Had to build a gate so got delayed on working on the car
hard to believe it's $1600 if someone else builds it for you

In other news... mounted the tires to the track wheels, I'll have to weight them, they're substantially lighter

the rears are the same size as what's already on there but the fronts

275/35zr18 v. 295/30zr18 - so shorter and wider.... but I think the same offset so, crossing fingers, no need to cut the flares and widen them

anyway, got onto the car - should have taken more pictures
and hit a slight snag.... I need it to go into the innermost 'spot' but something is preventing that from happening...

so I'll take it apart again and see what's up....
and the new rear end is ready to be picked up
to be continued....