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Originally Posted by SSLance
18x11s on front, Wow! Especially since I know how excited I am for my new 18x9.5s that should be shipping to me next week.
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Ron talked about you and your car in the class... I felt special since I knew who you were and could relate from your build thread. Yeah...11's I was really having a tough time with tire choice for the wheels until I took Ron's class. He has a lot of experience and said that he would much rather have a car with the right size tire on it than a huge tire on a smaller rim. We talked more specifics in the class and I settled on 295/40 on the 11" rim. Looking at the tires this am, I am a little worried they might be stretched a bit but hope they are just right.
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Originally Posted by sanddan
What wheels are you getting?
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Rushforths.....I am a big fan of supporting local vendors and Jason is just up in Tacoma Washington and is becoming a buddy over the years......maybe less after the 50 questions last night about....see below.
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Originally Posted by ZMAN1969
Sean I just found and read throught this - exellent craftsmanship!!!
Great Job!
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Thanks man appreciate the feedback. I had my suspicions so I tore the pan off and was quickly greeted by the cause of the noise. Thrust bearing was gone. I believe I have about .040 endplay on the crank shaft. It probably just needs some bearings and it will be good to go.
Well after a couple of months of waiting, these sexy bitches showed up at my work yesterday. A couple little issues with packaging from the builder ended up with three wheels not being perfect. Ill work with Jason on that front, not sure what to do.
He did the hidden valve stems on the wheels and although they are super cool just would not work so I picked up some flush mount valve stems to plug the holes and got to work drilling holes in the front lips on my brand new wheels... :cry: Yes you heard that right.
But lots of measuring and prep and they are drilled with some nice clean valve stems in there.
I went out on a limb with the color on these a little bit. I love brown, its such an elegant under utilized color on cars and with the tan/Beige color on the truck with the brown interior I thought it would work well. Jason nailed the color and finish on the wheels they are incredible.
This was just a cool shot....gives you an idea of just how big these are....yes, they are all 18x11's
Should have tires on them later tonight now to make these big girls fit is going to be a whole nother story, wish me luck.
Sean