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Postby DNK » 19 Apr 2013 11:42

Martin- You gonna fill out those wheel openings?

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Postby Vegas_M » 19 Apr 2013 15:13

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DNK</i>
Martin- You gonna fill out those wheel openings?
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Actually, my modified suspension is sitting too way high. Once I get everything put back together I will adjust the front end and either cut or bend the rear springs to lower it (or find a shorter set).

The wheels/tires are 215/55-16" on rims with 4x100pcd, 38mm offset and pcd adapters that are 25mm thick. At the current suspension height, the rears barely clear at the front edge (less than 1/2"). The fronts clear fine when straight, but rub slightly on turns. The issue with the fronts, other than the tires are bigger (by 34mm) & wider (30mm), is that the rims are sticking out further as well (~13mm), making the outside edge of the ties about 28mm further out.

I likely will have to go down a tire size to 205/50-16" to get my turning clearance back. It's only money....... [:(]






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Postby Beans » 19 Apr 2013 17:04

Arches look very nice indeed, as does the paint job [:)]
But I think the wheel/tyre combination is too large for the car, doesn't look right in my opinion ...

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Postby FI Spyder » 20 Apr 2013 13:09

It does look a little "Murano-ish". Those flares look like you bought them off the shelf. Pretty nice.

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Postby Vegas_M » 20 Apr 2013 13:57

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by FI Spyder</i>

It does look a little "Murano-ish". Those flares look like you bought them off the shelf. Pretty nice.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

Thanks for the compliment.

Not too sure what you mean by "Murano-ish" though.
From wikipedia: "Murano - a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy".
From Nissan - a SUV. ????

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Postby DutchTriumph » 20 Apr 2013 16:20

Hi Martin
What's there between the wheel and the bumper? Some extra boot/trunk space?

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Postby Beans » 20 Apr 2013 18:13

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DutchTriumph</i>

... What's there between the wheel and the bumper? ... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Battery box ?

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Postby FI Spyder » 21 Apr 2013 01:11

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">
Not too sure what you mean by "Murano-ish" though.
From wikipedia: "Murano - a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy".
From Nissan - a SUV. ????
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The SUV which has very large wheels for it's size (18" or 20") to give it clearance, good for it's 4 wheel drive mode.


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Postby Vegas_M » 21 Apr 2013 02:17

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by DutchTriumph</i>

Hi Martin
What's there between the wheel and the bumper? Some extra boot/trunk space?

Cheers,
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I made a box and sunk the battery into it. I'll get some pics tomorrow and post.

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