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Good rear coilovers to have 245/60R16 tires? (Page 1/1) |
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Squall86GT
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OCT 16, 09:32 AM
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Hey guys, The tires on the back of this thing just look too small. There’s some aftermarket wheels that are 16“ x 7“ wide I believe. Anyway I’ve got plenty of room in the wheel well and it would help out those RPMs a little bit- what is a good solid coil over kit for the rear that would give me plenty of space to have tires are a lot wider and a little bit taller? Thanks!
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Spadesluck
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OCT 16, 11:30 AM
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olejoedad
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OCT 16, 11:46 AM
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Depending on wheel offset, you may not need coilovers.
I run 245/45/17's with original struts.
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pmbrunelle
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OCT 16, 12:14 PM
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quote | Originally posted by olejoedad:
Depending on wheel offset, you may not need coilovers.
I run 245/45/17's with original struts. |
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Offset of your wheels that work without coilovers?
And original GM struts? Or aftermarket such as KYB, Monroe, Gabriel?
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olejoedad
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OCT 16, 05:22 PM
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17x7x40
88 Formula Probably has KYB's on it.
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fieroguru
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OCT 16, 08:14 PM
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The 88s have more room to the spring perch as the strut mounts a little higher and more of an angle to the knuckle.
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Squall86GT
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OCT 16, 11:25 PM
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fieroguru
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OCT 17, 10:25 AM
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The interference issue is with the lower spring perch and the larger diameter spring (4.5" OD) that sits on top of it. To maximize the clearance, most people remove the spring perch (the linked coilovers do not do this) and switch to a 2.5" ID (3.5" OD spring). For extreme fitments (9.5"+ wide) some keep the weld bead for the stock spring perch and mount the adjuster sleeve on top.
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Squall86GT
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OCT 17, 10:18 PM
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So you can simply remove the perch and change the springs and that allows you to have a taller and wider tire if you want to? Roughly speaking how much taller and wider than stock? I don’t wanna put monster truck tires on - just wanna understand what that will look like. Any negatives? Thanks a lot
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fieroguru
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OCT 18, 09:06 AM
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