Tire too wide =wrinkled quarters!
05-04-2006, 10:24 PM
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Tire too wide =wrinkled quarters!
wrinkled my quarters today trying to run too-wide tires! Maybe time for the Ott flares or take it to the shop for a back to normal fix? any other sugg? I gotta pay for the work anyway, so I'm thinking flares..........what do you think ? 
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05-05-2006, 10:43 AM
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Yes please do tell us the wheel size and offset as well as the tire you were using... I want to be sure to include it in the wheel size chart as an example of what will not fit. Sorry to hear of your problems. Can you explain a bit more as to what exactly happened? Pictures?
05-05-2006, 07:09 PM
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I was running only a 265 but with a 1" spacer. It looked like it would work with a slight fender rolling. It looked great. Then I drove it , hit a dip and heard a gut wrenching crunch/grinding sound. I ran this same setup with 255's and no issues, but the tire manuf. were different. Wheels are 18" RIVAS and tires are S03 pole positions. rear offset is 52 I was told. Spacers are off and the new fitment is good. I feel like an *** for not realizing what Mark Kibort stated earlier in this thread.IS there a good flaring option out there besides GTS qtrs? I think that would be alot more expensive. Somebody needs to make a Gts flare that would graft easily on the existing quarterpanel.
05-05-2006, 07:25 PM
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hey Matt, the wheel width (rear) is 9.5. I like the Ott flares but are too extreme without a front fender flare treatment to go with them. I know a local panel beater and maybe I can talk him into($$$$) fabbing a set of simple, more compact Gts flares that will graft nicely on a s4 qtr. Anybody think this will work?