Widest S13 body kit

[GTR Shop]

Whats the widest kit avail for the S13?There is heaps of 50mm rear fender kits, and I've seent he Ferrari look-alike from france.. is there any other kits with huge rears avail?(I have 18x13" rears and don't think +50mm rear guards will fit)

[AmoebAssassin]

Good lord, what are you doing with that car that necessitates 13" wide rears?!

Anyway, if 50mm fenders are too small, you could always try finding generic fender flares and riveting or molding them into the body, you may be able to squeeze some extra width out of the body that way.

[chmercer]

what offset? i have 12" -20 rear and had no trouble fitting it on s14 with version select overfenders.

[GTR Shop]

13" with -7 offset.I fitted the rims to a S14, and no way in hell 50mm is going to cut it.

Reason... bling + 26 + 78

[BlackFlag_s13]

Anyway, if 50mm fenders are too small, you could always try finding generic fender flares and riveting or molding them into the body, you may be able to squeeze some extra width out of the body that way.

No no no...... the generic flares molded to the overfenders

[chmercer]

13" with -7 offset.I fitted the rims to a S14, and no way in hell 50mm is going to cut it.

Reason... bling + 26 + 78

compared to 12" -20 offset

The outside edge of the wheel will extend to THE SAME point as the stock wheel.

so, yes, way in hell, because thats exactly the same as my wheels, in terms of outer fender clearance.

here look

not that hard.

[Sky240PWR]

well the kit from france is high quality!!...I should know cause I bought one for my s13. I spent $3500 on the kit with shipping, it is still wrapped up in bubble tape, now with that said. My old lady just got knocked up and we wern't trying so I kinda don't have the money to finish my car.......so if you are interested make me a offer, the 18x13 rims would be perfect for that kit!!!!......and if you aren't interested still let me know somthing ok.....you can reach me at [email protected]

[Juujai]

compared to 12" -20 offset

The outside edge of the wheel will extend to THE SAME point as the stock wheel.

so, yes, way in hell, because thats exactly the same as my wheels, in terms of outer fender clearance.

not that hard.

you are down!!! what do u fit in the front? and what is that -39432908 deg camber? looks good though haha

[GTR Shop]

The outside edge of the wheel will extend to THE SAME point as the stock wheel.

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You been on the pipe again?? eg, if you had a 8" rim with +25 offset (reasonably common size) it has the rim edge 3" out from the hub. 13" with -7mm ofset, is damn near 7 inches off the hub.

I'll check my offset again, but I personally fitted a rear to a customers S14 yesterday at the shop and the rim edge was over 3" outside the factory guard, as I used a piece of 4x2" to check width of +50mm rears.

[Sky240PWR]

I sent you a email

[nismofly]

offset calculators dont lie, chmercer's right...he has more experience with wide wheels on 240s than anyone else here

that said, in your test fit you probably had 0 camber, and you will need to run some negative camber for it to fit right

[chmercer]

its just -1.5 camber in the rear. front is 18x10 -7 on modified stock metal fenders. frp flares change width depending on how you mount them. you can squish them down flat and have it add like 20mm of flare, or you can bubble them out like i did and add like 3" or whatever, i didnt measure. just put the wheels on the car and play with the flares till you get it as wide as you like, then rivet them on. easy. some pics showing what i did
Modified by chmercer at 10:15 PM 7/31/2005

[GTR Shop]

that said, in your test fit you probably had 0 camber, and you will need to run some negative camber for it to fit right

Had about 1deg camber.. the whole point to a wider kit is to not have to run excessive camber as it defeats the purpose of the exercise.I need to get 12-13 inches of rubber on the ground, hence I asked for the "widest kit", not "do you think these will fit"

You can fit 12s under std S13 Silvia guards with enough camber, but you may as well be running on 165s...

[Sky240PWR]

well I think my kit is the widest for the s13, unless you can show me wider.get back and let me know something, even if it's to let me know you're not interested.

[Veriest1]

Wow, now that's metallic paint!

Mercer, you're in Austin right? I'm about an hour south of DFW.

[GTR Shop]

It is the biggest to date other than the plague of +50 rear guards... its just a little Corvette'ish... undecided..... grrrr

[cyrus240sx]

holy jumping jesus fish!!!11!!1 that is damn sparkley...and wide.... is your front fenders cut behind the front wheel?..... it sure looks like it...

[cyrus240sx]

and technically if you had lower control arms in the rear ( from spl ) couldnt you make your rear camber less negative?

[northstar ninja]

hey not to jack your thread, but does anyone know of the part company that makes only like 2 kits, and the cars are both purple/royal blue? i used to know but cant remember tfor the life of me which company it is. the kit is for the s13, the other one is for the wrx, if i remember correctly...

[northstar ninja]

wait i remembered its the gram lights aero parts for the s13, wrx, lancer, and rx7...

[northstar ninja]

maybe you should tub your car. if you dont want to run any camber you might as well only go in a straight line and so you might as well drag te car, so you might as well tub the car... correct me if im wrong but, isnt negative camber needed for cornering? i know the stock setting for 240s isnt 0... even the new stock z cars, you can defentally see that the rears have negative camber....

[JimmyMethod]

That car's got more sparkle than a sequin highschool prom dress.

[GTR Shop]

maybe you should tub your car. if you dont want to run any camber you might as well only go in a straight line and so you might as well drag te car, so you might as well tub the car... correct me if im wrong but, isnt negative camber needed for cornering? i know the stock setting for 240s isnt 0... even the new stock z cars, you can defentally see that the rears have negative camber....

Where did I state 'O camber?'

Quote »the whole point to a wider kit is to not have to run excessive camber as it defeats the purpose of the exercise.I need to get 12-13 inches of rubber on the ground[/quote]I'm getting a local crowd to build me a kit similar to the Veilside Fortune RX7 http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/v...1e623 as nothing is avail big enough, and the French kit is too Corvette for my tastes. Also http://www.drifting.com/forums...34829Now to decide what headlights to use as my S15 nose looks to have gone out the window!

[oldschoolsilvia]

http://www.jtuned.com/content/...eid=2Thats the biggest I could find but its just fender flares....

[GTR Shop]

Owwwww... My eyes are burning!!!!

That is some UGLY ****!

IMHO

[Juujai]

again chmercer good stuff. how much did it affect the handling to u?

[RPS13Sideways]

There are some 50mm widebody rear overfenders coming from Seibon if I'm not mistakened. Last I heard they were only for the S13 fastback chassis though.

[chmercer]

good lord why are you trying to reinvent the wheel. you can make overfenders go to illogical wideness. i posted pictures of it. whatever.

yep im in austin

rear wheels are very very hard to make loose grip anymore, and the front wheels are pretty wide as well, made a noticable difference in turn in.

the front fender is stock metal cut down the side, pulled out, and i made metal plates to hook it back together.

[EazyBreazy]

chmercer if you want some wheels to fill your fenders and go dorifto with i have a set of work s1 wheels with 17*9.5 -69 and 17*10.5 -52 front/rear respectively i would let go for about a grand.

sorry for the thread jack

[chmercer]

meisters?? pic?

did they come that way or did somone flip them? (not that it matters just wondering)

thats a very bizarre size. although they would be cool for 2 pairs of rears. neither of thoes could ever be used on the front of like, anything. haha