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Im lowering my car next week sometime with coilovers .. Ill be riding at stock-ish height until I find a answer to this question however what do you all think

Im running 265s on the rear at stock height and the rubber and rim slightly stick out, which is what i wanted! Im planning to roll or flare the guards .. Im alittle sceptical that flaring will look out of place on the r34 .. its sexi box like design might be ruined with a cylindrical shape pumping out its side. soooooooo... what to do?

Do I stretch a lower width tyre on to the 9.5 rim or flare it out about 5mm? Im not going to drop it on its guts im just worried im going to hit a pot hole or some shit and have a bent to shit guard... I dont particularly want to run some camber but I know its unavoidable in the short term I plan to get a toe kit to fix the problem.

Either that or run shit hard setup on the coils. What do you all think?

Note this is only for the rears :P Spacers had to be added to clear those rear calipers because of the dish on these bad boys ;)

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I think you should think for yourself. You're pretty much made up your mind - then why ask? LOL

But hey, look - I don't suggest you should dump it down more - the cops are really tough now... dump it down too much and your car could be defected.

I havnt decided anything? lol im asking..

One - Would flaring look good on the box design shape of a r34?

Two - Is my only option really hard coils?

Three - Stick with stockers and look like a 4wd? lol

Four - Stretch (i dunno what size 260s? over my 265 wheels??) will that be legal?

I deff dont wanna stick with numba 3 ... And dont forget its not on the floor shit it will be about an inch lower maybe a inch and a half! I want good handling and no scraping the floor .. its a car not a shovel..

So any more advice .. I worked out that if I pump the guards maybe 1-2mm at most they will slide under if they need too .. but like I said the wheels will be inside the wheel well and not half the tyre missing under the top of the guard like some people ride ..

Pumping can cause damage and Im not sure I want to run that risk..

Another questions - maybe more directed at someone like sydney kid .. How much suspension travel is there on a coilover with about 6kg springs? Id imagine a shock would travel about 3-5cm on a harder impact and would imagine a coilover would be less?

Edited by DECIM8
  • 6 months later...

Find out if stretching a smaller tyre will look ok and be legal, if not, if you were going to flare the guards only 5ml you'd hardly notice, but would be just enough to make ur ride look better I think. I personally think it would look awesome, Ive just bought 9x5 n 265's on the rear also and want to lower my 34, when i have to choose Ill probably flare the guards a lil, Keep my suspension good with a decent height so im not "shovelling" lol but low enough to still look mean.

I dont have the cash right now for coilovers so springs are going on mine while i save up (because i aint ridin around with "option 3" kno what i mean).

Anyway get back to me on what you decide to do, id like to know how satisfied you are.

Edited by MellowYellow

stretch em slightly with max 245s, (will barely be stretched) and improve the fitment,

i wouldnt pump out the guards, but instead roll the inner guard in a tad.

and if ya want stiffen up the damper a touch

that should do the trick depending on your offset as long as its not under around +22

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