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what to do with my L32

Started by _My74LH_ , Mar 15 2007 05:25 PM

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#26 _STEVO_

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Posted 17 March 2007 - 03:30 PM

go the flares :spoton:

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#27 _JBird_

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Posted 17 March 2007 - 04:33 PM

Flares allow you to run wider wheels and give you a wider wheel base, something tubbing does not.

Wider wheel base gives better stability through corners.

Your son will appreciate this extra traction when he finds himself behind the wheel of a 355 stroker.

Safety first! LOL

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#28 _BCR42Y_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 04:01 PM

Personally, my car has flares and as much as i love them, you cant go past a unflared Torana with a nice set of wheels on it.

Just like the neat G-Pak that is for sale ( i think its Hawks car, it looks hot!).

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 05:14 PM

You want something that stands out and grabs people's attention.
..............flares grab ppls attention

Ok then, I'll take a bog stock SLR 5000 or SS to a show and a modified one and see which one gets the attention.

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#30 _jake_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 05:20 PM

modified as flares and drop tank only things not stock then ya..... and i mean on the street too

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 05:46 PM

yep, I drove a stock SLR5000 the other day and got plenty of looks, most people look at my A9X and think just another Torana with flares.

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#32 Heath

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 09:37 PM

^ I find that very humerous. But I can understand it 100%

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#33 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 09:48 PM

I absolutely love flares on LH/LX's, but in this case I'd advise to leave them off, and just get some 205's on 7" wheels to fill the guards. The reason, you don't want the cops hassling out your son in 12 years time!!!! Unfortunately flares and P plates attract the wrong sort of attention.

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#34 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 09:53 PM

^ The other reason is that your more likely to be able to get 13/14" tyres to suit 7" rims in 12 years, whereas 245/265's are already getting patchy.

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#35 RIM-010

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 09:55 PM

Go 18's

Problem Solvered.

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#36 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:12 PM

^ yup, and with 30 series tyres, same rolling diameter.

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:13 PM

17's, then. :spoton:

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#38 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:18 PM

Like these? 18"

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I didn't like the idea till I saw this car.

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:20 PM

Those under Unflared gaurds, though

See Cohen's avatar for 18" under unflared guards..

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#40 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 10:23 PM

^ mmm, haven't seen that one. Even with 15" you can have problems with touching, just a matter of knowing how to fix it. Had to do that with BMXer's old car, he thought the sky was falling, but didn't take long to fix.

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#41 _JBird_

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Posted 19 March 2007 - 11:14 PM

Go flares...Think of the dish!...The DISH!!

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#42 RIM-010

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 07:21 AM

Speaking of dish...

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#43 _My74LH_

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 05:52 PM

Now dats what im talking bout.

Love that Torana,Im sold My sons Slr is going to look like that grey one

if anyone knows the size of those rims and tyres let me know.

cheers Tim

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#44 RIM-010

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 07:29 PM

I think the rims are BigxBIG.

I think that that rig may have been tubbed...

You gunna do it Gunmetal as well?

Tim

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#45 _TJ253_

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 07:44 PM

unflared toranas do look awsome but there is nothing like a flared torana with wide ass wheels drop tank rear spolier and duel exhaust either way u choose there both awsome cause its a torana damn rim is convincing was changing my thoughs there

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Posted 20 March 2007 - 07:48 PM

^ I agree about the fat wheels, droptanks and duels with flares. BUT! Shitloads of Torana's copped that treatment in the 70's and 80's. So unflared examples are rarer. If you want a flared one, I'd buy a flared one, not kill an unflared one.

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Posted 21 March 2007 - 06:25 AM

If it was me, I'd do it like the grey one but painted as an original SLR, so basically then it's just wheels. It would look tough but still have the original SLR look.