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Old 01-27-2012, 10:46 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sven7 View Post
The car's body curves in so much that I don't think any wheel fitment is really going to benefit you (unless you ran 20* positive camber with 18" flat face wheels). You'll always have the tires poking out the bottom and tucking in up top.
What if you made flares to take out the side angle of the body. Flares like these: Charge Speed Universal Charge Speed Universal Bubble Over Fender Set - CSAOF02 Might require some custom fab, or you may be able to find large enough ones that you could trim the top down to almost nothing, but leave them full-depth at the bottom of the arch.

Here is the Saturn I sold a few months back, with 9" wheels under it:




Sketched in flare front profile:


This would give you smooth flow across the sides (vs the massive dip inward stock). Feasible?

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