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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 10:51 AM
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Maybe this is a dumb question, what exactly does it do? I know its like stretching your fenders out. Is it any easy thing to do?
allows more room for fun, rolls them out to help with clearance of aggressive wheels or for tucking.

allows to ride without rubbing, i had a guy roll and slightly pull mine

the rears roll themselves a little over time from being low but its not enough to party
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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 11:09 AM
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i tried doing my rears and it wasn't easy, i didnt really want to do them much and even with a heat gun i got a couple cracks. easier way is just get a narrower tire and stretch em.
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Old Aug 11, 2013 | 05:46 PM
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Just everything in general, but I'll have a friend helping which is good.

I'm debating whether I should roll my fenders or not before I install them. I'll just be running 18x8 +35 wheels, nothing aggressive.
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 09:15 AM
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Just everything in general, but I'll have a friend helping which is good.

I'm debating whether I should roll my fenders or not before I install them. I'll just be running 18x8 +35 wheels, nothing aggressive.
+35? you shouldnt need to roll them. those wheels will sit in farther then stock i think
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 09:30 AM
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Stock LNF wheels are +42. I know it all depends on how low I want to go, I probably won't need them done at first.

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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 09:34 AM
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Stock LNF wheels are +42. I know it all depends on how low I want to go, I probably won't need them done at first.
yeah i went the wrong way. these will be farther out not in. so yeah all depends on how low you go
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 09:55 AM
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Good info here
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 10:01 AM
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yeah i went the wrong way. these will be farther out not in. so yeah all depends on how low you go
Yeah, the lower the offset the more they'll stick out.
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by bmartz1991
Yeah, the lower the offset the more they'll stick out.
or tuck
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 01:25 PM
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im pretty low on +30 +25 in the front and i didnt get my fenders rolled. but they may or may not have kinda rolled themselves
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 01:39 PM
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^living proof
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 06:24 PM
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Lol don't LNFs have the fenders slightly rolled from the factory vs the LSJs not?
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 07:18 PM
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My wheels are +40 plus im running 25mm spacers, so i would be at -13ish offset right?
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 07:29 PM
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^ -13 would stick out way too far lol I think what you have is +15
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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I thought flush was around 28 and poke was considered a negative number oops. I still have to raise the fronts more. I fine riding around but hitting a bump you can hear the wheel grinding on the wheel well :/ it just looks so good...
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 08:27 PM
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That's why I got fat tires, so they rub instead of the rim. I'm not even that low and some bumps I hit I see smoke from the rear fenders lol

I want stiffer springs for the rear, has anyone else swapped out the gr+ springs for something better? I can't find much info.
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 08:39 PM
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Make it stiffer in the front instead of raising it and see if that helps.
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by BPacak
Make it stiffer in the front instead of raising it and see if that helps.
Yea, i tried this. Set fronts and rears to max stiff just to see difference. Makes little bumps alright but some of the roads here are uneven which makes riding on them seem like your driving over a 1/4 of mini speed bumps. Bouncing the car and hearing the god awful scrape sound lol.
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by QCbalt09
My wheels are +40 plus im running 25mm spacers, so i would be at -13ish offset right?
that number doesnt even equal that why are u running an 1inch adapter or is it a spacer?

could of gone with extended studs with 10mm spacers to put u at +30 all around on the 18x8


negative offsets are deep dish wheels with like 4inch lips, the center faces are pushed out more
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 10:10 PM
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that number doesnt even equal that why are u running an 1inch adapter or is it a spacer?

could of gone with extended studs with 10mm spacers to put u at +30 all around on the 18x8


negative offsets are deep dish wheels with like 4inch lips, the center faces are pushed out more
Lol my bad. My math was 40-25=15. If 28 is flush, 28-15=13 offset. Lol. Its adapters with pressed in studs
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 10:14 PM
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mind fucked
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 10:18 PM
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its ok man just messing around
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Old Aug 12, 2013 | 10:29 PM
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its ok man just messing around
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bmartz1991
Lol don't LNFs have the fenders slightly rolled from the factory vs the LSJs not?
lsj's are slightly rolled from the factory too
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Old Aug 13, 2013 | 04:27 PM
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per the rears, i managed to put mine on as is and came out with an 1" drop vs stock in the rear and it works for now...
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