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Old May 8, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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New wheels guys!! Let me know what you think!

So, after chasing down some wheels I thought would be perfect for my Z I came across these. I love the "muscle look" of them. They did take a bunch of coercing to fit. Let me know what you guys think!
American Racing 791 Wheels
15X8
6" Step lip
2" backspacing
-63.5 Offset
Bridgestone HP550 205/60R15
Rolled the fenders

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Old May 9, 2012 | 01:06 AM
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how much where they??? and they look pretty sick
Old May 9, 2012 | 05:29 AM
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The frontend fitment looks too far out the rear looks great did you put spacers in the front
Old May 9, 2012 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by iamericgee
The frontend fitment looks too far out the rear looks great did you put spacers in the front
Seconded. It now needs to be lowered a little bit, and get some fender flares!
Old May 9, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by WanganDevilZ
Seconded. It now needs to be lowered a little bit, and get some fender flares!
i agree, lower and some fender flares
nice wheels !
Old May 9, 2012 | 05:06 PM
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Thanks for the compliments!
No spacers. From seeing the offsets chosen in the RBR buy (-13/-19) I guess the front is just more narrow.
I'm wondering about clearance with lowering though. I imagine the back would tuck, but I think the fronts stick out too far. Reguardless... Anyone have lowering springs they wanna sell? Possibly from switching to coil overs?
Old May 10, 2012 | 10:55 AM
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-63 offset??? Never heard of such a beast! Anyhow rolling the fenders is useless when the tire stick out PAST the fenders. You'll need to cut the fenders and put bolt on flares which would look great IMHO... oh and drop it a foot
Old May 10, 2012 | 01:52 PM
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Keep your eyes out for a pair of those same wheels. You may need to look a long time. I've seen them before and they come in other offsets that will allow the front to fit a little better.

Overall looks good except for the drastic outward fitment of the front wheels.
Old May 10, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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Yeah FricFrac -63! lol. I rolled the fenders to make the rears fit, and now they do without any rub. Before the roll the body took a good 1/4 in strip of rubber off my tire. Whoops. No rubbing on the front (imagine that!) haha.
I wanna do the fender flares, anyone mocked up some ZG flares on the s130? Oh and lower it "about a foot" It really does need it! Thanks Bleach! Really glad you guys like em!
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