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Need suggestions for next upgrade

Postby CamryOnBronze » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:10 am

Coils and spacers for sure...
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Postby hari-bhari » Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:47 am

whats the proper way to have the fenders rolled or shaved? i asked a few shops a couple years ago and they didnt want to do it. can i take a dremel to it?
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Postby Solarizona » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:43 am

I think your ride looks pretty badass. If you don't want to supercharge it, I'd just save the money for the next car.
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Postby hari-bhari » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:47 am

Solarizona wrote:I think your ride looks pretty badass. If you don't want to supercharge it, I'd just save the money for the next car.


dude nice wheels, what kind are they. do you have more pics?
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Postby CamryOnBronze » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:11 am

hari-bhari wrote:whats the proper way to have the fenders rolled or shaved? i asked a few shops a couple years ago and they didnt want to do it. can i take a dremel to it?


I would pick up an eastwood fender roller from The Tire Rack. That's what I used for the pull on my 240 and it worked really well.
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Postby SleeperSolara » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:23 am

CamryOnBronze wrote:
hari-bhari wrote:whats the proper way to have the fenders rolled or shaved? i asked a few shops a couple years ago and they didnt want to do it. can i take a dremel to it?


I would pick up an eastwood fender roller from The Tire Rack. That's what I used for the pull on my 240 and it worked really well.


I was about to suggest the same there.
IMO fender rollin' is better than shavin' the fender.....
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Postby hari-bhari » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:19 pm

CamryOnBronze wrote:
hari-bhari wrote:whats the proper way to have the fenders rolled or shaved? i asked a few shops a couple years ago and they didnt want to do it. can i take a dremel to it?


I would pick up an eastwood fender roller from The Tire Rack. That's what I used for the pull on my 240 and it worked really well.


can i rent yours from you for a fee? lol. it sucks to pay 260 for something ull only use once. also whats your suspension setup, wheel size, and offset? that stance looks pretty good in your sig.
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Re: Need suggestions for next upgrade

Postby DriDed » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:39 pm

hari-bhari wrote:Forgive the poor picture quality, there are off my iPhone. But I want to make some upgrades to the car and I think I have two options. My budget is a max of 2k. If you guys have any suggestions of your own, feel free to throw them in. Here's what I've come up with.

1) Keep the 18s I have right now, get spacers for the rear to make it a bit more flush, and install coilovers (maybe). Currently I have Tokico/Eibach. I have about a 2 finger gap right now in the front and rear. Of course, I'd have to shave the fenders.

2) Upgrade to 19s. Right now all the ones I like are in the 1500+ price range. If I do this, probably will not get spacers and definetely won't be changing the suspension.


Go with option 1.
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Postby LEE337 » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:13 pm

hari-bhari wrote:
CamryOnBronze wrote:
hari-bhari wrote:whats the proper way to have the fenders rolled or shaved? i asked a few shops a couple years ago and they didnt want to do it. can i take a dremel to it?


I would pick up an eastwood fender roller from The Tire Rack. That's what I used for the pull on my 240 and it worked really well.


can i rent yours from you for a fee? lol. it sucks to pay 260 for something ull only use once.

Acctually your gona use it 4 times. :D
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Postby hari-bhari » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:17 pm

i googled 'rent fender roller' and look what i found right on the main page. is that happy_aggies??



http://www.rollyourfender.com/
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Postby LEE337 » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:39 pm

^I think so!
Not sure, but I fukin love love love that color!!!!!!!
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Postby Taido » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:41 pm

LEE337 wrote:^I think so!
Not sure, but I fukin love love love that color!!!!!!!

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Postby hari-bhari » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:46 pm

yea thats him, i looked it up. that color is sick. i wonder what rims those are
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Postby CamryOnBronze » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:58 am

hari-bhari wrote:
CamryOnBronze wrote:
hari-bhari wrote:whats the proper way to have the fenders rolled or shaved? i asked a few shops a couple years ago and they didnt want to do it. can i take a dremel to it?


I would pick up an eastwood fender roller from The Tire Rack. That's what I used for the pull on my 240 and it worked really well.


can i rent yours from you for a fee? lol. it sucks to pay 260 for something ull only use once. also whats your suspension setup, wheel size, and offset? that stance looks pretty good in your sig.


I traded mine towards my cf hatch and hood on my 240. You can sell it on ebay and end up spending about $40, which might be the same as renting one, but you don't have to pay a deposit and you can do it on your own time frame/ terms. I guess you have to have $270 you can do without for a week or two, but it shouldn't be too big of a deal.

My solara had 18x8.5 Gram Lights 57s wheels, +40 offset with a 5mm spacer in the rear, effectively making it +35. Tires were 225/45/18 I believe. If I still had the car, I would do 30mm front and 25mm rear with 1.5-2 degrees of camber.
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Postby gnegroni » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:09 am

SleeperSolara wrote:Keep the 18's. Get spacers. Roll the fenders. Install coilovers.

I second that!
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