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Old Jul 27, 2014 | 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Stuart@VelocityAP
Doesn't the front sit slightly lower on purpose for aerodynamic reasons?

IE - making sure the front end doesn't lift at speed. I'm not sure I would be comfortable with the idea of dropping just the rear of a car.
This was my thought too. I would be afraid it would do this:

or this:
 
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Old Jul 27, 2014 | 03:07 PM
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Haha, Karl you are the master of hyperbole lol...

I wish my car was capable of doing 220+ MPH down the Mulsanne straight... Sadly it is not
 
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About to be aligned with the 20inch rims (offset to fill the arches)


Originally Posted by 007 Vantage
If you are willing to upgrade wheels I would recommend just upgrading wheels with the correct offset to fill the wheel gap. If you just want spacers you can do that it just requires a bit of labor as you have to put in all new wheel stud bolts to accomodate for the thick spacers

VelocityAP new springs are probably going to be your best bet, they should be released here shortly in the next few weeks (if you can wait a little bit).


I got wheels with the correct offset and it looks way better.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 06:45 AM
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Well done Jeremy! You did it the right way. Wheels look amazing!!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeremyosj


About to be aligned with the 20inch rims (offset to fill the arches)


I got wheels with the correct offset and it looks way better.
I think that fitment looks fantastic. I don't like when cars look slammed and yours fills the gaps without the drop.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 07:46 AM
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yep that is spot on!
I need to know all the details on those!
 
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 08:02 PM
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Can you post more pictures of your car and details on the wheels? They look great.
 
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Sorry I disappeared when you asked for more pics, got swamped with life. Here's a link to some pics of me at Road Atlanta. The setup I had then is the same now - wheel spacers, H&R springs, 19" OEM wheels, 245 front/285 rear tires, non-Sports Pack.

https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...hing-else.html

Keep in mind some of the pics are in corners so there's some compression happening. Regardless, I love the performance on track.
 
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great pics! road Atlanta looks amazing!
 
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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by karlfranz
Can you post more pictures of your car and details on the wheels? They look great.


Will post more once I am back from my travels.
 
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Look forward to more pics and specs!
 
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Originally Posted by Jeremyosj
Will post more once I am back from my travels.

Are you back yet!
I'm keen to find out the specs on those wheels/tyres!
 
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Old Aug 10, 2014 | 09:36 PM
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Rear running with a 5mm spacer to see how it looks. From the top its flush but from the front the tyre is visible




Front is perfect. Rears +5mm spacer to be flush with top of body or without spacer to be flush with sides of body.
 
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Old Aug 10, 2014 | 09:38 PM
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Sorry for the slow post. Have not been driving the car because of a check light issue P0420.
 
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A small drop would still look very good, perhaps just lowering the rear would balance out the ride height better. The rear is sitting higher than the front
 
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