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Old Jan 21, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Photoshop Help?

Can someone, please, use their skills to help me decide something?

I want to either:
a) lower my car a little bit or
b) buy taller side walled tires to fill in the gap between my tire and wheel well? Maybe 225/50 18s?

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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dude i've seen ur car around! u are from the bay area right??
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 02:43 AM
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you know buying taller side wall tires will screw up ur speedometer, right?

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:09 AM
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you shouldnt need a photo shop pic to deside this one............just go with lowering your car instead of going with the bigger tires to fill the gap.
just my opinion
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:11 AM
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i jus noticed the clear corners
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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dude i've seen ur car around! u are from the bay area right??
Yeah, main! I'm in the Bay! I'm usually between and around Vallejo-Berkeley-Daly City-South City-SF areas. Where you at?

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by NgoRX8
you know buying taller side wall tires will screw up ur speedometer, right?
Yeah, it'll be slow by 1.8%. I don't really want to be lower though, I've had lowered cars and hate having to scan the road and hit bumps at weird angles.

If anything, I'm looking into either RB springs of Tein Basics.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Phantom Menace
I want to either:
a) lower my car a little bit or

Originally Posted by Phantom Menace
I don't really want to be lower though, I've had lowered cars and hate having to scan the road and hit bumps at weird angles.
sooo......
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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actually going for 225/45/18 to 225/50/18 will put your speedometer off by 3.7%. the overall tire diameter is increasing about an inch. 3.7% is a pretty big difference.

just go springs. and honestly, lowering the car an inch will not require you to worry about speed bumps unless you speed through them and hit because of your dampening. nor does it require you to angle a lot (if any). the only time you will really start having to worry is if you add any lip or whatnot. i had the car lowered almost 2 inches with stock front and the only time i angled was very slightly when going up steep driveways.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by captain mercury
sooo......
Captain Mercury,
There's no break in my logic. I said that I didn't REALLY want to be lowered. I also, said that I would lower OR get taller tires. Furthermore, I stated that if I did lower, I'd only go a little bit...Don't try and clown, homie...I'll take you back to the O.C.

NGORx8,
Thanks for the tip. Yeah, maybe I'll go about an inch. So, you don't think shocks would be warranted? Do you know anyone who has only gone springs? If so, can they tell the difference between the ride quality of their current setup and stock?

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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Captain Mercury,
There's no break in my logic. I said that I didn't REALLY want to be lowered. I also, said that I would lower OR get taller tires. Furthermore, I stated that if I did lower, I'd only go a little bit...Don't try and clown, homie...I'll take you back to the O.C.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by captain mercury
word

just had to get the last word in
We're good, man. BTW, I gots the last WORD! tee. hee.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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Yeah, main! I'm in the Bay! I'm usually between and around Vallejo-Berkeley-Daly City-South City-SF areas. Where you at?
yeah im from the central valley in modesto, but yeah i been to the bay alot especially car show events and business but yeah seen ur car around
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Mystery
yeah im from the central valley in modesto, but yeah i been to the bay alot especially car show events and business but yeah seen ur car around
Your not the dude in the silver 8 that mugg'd me a few weeks ago at Chevron at Hickey Blvd. are you?
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:04 PM
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you pm'd me, swoope? i didn't get one from you...
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:05 PM
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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