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Tubbed Torana's

Started by _gen3torrie_ , Sep 21 2010 11:16 PM

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#1 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:16 PM

post your pics of tough tubbed toranas, im thinking of tubbing mine

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#2 _Quagmire_

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:19 PM

don't josh
you will get soo many hassles when you go to rego it
and it's not needed
you only need a 10" rim at the most

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#3 _sshatch355_

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:23 PM

probably seen mine but heres more anyway

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#4 _gen3torrie_

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:25 PM

i saw yours in street machine dude

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#5 rodomo

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Posted 21 September 2010 - 11:53 PM

If you tub that car and can't get it registered, I'll walk the Nullarbor in my jocks to personally give you a clip behind the ear! :furious:

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#6 _Quagmire_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 12:04 AM

i'll do it for you
but do the walk anyway
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#7 _2wild4u_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 12:40 AM

tubs are for bathrooms

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Edited by 2wild4u, 22 September 2010 - 12:41 AM.

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#8 _greenmachine215_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 04:39 AM

people who tub are people in denial about putting flares on.
Unless you gonna have some 9sec serious power i suggest you dont waste your time and money.

Do your homework man, you'll be suprised just how much u can stuff under slightly modded stock gaurds.

heres an old pic of my hatch runs 265/50/15 with ease.
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new lot of treads im gonna squeeze 285's under there just because i can.

just think the coin u waste on tub work is coin towards more parts.

cheers

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#9 _moot_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 07:58 AM

both of my toranas are tubbed. flares are for ricers :burnout:

anything bigger than a 245 in a standard tub,and your car will sit like a tractor,265's fit if you wanna raise the height and make it look like a charger out of the 80's :rockon:

doing the actual tub work is pretty cheap,but its the rest of the stuff that goes with it. a $2000 tub job quickly turns into a 10k arse end.

28x11.5 or a 325 drag radial:

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this is my blue car,275/60/15 (try this without tubs :spoton:

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#10 _mumbo_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 09:26 AM

I dont have tubs just a short dif and i think my wheels look big and they sit up in the guards 255/60/15s
With stockies
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With normal wheels
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I catch people looking under it to see if it is tubbed
Dont get me wrong i would like to tub my car but i like driving it more.

Edited by mumbo, 22 September 2010 - 09:28 AM.

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#11 _the gts_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 09:34 AM

whats wrong with tubs? to do flares properly you need to cut the outer guards so the car sits properly.
so do you modify the outside and go with flares for a wider wheel track or modify the insied for tubs with a standard or slghtly reduced wheel track. they are the only two options for 'Big' rubber and the choice depends on personal prefereence and what the car is used for.

Josh to get tubs legal in WA is a fair bit of work, make sure they approve in principal first and the engineer views every part of it while being fabricated.

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#12 _sshatch355_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 10:38 AM

both of my toranas are tubbed. flares are for ricers

anything bigger than a 245 in a standard tub,and your car will sit like a tractor,265's fit if you wanna raise the height and make it look like a charger out of the 80's

doing the actual tub work is pretty cheap,but its the rest of the stuff that goes with it. a $2000 tub job quickly turns into a 10k arse end.

28x11.5 or a 325 drag radial:

this is my blue car,275/60/15 (try this without tubs )

i think were biased though moot as we both have no problem chopping them up!

you right about the tubs mine were only $1500 and havent touched the front half of the rail and can fit a lot more tyre than the current 28x12 mt they currently have and i cant see a 245x15x50 putting 500+ at the motor successfully to the road

its all down to personal taste i love big wheels but dont like flares so have to make them fit some how

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#13 _LJ355_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 11:51 AM

Mine is mini tubbed and wheel arch stretched 60mm
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Edited by LJ355, 22 September 2010 - 11:53 AM.

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#14 _mumbo_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 12:26 PM

Mine hooks up on 235 radials 11.1s and if it wasnt for ANDRA i would be doing low 10s on them.
We are in WA when i moved from Vic my 1st yellow was because of my tyres i had 205s on front and 225s rear of my old HR

Edited by mumbo, 22 September 2010 - 12:30 PM.

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#15 _moot_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 03:58 PM

i think were biased though moot as we both have no problem chopping them up!

you right about the tubs mine were only $1500 and havent touched the front half of the rail and can fit a lot more tyre than the current 28x12 mt they currently have and i cant see a 245x15x50 putting 500+ at the motor successfully to the road

its all down to personal taste i love big wheels but dont like flares so have to make them fit some how

some of the diehard torana guys would want my head on a platter if they saw what i have cut up :tomaatit:

i'd much rather cut wheel tubs out of good clean body than hack apart the front guards,rear guards and rear doors.....

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#16 _89'King_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 04:27 PM

i have 2 rules when it comes to modifications...

1. if its genuine, as in matching number LX SS hatch or SLR5000, dont touch it, enjoy it how it is, and
2. if its not as desirable as most others, eg 253 SL LH, make it however you desire, after all, its your car.

my 2cents worth anyway..

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#17 _gtr-xu1_

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Posted 22 September 2010 - 04:41 PM

tubs are for bathrooms

front runners dont escactly fillout front flare though, looks tuff from behind but funny for front wheels. looks like ya running a space saver. nice car never the less