Flap Draggin'
10 May 2010, 07:09 PM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Flap Draggin'
Decided that if I can't have performance, I'd have style instead.
It's been nothing but hassle so far, and I can't see it getting any easier TBH, but I just have to look at it to realise why I did it
4* of camber at the moment, going to lost some though as the top of the wheel sits too far into the arch I think.
It's been nothing but hassle so far, and I can't see it getting any easier TBH, but I just have to look at it to realise why I did it
4* of camber at the moment, going to lost some though as the top of the wheel sits too far into the arch I think.
Last edited by Pyrotechnic; 10 May 2010 at 07:23 PM.
...not for me unfortunately... But everyone has different taste so enjoy...
10 May 2010, 08:32 PM
#7
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Cheers guys
They're only 18", fronts are 8.5j and rear are 9.5j though.
Apart from having the dampers on the hardest setting and a little scrubbing when cornering hard, it handles great and sticks like glue with it being low and wide ;]
Exactly, it'd be a bit boring pointless if we all liked the same thing. And I will enjoy it :]
Whoooa, not quite that low, yet...
I'd be quite surprised too if the Feds came all the way across the Atlantic just to pull me over 
The rims do stick out, but the tread of the tyre is still covered by the arch and flaps.
Originally Posted by RMII
So you sold the subaru and bought.....?
Just kidding looks great - love the deleted spoiler, those rims are huge!
Just kidding looks great - love the deleted spoiler, those rims are huge!
Originally Posted by RMII
sc00bylee]looks cool, bet it drives like a pig
Whoooa, not quite that low, yet...
The rims do stick out, but the tread of the tyre is still covered by the arch and flaps.
Trending Topics
10 May 2010, 09:17 PM
#9
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: nr leeds
Posts: 2,473
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
if they are stiff flaps be careful you might rip em off,
a guy on here did it but his were fixed on that well to the wing it ripped his wing off,
i remember his post when i fitted mine and ripped one of my front ones off when reversing luckily mine werent fixed on as good, i cut mine then refiited them - no more horrible dragging noise when pulling onto my drive
ps how come youve only cambered the back, dont you get more understeer like that
a guy on here did it but his were fixed on that well to the wing it ripped his wing off,
i remember his post when i fitted mine and ripped one of my front ones off when reversing luckily mine werent fixed on as good, i cut mine then refiited them - no more horrible dragging noise when pulling onto my drive
ps how come youve only cambered the back, dont you get more understeer like that
Last edited by stedee; 10 May 2010 at 09:19 PM.
10 May 2010, 09:51 PM
#10
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
if they are stiff flaps be careful you might rip em off,
a guy on here did it but his were fixed on that well to the wing it ripped his wing off,
i remember his post when i fitted mine and ripped one of my front ones off when reversing luckily mine werent fixed on as good, i cut mine then refiited them - no more horrible dragging noise when pulling onto my drive
ps how come youve only cambered the back, dont you get more understeer like that
a guy on here did it but his were fixed on that well to the wing it ripped his wing off,
i remember his post when i fitted mine and ripped one of my front ones off when reversing luckily mine werent fixed on as good, i cut mine then refiited them - no more horrible dragging noise when pulling onto my drive
ps how come youve only cambered the back, dont you get more understeer like that
They were kind of my gauge for lowering too, I just wanted it lowering enough to get them dragging ;]
Camber, erm, rears are only cambered to get them under the arches, fronts are cambered as far as the OEM camber bolts can, might have a fiddle with the coilovers' camber adjustable mounts later.
I maxed the front camber when I first fitted the wheels, before I fitted the coils and camber bolts in the rear, and it dramatically reduced the understeer I used to get, but as above, I don't drive it hard enough anymore to get understeer, so I don't notice anything.
10 May 2010, 10:27 PM
#12
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Cambridge
Posts: 2,611
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Uh oh, who let Bioforger the pursit bck out of his Box...... Quickly someone give him something to photoshop to cheer him up!!
Cars looking cool mate...... Ber very careful reversing, sooner or later those flaps are gonna end up under the wheel and they are gonna get ripped clean off!!!
Cars looking cool mate...... Ber very careful reversing, sooner or later those flaps are gonna end up under the wheel and they are gonna get ripped clean off!!!
10 May 2010, 10:53 PM
#15
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Bioforger, you're exactly the reason people like me, Bockett, Budgie, inthoughtwelive etc do things like this, so I thank you ;]
And yes Stealth already managed to mangled one bracket months ago, and realistically I'll be even more cautious around kerbs than before now it's lowered.
And yes Stealth already managed to mangled one bracket months ago, and realistically I'll be even more cautious around kerbs than before now it's lowered.
LOL
11 May 2010, 01:13 PM
#20
Bockett, Budgie, inthoughtwelive's cars are really nice. Just something about yours that doesnt look right, its probably the flaps but then its your car so as long as your chuffed it doesnt matter if it looks terrible
11 May 2010, 01:14 PM
#21
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Width is only about 0.5-1 inch difference front to rear, and I matched the rolling circumference of front and rear with the tyre sizes, so there's little to no difference there either.
11 May 2010, 02:53 PM
#23
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (4)
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: MSOC..........middlesex subaru owners club
Posts: 10,429
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Bioforger, you're exactly the reason people like me, Bockett, Budgie, inthoughtwelive, Wiley etc do things like this, so I thank you ;]
And yes Stealth already managed to mangled one bracket months ago, and realistically I'll be even more cautious around kerbs than before now it's lowered.
And yes Stealth already managed to mangled one bracket months ago, and realistically I'll be even more cautious around kerbs than before now it's lowered.
efa
11 May 2010, 06:50 PM
#25
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Oops, sorry Wiley!
But I wouldn't be a flap-dragger if I removed them
I'd love more stretch on the front, but because the rears are 9.5j, the front are 8.5j and I had to keep the rolling circumference of the 2 as close as possible so as not to ruin the centre diff, that's what I ended up with. That was the cost effective way anyway, I could better match the stretch but the tyre size I'd need on the front are about £140 each ;]
I'd love more stretch on the front, but because the rears are 9.5j, the front are 8.5j and I had to keep the rolling circumference of the 2 as close as possible so as not to ruin the centre diff, that's what I ended up with. That was the cost effective way anyway, I could better match the stretch but the tyre size I'd need on the front are about £140 each ;]
12 May 2010, 06:38 PM
#28
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Rear camber is a bit OTT I will admit, I didn't realise it was that bad til we'd finished messing around and got it off the lift, and by then I couldn't be bothered sorting it out. I do quite like it though because it's so OTT. I'll see how fast it eats tyres and review it then...
Knew someone else must like the flaps
12 May 2010, 07:28 PM
#30
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Midlands
Posts: 647
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
(And no, this isn't a cue for you all to say it looked better like this
(look at that arch gap! :O))