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Hi Everyone,

Thought I would see what the masses thought before we came up with a plan of attack / started spending money.

Recently we put some new wheels onto an R32 GTST 18X9 on the front, 18X10 (with 255’s) on the rear based on a couple of recommendations and it turns out that it was slightly too aggressive and didn’t quite fit on the rears.

We managed to get the guards rolled out an extra 10mm, wound the suspension stiffness up and managed to get home but I would still not be confident with any big knocks.

What I was wondering if installing rear camber arms would be a good solution to our problem? We can probably raise the rear end slightly as well which should help a little bit so if camber will sort this out are there any reccomendations on camber arms? Currently been looking at Cartel and GKTech. Other option is to flare the guards which I’m not too keen to consider at this stage.

Cheers!

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how clost is the inner strut clearance? you can camber them away from the guard but how far are we talking?

its gonna ride wear and handle shit.

why run a massive wheel with a small contact patch with suspension harder than you want it?

show car for stance or? may need to concider different wheel option. selll to GTR owner

i have heard Hardrace suspension arms are good for the money, get them from justjap

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I have 255s on 9in rims so your rims are at least an inch too big. Camber is not a solution to a fitment problem it is a handling decision. Extra camber can help on the track but will just waste your tyres with street use. You need smaller rims or bigger guards.

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