T.Renshaw34 - Project Liberty - JDM SPEC B FRONT END!

[t.renshaw34]

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next is

- Cusco Bracing (waiting on phat)
- a few zero sports bits n pieces (4-6 weeks)
- Diffuser and new exhaust. Doing something special here. Dual center piping with varex muffler. TCP quad tip mufflers ( 3-4 months)

[Gambit]

Very nice ! though you need someone to take some good photos of it, to do it justice

[t.renshaw34]

Ohhhh yehhhh! Have 3 different photoshots booked with 3 different photographers. Wanting to wait to the car is "closer to finished" before I start doing photoshots. But on the other hand I do want some porn style photos of the car.

[bigBADbenny]

The mind BOGGLES!!!

[Gambit]

The mind BOGGLES!!!

hahah agreed, I wanna see this!

[cruisn]

Just no pics of you naked with your #### in the exhaust pipe.

[t.renshaw34]

Hahaha ok so that may have come out wrong...

[rooby]

How hard was it to get your 245 tyres to fit without rubbing? What did you have to do?

[Dropz]

Rolled the guards, the fronts are flared about 2mm also.

[t.renshaw34]

Jacked the rear up big time. The rear took more effort than the front. But it wasn't "hard" at all. Just time consuming.
Karl did a great job rolling the guards all round. The front guards came out a tiny bit like Karl said.
I adjusted the coilovers to as high as they could go on the rear to make sure the wheels fit. I Then adjusted the coilovers back down until I was happy. (whole thing took me 3-4 Hours)

The fronts still need to be flared around 10mm and the rear 5mm to stop scrubbing when slightly more aggressive drivings is taking place. Spent a little time last week and spending this week looking around for a good body shop to help me out. (my normal work shop doesn't do guard work) and I don't really want to trust some random bloke.

[jslayz]

WITH 18/245/35 YOU PROBABLY WOULDNT HAVE TO DO AS MUCH WORK........

THATS WHAT IM GOING FOR THAT VERY REASON.

Bludy caps lock, sorry all

J

[rooby]

WITH 18/245/35 YOU PROBABLY WOULDNT HAVE TO DO AS MUCH WORK........

J

If they are still 245 wide and the difference in diameter is next to nothing you would have exactly the same result I would imagine.
Only thing that might make it different is if you have different rim offset.

[t.renshaw34]

I really wanted 245/35/18 but would of had to pay around $600 a tyre. Got my 245/40/18 for around half that was a no brainer.

Update on on guards/wheels.

-After speaking to a few panel/body shops they have all said I can't flare the guards that much without needing a respray.
$350

-They all suggested getting the offset changed on the wheels. Make them sit 4-5 mm further in. (Still clears brembo)
$75 a wheel

I'm wanting to go the panel shop option and get them done properly then a respray, just to get the front end looking nice.

[bigBADbenny]

Re: guard work, is that front & rear?

[jslayz]

If you are getting paint done, just get some vented DAMD fenders, they are 7.5mm wider than stock.
Part of the reason I am getting them:-)

J