No, it's not that. I get that there's a (mostly) young crowd that has this compulsion to drop their car so low that it becomes a challenge to simply drive it. That's fine if that's your thing. Good luck with that. When I was a kid, we used to jack the back end of our cars way up in the air, with the kind of massive wheel gap that would make you faint. Was it dumb? Oh yeah, it was equally stupid. But we did it anyway, because racecar.

It's having the tires stretched on wheels so much that the rim pokes out. Is that intentional, or did you buy the wrong tires? In this picture here, it sure looks like the offset on those rear wheels is messed up. It would probably look a whole lot better if you went square.

 

Not going to argue since it will be a waste of time on both ends, however once the car sits lower the suspension naturally cambers in (which I'm sure you already know) so that being said, once I lower it more with a little bit more camber the wheel won't poke as much.

There's no such thing as offset being "messed up" I choose the wheel sizes, offsets, and tire sizes.

We all have our own style. I prefer doing things my way since I'm building this car how I want it... Not for anyone else.

 

I'm not arguing with you, OP. You never actually said whether you were happy with this look, you just put it out there, open for comments. It's OK, Yoshi... peace brother.

Hey, you know that I'm jazzed to be getting these little SS control *****, right? Your thread is what brought it to my attention, so thanks for that, man.

 

Yes I'm very happy with the results, kinda the reason why I posted pics of it. But you will like those ***** a lot! Love mine! It's also hard to explain but since the ***** are heavier then the oem, it feels more nice to push and turn, idk how to explain it. Haha

 

Probably feels closer to high end German switchgear, one thing I miss from our 7 series.
As far as the wheels, if they make you happy that's what counts. Looks like you've got some work ahead of you but getting things just as you want is rarely simple. The one big downside to stretched is leaving that rim so exposed to curbage and the tread wear that comes w/ those setups.
Look forward to pics when you get your setup just right

 

I agree that it does leave the wheel more exposed but I'm used to running stretched tires. From my experience as long the toe is dialed in then the tire wear isn't that bad.

I'm ordering camber arms soon, and might pull the rear fenders just a bit, should look even better when I get my ride height all even and how I want it.

and thanks everyone!

 

Wheels are sick man, glad to see something different on our sedans. Looks good Yoshi although I'm not a fan of stretched tires like that.

 

What are you going to set toe to if you dont mind me asking. Some people say zero toe if you're running alot of negative camber to save on tires but others say when accelerating/moving the rear suspension compresses a little so some toe would be beneficial.

 

I will prob go with oem spec on the toe for the time being.

 

Looks clean.....only thing is I fear stretching tires out that much. If you hit one pothole too hard, bead will unseat on you in a heartbeat man. Working at a tire I seen it happen on too many times.

Also how is the ride on the coils? Planning on putting some on my car if I keep it once this factory warranty it up.

 

Everyone has their own views on stretch tires, I've done more aggressive setups on my other cars and never had a tire debead on me. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, however if it does happen then ill deal with it then.

Coils rides nice, not too stiff but not as sloppy as stock.

 

Any updates on the ride? I too am going for an agressive setup on my sedan. What toe arms did you finally go with? Any regrets? Let's see some pics!!

 

Nice setup. And i have to say as well i just ordered myself some ***** for my G. Thanks !!

 

Those tires on those rims are a massive blowout waiting to happen. If they unseat you will lose pressure violently which may lead to handling problems

Did a professional shop mount them and comment on the safety?
I use discount tire and they are so conservative that if the tires are too old or even slightly damaged they will not put them back on the car.

Brian

 

Check out http://www.tyrestretch.com/ there are more aggressive stretches out there and as he stated earlier he's aware of the risks. Comments like this are unnecessary if you've never run stretched tires.