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Old 05-03-14 | 07:58 PM
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I'm torn between 18x9.5 +12 or 19x9.5 +12 wheels on my UCF10.
Old 05-04-14 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by ocr
I'm torn between 18x9.5 +12 or 19x9.5 +12 wheels on my UCF10.
18s for moar low and cheaper tires. UCF10s can pull of 18s with a relatively stock body.
Old 05-04-14 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by ocr
I'm torn between 18x9.5 +12 or 19x9.5 +12 wheels on my UCF10.
All around??
Stagger your wheels, looks soooooooooo much better.
9/9.5s front and 10/10.5s rear, most dish possible!
Old 05-04-14 | 08:17 PM
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why not 18x11 +15 all around? I want that O_O look from people at all 4 corners. I might do 18x9.5 +12 front and 18x11 +15 rear. I would rilly love to pull off some 18x10 +0 wheels all around if I could find some. If so I would most likely go with the ones that look like cragers. but I doubt ill go that route.
Old 05-04-14 | 09:17 PM
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wheels im looking at getting they are VARRSTOEN ES6

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Old 05-04-14 | 11:01 PM
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18x11 15et won't fit without massive fender work.

The 9.5/11 would probably be a good but aggressive combo on a UCF10, but I don't know those cars to be able to say for sure.

As far as the wheels, I deeply dislike fake splits, especially knock-offs.
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I don't rilly care for fake 3 piece wheels eather but I priced out some true 3 piece wheels I like and they are $7500. $1000 is about my limit on wheels.
Old 05-05-14 | 12:30 PM
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some other wheels I like. I liked my ROTA GRIDS on my car and they are 18x9.5 +38. so this being 18x9.5 +12 should look kinda sick. im curious as to how much lip they would have though.

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you can get a used set of SP1/S1 for a lot less than 7500....
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ya, but im limiting my wheel budget to $1000
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how much fender work are you willing to do? minimal fender work is for 8.5/9.5 widths with 20ish offsets for UCF10s. keep in mind tire size and drop are other factors to consider.
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Originally Posted by timmy0tool
how much fender work are you willing to do? minimal fender work is for 8.5/9.5 widths with 20ish offsets for UCF10s. keep in mind tire size and drop are other factors to consider.
I'm willing to do a fender/quarter roll, maybe a slight pull. As far as the amount of drop I'm going with, well I want to get hella low, I just don't want to tuck rim. I hate the tucked rim look. I wonder how much pull would be needed to fit a 18x11 in the rear both with a +15 offset and with a +0 offset. I want people to have the look on their face when they see my car.

I even plan to make a bar that will go under the car ment for scraping the ground. That way I don't scrape any exhaust or actual frame, it'll just look like I am as I'm cruising down the highway.
I saw a civic tonight sitting so low that the tow hook was bottoming out and I figured why not have an entire bar ment to throw sparks that I can easly replace when it gets to torn up, then instead of a few sparks when bottoming out, I'll produce a shower of sparks and not actualy be damaging anything important.
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Lol you really want to ride down the road throwing sparks? I didn't know that was cool these days. I get annoyed when I slightly scrape anything.
Old 05-06-14 | 12:55 PM
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Sparks hitting the tires, wheels and anything rubber for extended periods of time will do damage.

Throwing sparks is also a GREAT way to get your car impounded, ask tommy about that $2000 incident! Lol
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Yeah I'm all for the wow factor when I see you guys dropped low but there's a limit to a car that's being driven daily. Someone might actually think something is wrong and call the cops.



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