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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 10:53 PM
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As above, what do you think?

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Old Aug 22, 2013 | 11:13 PM
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No way.
Why do this? Having a car so low can only be a negative thing.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 06:36 AM
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I bought a proper arch rolling tool to do mine.i have a baseball bat handy,but that's normally used for anyone trying to break into my house.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 07:35 AM
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That's one sure way to ruin your baseball bat
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 08:00 AM
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ive done it before using the propper tool. much easier that pissing about like that lol

cant get on photobuket at work to get some pics up tho!
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 08:04 AM
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I paid £80 for a local bodyshop to roll my rear arches.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 09:53 AM
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Why?
Another car bites the dust.
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by The Trooper 1815
Why?
Another car bites the dust.
Indeed don't mess with something good already
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 10:31 AM
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Why?

so you can run wider wheel/tyre combo, lower the car more without it catching the arches.
and if your feeling brave you can massively flair the arches to run some crazy offset rims

ps the car in the vid is an s15, so dont worry yourselves, its not an impreza!

like this ET12 10.5 x 18 on the front, ET-10 13 x 18 rear (yes, MINUS 10)




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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 10:39 AM
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Gives whole new meaning to term wide arches = wide boy . Just kidding everyone has their own taste otherwise world would be dull!

But those wheels look far too big for that car IMO , looks comedy . Again though IMHO

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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 10:49 AM
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Its not mine btw and i dont particularly like the wheels either.
just showing what can be done if you have some ***** lol
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Old Aug 23, 2013 | 10:15 PM
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I personally wouldn't use that method but thought i would post
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Old Aug 24, 2013 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by The Trooper 1815
Why?
Another car bites the dust.

After fitting new wheels my tyres just clipped the rear arches, Had them rolled and now no rubbing. You cant tell its been done apart from the wheels now fill the arches.
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