my friend is looking for some wheels to accent his up coming 98 front n rear bumper on his amazon green zx3/svt. i need help brainstorming some hardcore euro wheels.
The Euro Wheel Thread
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This is Robs06's car. 8 et38. He has no camber adjustment up front other than natural camber from lowering.
It is flush. Your talking just 4mm, hard to see with the eye, but 38 on an 8 is pretty much perfect.
My rear's arent exact 9" wide so I'm leary to throw out numbers for offset. Due to being widened, mine are closer to 8.75" in rear, assuming that width mine are 41mm offset, which I have issues with rubbing shock depending on diameter of shock. Just by translating that to a 9 I'd recommened a 35-38 mm offset for a custom wheel using most of inside the fender as possible. But I dont have first hand experience with that.
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Ya know, i saw a Cougar the other day with similar ones, but looking at them side-by-side, i guess they really aren't that close:7-spoke OEM Escort RS wheels
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Plus, the older Cougars were 5-lug, i believe.
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That cougar is 5x108
couldn't find a US seller, so after doing some research, i came to realize that s-Drives are as close as i can get to that size. It's not that bad of a stretch but it will do. but it should stretch on a 16x9, now that's for sure!
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Hmm, guess you're right then. The 38mm looks pretty darn close to mine, then again... 4mm is pretty hard to tell at any sort of distance.
This gives me new hope for my 17x8 wheels that have been sitting in boxes.
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I have 8.5 with a 39et and u seen my car at fotb.. and I have no rubbing issues, last time I did my alignment I think it was 1.7' in front 2.5 in rear of camber
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^ Do you have plates up front?
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No I'm planning tho
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Just wondering. I'm planning on running some sort of camber adjustment up front in the semi-distant future. Most likely either FS werks plates with normal ID springs or that prototype ball joint camber adjustment setup. I hope they make the latter so I can just get new ball joints and add the camber setup at the same time 
Edit : Robs06's car looks AMAZING.
Edit : Robs06's car looks AMAZING.
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I believe it currently has more low and some other stuff. A clean 05+ is just so classy looking.
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I love that pic. I need some rolling shots of my car now ....
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