CE28N's Stoptechs installed (large offsets stock fenders)

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Just a follow up for those who've seen the install post... brakes are on and the AXXIS ULTIMATES are bedded in...

Wheels: CE28N Bronze17x9 +15 F17x9.5 +22 R

Front fenders are in really poor shape so rolling (rented a fender roller) took its toll on them. The rears did really well except for the rear passenger side fender cracked really badly due to the bondo that was underneath (looks like a minor repair was done... car checked out clean when I bought it 3 years ago). The passenger front fender did pretty well, but the driver side buckled on the back portion. I might try and weld the crack and fix it, but I'm not sure. my front end conversion is planned for this winter or next spring, so I might fix the paint/body at that time... time will tell.

I need bigger tires... these were free (235 F/245 R) so I'm not complaining. I rolled the fender as much as I could and I think I can fit 255's and maybe 265's (depending on what I can stuff up front...), so we'll see.

Surprising enough... my car handles much much better with the new wheels/tires and stops much better than it use to with the stock 205's and stock brakes...

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My goose flew away... but here's my dog in front of the car for "randomness" 240sx2nr95

Link to the build-up...zerothread/189610


Modified by rbsileighty at 5:23 PM 8/14/2006
Last edited by rbsileighty on Tue Aug 10, 2010 1:03 pm, edited 2 times in total.


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nismofly
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day pics ftw

looks good

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Yay for hankook RS-2s. But yeah, those pics suck. Daytime ones please?

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Looks good but did you roll all the way around the fender.

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Actually washed it for the 3rd time since I've owned it today (about 3 years now... 4 in Nov)... I'll get day pics sometime soon... still need to fix the paint some more where it cracked on the RR passenger fender... looks a lot better than it did though...

Front fenders are rolled ~3/4... fronts won't really very well.. you should watch a front fender being rolled... jello comes to mind. I'm second guessing not getting "wide body" front fenders for the silvia conv now...


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Day pics or ban.

-Dan

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Tough croud! Here ya go...

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Yeah, you really need to take the front fenders off to roll them correctly. They flex too much to roll when they are on the car.

I removed mine, layered a bunch of towels behind them, and worked the inner fender lip with a hammer untill it was perfectly flat. Worked perfect and did not wrinkle the fender or mess up the paint at all.



My front is 17x9+20 with 235s and -2 degrees camber.

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Thanks for the tip!

Honest... I might use that when I get my Silvia fenders, but these fenders were in poor shape when I got them so I'm not so worried about how perfect they are as long as they clear the tires.

A side note... I really happy about the Kei Office XT's since the ride quality hasn't changed substantially with the shorter sidewalls... I'd highly recommend them to anyone interested in a quality coilover!

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man i love your car... updates updates!

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Damn those wheels look rad. But i know they cost more then the car so bleh.

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nice car and wheels! from the looks of the wheel fitment id say you really didnt have to roll them that much to clear your tires.

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Thanks!

I'm pulled them that much so I could fit a larger set of tires once I'm done with these... I got these tires from a friend for free

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wheels and brakes look awesome props to you. but that fender rolling is horrible. looks like you fendered the whole back part all around. looks funny to me.

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Seems like it would have been wiser to get the correct offset and not wreck the fenders.

Cast or forged?

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maxnix wrote:Seems like it would have been wiser to get the correct offset and not wreck the fenders.
rbsileighty wrote:I'm pulled them that much so I could fit a larger set of tires once I'm done with these... I got these tires from a friend for free

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WOW

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They are forged... 14.8lbs for the 17x9's in the front and a bit more for the 9.5's in the rear


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SICK

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rbsileighty wrote:They are forged... 14.8lbs for the 17x9's in the front and a bit more for the 9.5's in the rear
sub 15 lb wheel in 17x9. I don't even want to know how much those cost.

They look good though.

and I want to hump your brake's (If only you replaced the word AXXIS with Carbotech).

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Thanks!

Ha... funny you say that... I drove Carbotech's enduro Z31 last year and definitely plan on getting a set after driving on them when I'm done with the Axxis pads...

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Is there a reason I can't see any pictures?

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dude... the guy originally posted this FOUR YEARS AGO!! im pretty sure where ever he uploaded his pics to post them on nico, has already been deleted.

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Pics were hosted on Nico's old server... so I guess they're all gone with the site host/format change. I found some of them on my flickr act and uploaded them to the first post. I have 18's now... but they aren't on the car yet... I'll post a new thread for the update once I dust the car off and get moving on it again. It's basically been a paper weight for the last 3 yrs... time to get it moving again!


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