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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 04:47 AM
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Is There A Way To Get Rid Of My Gap

I Need To Get Rid Of The Gap Between The Tire And Body However I Was Wondering If There Is A Way To Do This Without Lowering Springs Or Any Lowering Of The Car. Like If I Put A Higher Series Tire On Will That Help? Thanks.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 06:23 AM
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if u put a bigger tire, your speedometer will off tremendously, you'll make the car much slower, and you might rub. The only choice you have is to lower it on springs/coilovers or stop looking at the gap lol
thats what everyone would say about that bro
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 08:26 AM
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You will probably get laughed at but you could make that space disappear with some 24" rims ..... but it would be cheaper to either live with it or lower it on springs than getting new tires.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 08:50 AM
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Drive around with really fat friends.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 10:11 AM
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Go get another 4x4 if you wanna do that.It wont help you lower that way.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 11:41 AM
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Drive around with really fat friends.
Those friends can't be relied upon to be there every time you want to impress the local ricer crowd. Weight watchers.....bypass surgery.....etc.

I recommend a trip to Home Depot where for less than $5 per bag, you can load up on 40lb bags of sand. Let's see, 20 bags @ 40lbs would load the springs with 800 lbs for less than $100. There's yer solution.

In winter, a handful of the ballast can serve as additional traction.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 12:08 PM
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just lower the car dude
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 12:12 PM
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just lower the car dude
+1 just get a set of springs and call it a day
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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My question is: Can I make my car faster and louder without spending any money at all.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 12:58 PM
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Find a custom body shop to add metal to the wheel arch, paint it, voila. Should only cost several thousand dollars to deal with the unsightly gap. No lowering of the suspension, no improper tire sizes, no rubbing. You may as well have them flare the rear quarter panels while they're at it. Then you can shove some 255's on the rear axle.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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My question is: Can I make my car faster and louder without spending any money at all.
Remove the exhaust.
That should take care of the sound and the decrease in weight has gotta be worth an increased 0-60 time of 0.00072 .
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 06:09 PM
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My question is: Can I make my car faster and louder without spending any money at all.
Cut off your mufflers and drive down hill a lot.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 06:41 PM
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+1 just get a set of springs and call it a day

+2 seriously. If you're worried about scraping your ride just get some h-techs.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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I got slightly higher profile tires (and wider) 235/50/18 F and 245/45/18 R. I think they look better and it only changed my speedometer by 1%.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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