Then my wheels arrived !!!!!

It was a long wait to get the 20x12's..but it was worth it.!!!

I got them all mounted and put under the car. There is no rearend right now, so the rears are just sitting under there...


Front is 19x8 with a 245-35-19.....now seeing them on there, I probably could have gone with just a tad more sidewall. At the time I bought them...like 2 years ago....I wanted to make sure I got the front end low, but still be able to turn the car and still have some lip to the wheel etc etc.
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The rear is a 20x12....it has a 4.5 inch lip..
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I see your post shows the rotisserie.... I was too quick on the trigger...

Looks really good - and am thrilled to see the progress! It always reinvigorates "the builder" to get something "done". :woot:

Was thinking about your "speaker" issue.... you have cut off wheels - and a welder... you could (if you have the room) relocate the oval speaker "holes" over a bit to make some clearance? Or turn them on an angle?

This is the car at our ride height with just flat stock in place of the Shockwaves. Tim modified the front k-frame and rear mounts to get this ride height.

It sits BAD ASS!!!!....but I think I may need to raise the rear a tad. Just visually I think I'm gonna have a bunch of clearence issues with the rear end....hitting the trunk floor ...tubes hitting the frame. Nothing that cant be changed, but just more work...... I'm not sure if the specs on the shocks are different than i thought...I based the holes on the flat stock on the specs I found....or if Tim didnt try and drop the car once he set the ride height. He had the actual Shockwaves on there at the time....so I hope the issue is on my end.
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It will be a balance of getting the ride height right and not having to re-do the entire tunnel, make clearecne in the trunk for the the diff, and be able to get exhaust through there...we'll see. Right now, I can adjust some stuff and see what I can do...

I tried to come up with a bunch of ideas for the speakers..... there isnt much room towards the outside....plus I may run a cage and need some space for the downbars..... turning them at an angle wouldnt change anything since its the magnet that is the issue. I though about going smaller, but couldnt find a decent 3 way speaker that would work. Thought about rasing them up.....I though of a 100x different option but finally just went with this.....

I also did a rough trim on the original rear panel to fit the tubs. I'm planning on using them as a good starting place for the final ones. I think I should be able to use them as the base and add some fiberglass etc etc and then get them covered. If nothing else I use them as a template.
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Sits bad ass is right, Ned!!! I'm digging it.
Keep us posted bud. Looking good.:thumbsup:

Ned ---

I'd modify the TANK.... with a couple of indentations for the speaker clearance... But that's just me. LOL

Looks killer Ned, are you leaving the wheel centers polished or weren't they supposed to be black?

Good wheel choice Ned......looks like a great stance

personally I'd skip the whole stereo thing, it's not like you will even enjoy it...not like when driving the car like a bat out of h3ll :D

The car looks great.