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 Post subject: Re: pete
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:31 pm 
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pete are they snow flakes on the cougar and if so y they soo wide... lol and where can i get some


Yep I made em 8" wide, they're illegal, and I don't give a s**t.


LOL Why didn't you go the whole hog if you had gone that far, I wanted mine to be widened to 10" or at least 9", I was after a stealth look XF Ghia.

 

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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:37 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
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pete are they snow flakes on the cougar and if so y they soo wide... lol and where can i get some


Yep I made em 8" wide, they're illegal, and I don't give a s**t.


LOL Why didn't you go the whole hog if you had gone that far, I wanted mine to be widened to 10" or at least 9", I was after a stealth look XF Ghia.


Do you really believe I wanted to stop at 8"? 8-)
It's simply much more difficult to make them 9 or 10". The problem is the drop in for the tyre bead ends up being too far from the edge of the rim to be able to get a tyre on(it was a bit difficult to get it on at 8"). We could have gone for a rear drop in for rear fit but the wheel is only 15" so it wouldn't clear the caliper on the disc rear(if it were drum you could get away with it). I'm going to do another set and this time may add another inch or two to the back side, even though it won't outwardly look any different.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:38 pm 
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Was having a look at the modified pic and have one question?

Do you plan on going with or without the wing?

 

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 Post subject: Re: pete
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:46 am 
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Do you really believe I wanted to stop at 8"? 8-)
It's simply much more difficult to make them 9 or 10". The problem is the drop in for the tyre bead ends up being too far from the edge of the rim to be able to get a tyre on(it was a bit difficult to get it on at 8"). We could have gone for a rear drop in for rear fit but the wheel is only 15" so it wouldn't clear the caliper on the disc rear(if it were drum you could get away with it). I'm going to do another set and this time may add another inch or two to the back side, even though it won't outwardly look any different.


Keep us updated if you do the wider ones and it works, hmm Genuine look ESP with 15x10s would look awesome.

 

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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:20 am 
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Do you plan on going with or without the wing?


Yep, It needs to be there if I do the "Eliminator" look.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 11:21 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
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Do you really believe I wanted to stop at 8"? 8-)
It's simply much more difficult to make them 9 or 10". The problem is the drop in for the tyre bead ends up being too far from the edge of the rim to be able to get a tyre on(it was a bit difficult to get it on at 8"). We could have gone for a rear drop in for rear fit but the wheel is only 15" so it wouldn't clear the caliper on the disc rear(if it were drum you could get away with it). I'm going to do another set and this time may add another inch or two to the back side, even though it won't outwardly look any different.


Keep us updated if you do the wider ones and it works, hmm Genuine look ESP with 15x10s would look awesome.


Certainly.
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 12:27 am 
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Do you plan on going with or without the wing?


Yep, It needs to be there if I do the "Eliminator" look.


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