doing it and winding the arm out
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Theres usually a few on ebay.
The front guards are realllllllly easy to reshape. Rears are a bit of a pain, the metal is much thicker
The front guards are realllllllly easy to reshape. Rears are a bit of a pain, the metal is much thicker
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+0 ....flares?? dunno how they'll look on an nb..anyway, i've got +15s on the na6 with 195/50/15's and lipping and 20 mm of pull needs to be done.. will be sweet if you get +0's to fit- the track at the front will look pretty psyco.. mine looks friggin nuts as it is. the car looks like its gassed up on roids. lol- good luck bro- let me know how it goes- L
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284GCZ wrote:+0 ....flares?? dunno how they'll look on an nb..anyway, i've got +15s on the na6 with 195/50/15's and lipping and 20 mm of pull needs to be done.. will be sweet if you get +0's to fit- the track at the front will look pretty psyco.. mine looks friggin nuts as it is. the car looks like its gassed up on roids. lol- good luck bro- let me know how it goes- L
Got any photo's?
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bet you that red na's rims are only 7inch wide- +0's 8inchers hang out like dogs balls. have some pics coming of my na shortly..
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that guys carcomain page is http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2574658
these though are 15x7's 0 offset, guards rolled, not pulled.

Cheers,
Julian
these though are 15x7's 0 offset, guards rolled, not pulled.
Cheers,
Julian
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wheels have just arrived - will post pics over the weekend.
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You're running out of time 16bit. PICS OR BAN! 

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all will be told early this week - I am booking in this morning.
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just picked up the wheels. they look sweet and the tyres are not even stretched - super wide 205's. they are not on the car just yet as they are too wide - stay tuned should have it sorted tonight.
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205's dont have the stretched look, i presume you ended up getting 002's?
heres a pic of my 513's minus camber, rolled guards, etc


heres a pic of my 513's minus camber, rolled guards, etc


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hey guys, love all these pic's of hot wheels. its got me all excited
sorry for hijacking the thred as well.
im currently looking at some 15x7's, 7.5's or 8's as well but i have a few reservations.
firstly my car is a daily nb8a so what ever i get/ do to it i have to live with it EVERY DAY.
my reservations include finding GOOD tyres (really like my f1 gsd 3's) not sure how i will go finding something that performs so well in a 7 or 8 inch with. ( will 195/50/15 stretch onto a 7in width???)
ive heard that driving on wheels of such width means that bumps/pot holes really unsettle the car and it will track anywhere and everywhere EXCEPT in a straight line. is this true?? the roads to my place are pretty shocking and dont want to be spearing off into a tree etc.
ive seen 0 and 38 offset on mania's web page but was thinking somthing around +20ish might be better ??? (whats the standard offset??) not sure where i can find nice rims at a reasonable price (like 200ish a rim NOT 500 or 600)
pulling and rolling of the guards, how hard/ expensive is it and who/where can it be done??
will i have to use mass neg camber??
is all that extra metal and rubber going to slow me down???
i think ive covered everything i wanted to know
thanks guys


im currently looking at some 15x7's, 7.5's or 8's as well but i have a few reservations.
firstly my car is a daily nb8a so what ever i get/ do to it i have to live with it EVERY DAY.
my reservations include finding GOOD tyres (really like my f1 gsd 3's) not sure how i will go finding something that performs so well in a 7 or 8 inch with. ( will 195/50/15 stretch onto a 7in width???)
ive heard that driving on wheels of such width means that bumps/pot holes really unsettle the car and it will track anywhere and everywhere EXCEPT in a straight line. is this true?? the roads to my place are pretty shocking and dont want to be spearing off into a tree etc.
ive seen 0 and 38 offset on mania's web page but was thinking somthing around +20ish might be better ??? (whats the standard offset??) not sure where i can find nice rims at a reasonable price (like 200ish a rim NOT 500 or 600)
pulling and rolling of the guards, how hard/ expensive is it and who/where can it be done??
will i have to use mass neg camber??
is all that extra metal and rubber going to slow me down???
i think ive covered everything i wanted to know
thanks guys

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sure did. the tyres are about 3mm wider then my mums 225 45 17 re001's.
I fit the wheels last night but still have a small rubbing issue which I will sort tonight. I will get some photos this afternoon.
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mmx005 wrote:hey guys, love all these pic's of hot wheels. its got me all excitedsorry for hijacking the thred as well.
im currently looking at some 15x7's, 7.5's or 8's as well but i have a few reservations.
firstly my car is a daily nb8a so what ever i get/ do to it i have to live with it EVERY DAY.
my reservations include finding GOOD tyres (really like my f1 gsd 3's) not sure how i will go finding something that performs so well in a 7 or 8 inch with. ( will 195/50/15 stretch onto a 7in width???)
easily, i am running 195/50 on my 8 inchers.
ive heard that driving on wheels of such width means that bumps/pot holes really unsettle the car and it will track anywhere and everywhere EXCEPT in a straight line. is this true?? the roads to my place are pretty shocking and dont want to be spearing off into a tree etc.
can depend on how much tyre is streched, personally i havent had many problems at all, and if you have dríven on parramatta road and hume hwy then you may reconsider shocking roads.
ive seen 0 and 38 offset on mania's web page but was thinking somthing around +20ish might be better ??? (whats the standard offset??) not sure where i can find nice rims at a reasonable price (like 200ish a rim NOT 500 or 600)
the standard is 40-45 (iirc) 15 - 20 offset will fill guards up nicely, on a na, on an nb i'd go for 15-10 as the nb is a little bit wider. as for finding rims... search! i looked around for months to find a nice rim to suit my taste (and my mx). you wont find many nice rims at $200 each (other then the sportmax's) maybe a 15x6.5?
pulling and rolling of the guards, how hard/ expensive is it and who/where can it be done??
i got my guards done for $40 each corner, not hard to do yourself though, look on youtube and search how to roll guards.
will i have to use mass neg camber??
depends on what rim you get,what size/offset they are, what height you want and so on. currently i am running -2 at the rear and -1 at the front, i am lowered 1.5 inches at the front and 2 at the rear, as shown in my pic i dont really need any camber but i chose it for future plans.
is all that extra metal and rubber going to slow me down???
eerr? do we have another wun here? if your that worried about weight then leave the stockies on!
i think ive covered everything i wanted to know
thanks guys
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Well its been a while but I have pictures as promised. After deciding on what wheels I wanted (Sportmax 502's in 15 x 8 with 0 offset) i decided that I was going to need to do something about my arches. So I purchased come carbon fibre wide arches. Took me ages to find some but I finally did. Here are the pics of the wheels and arches now on.








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