SCIENCE EXPERIMENT - 10.5 Wide, 295's, No Flares, H&R Springs...(Pic Heavy)
01-13-2015, 07:28 AM
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SCIENCE EXPERIMENT - 10.5 Wide, 295's, No Flares, H&R Springs...(Pic Heavy)
DISCLAIMER - I am currently waiting on suspension parts so I can go lower, but I wanted to see if this could be done...so I pulled the trigger in the interest of "SQ5 science."
SETUP:
H&R Springs (-3 P/N)
HRE FF01 in Silver - 20x10.5 ET35 (8mm Spacers front/rear) Final Offset ET27
295/35/20 Continental 5p's
After looking at the shape of the knuckle everyone has trouble with for wide tires I knew that if I dropped down in diameter just a touch I could squeeze a bigger tire in there. That said, that's how I chose my tire. The HRE's are only available in ET35 unless you jump up to a P40SC which are custom...and I didn't feel like spending the money or waiting.
I have plans to go much lower, but this will get me by until the spring. I am also on the fence about the flares because I simply don't like how they look. I wanted to stay flush with the plastic flares that come factory and that is what I did. Once it's lower the wheels/tires will be sucked into the wheel well even more providing a nice final stance and fitment.
I had the factory 21's with 20mm spacers front and rear and the fitment is only out a touch more (3.7mm).
I also tossed on a Black Optics grille and dipped the spears on the fog light grilles black.
On to the pics:
With 21's
With HRE's
SETUP:
H&R Springs (-3 P/N)
HRE FF01 in Silver - 20x10.5 ET35 (8mm Spacers front/rear) Final Offset ET27
295/35/20 Continental 5p's
After looking at the shape of the knuckle everyone has trouble with for wide tires I knew that if I dropped down in diameter just a touch I could squeeze a bigger tire in there. That said, that's how I chose my tire. The HRE's are only available in ET35 unless you jump up to a P40SC which are custom...and I didn't feel like spending the money or waiting.
I have plans to go much lower, but this will get me by until the spring. I am also on the fence about the flares because I simply don't like how they look. I wanted to stay flush with the plastic flares that come factory and that is what I did. Once it's lower the wheels/tires will be sucked into the wheel well even more providing a nice final stance and fitment.
I had the factory 21's with 20mm spacers front and rear and the fitment is only out a touch more (3.7mm).
I also tossed on a Black Optics grille and dipped the spears on the fog light grilles black.
On to the pics:
With 21's
With HRE's
01-13-2015, 08:09 AM
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Looking pretty great.
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01-13-2015, 10:13 AM
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It looks like your only option with the FF01 is the 20x9 or the 20x10.5. Can't go any wider then a 275 on the 20x9 but I wonder if that would fit the fronts? How are the rears with the 20x10.5, did you have to use the spacers back there? Wonder if you could do a staggered setup with the X5/X6 tire sizes, 275/40/20 and 315/35/20?