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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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Can you guess my fitment?

Like the title says can you guess my fitment???
I know its going to need a pull and stretch but I''l make them work. Its not that far off.

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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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I see you getting some new mods for the car, I thought you were selling your car?!
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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almost looks like a 0 offset.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by /X-8
I see you getting some new mods for the car, I thought you were selling your car?!
Oh I'm still selling it. Those are rims from my rx7. I just wanted to test fit them to show that you can fit wide aggressive offset wheels on an rx8
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 09:48 PM
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Ohh, alright! Also, I recently saw that you were or did buy a stock air intake box and upper intake manifold. Did you take out the turbo or something?
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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yeah took the turbo off today.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:32 AM
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How come? Are you planning on selling it or what?
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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yeah going to sell the turbo kit.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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is the car lifted or are you just not lowered?
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:18 PM
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Look.... its on the jack.
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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yea it looks like it. so i would say it probably won't fit once dropped to the ground. LOL
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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You need bigger tires perhaps, you can see the rim...
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rotarypower88
yeah going to sell the turbo kit.
Do you have a price in mind? PM me and let me know..
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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:39 PM
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i am going with just bad fitment?

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Old Mar 30, 2008 | 10:58 PM
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^lol. rx7 isnt the same as an rx8
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 04:01 PM
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the car was sitting on the ground but it had been in the air all day so the suspension was not settled. also it is not lowered, but like i said with some body work i could make them fit.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 04:15 PM
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Can you say "s-t-r-e-t-c-h"
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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Can you say..."why not sell them and get some wheels that fit"

"Sometimes you just have to know when to walk away"
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:08 PM
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I understand that these wheels are meant for an RX-7. He said he put them on to show us that you could fit agressive wheels on an 8. What I don't understand is who considers that fitting?

Yeah the bolt patterns are the same, thats about it. The tires would need to be stretched. You would need excessive negative camber. A fender roll would be needed and possibly need to be pulled as well. After all that, it still wouldn't look good, it wouldn't ride good, and your tires would suffer uneven wear.

It is known that you can fit wide wheels on this car, up to 10.5 inches wide, with no modifications. Why go with a crazy offset and have them stick out 2 inches and do some serious mods to get them to fit? Just so your lip is big? Not worth it to me.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:42 PM
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show some pictures on when the car is on the ground. does it have any camber? it would look great it fits with some negative camber.
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by swoope
i am going with just bad fitment?

beer
I'm with swoope on this one.
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