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  • Monstiva Parked Again

    Going to work at 5:30 this morning coming down 944 (wertzville rd mechanicsburg pa) now i dont know if anyone has followed my build thread but this past week i have been trying out "forced fit" springs and well the solution is the festy does not like them

    i came down 944 off of sterretz gap and pretty much bottomed out at the bottom. I heard the fender rub the rubber and even saw a very small amount of sparks but they went away quickly so i thought nothing of it. continued down the road only for the steering wheel to begin shaking rapidly and everything making a very loud noise (belts in the tire started to bust)

    finally i heard what i thought was a shotgun going off only 30 yards away (BOOM!) i pulled over as soon as i could.

    what i found on the drivers side wheel was a beautiful hole with a diameter wide enough to probably shove a pepsi can into, cords sharred threw the rubber of the tire and belt bubbles the whole way around.

    What will I do next: struts, tie rods, and ball joints are getting replaced. factory springs are getting sand blasted and painted (pretty good rust on them) and reinstalled, and getting a fresh set of rubber the whole way around. wheel alignment and she'll be back on the road.

    just wanted to share my horror story of the day

  • #2
    where are you gonna find the rubber?
    Trees aren't kind to me...

    currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
    94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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    • #3
      to be honest i dont have a clue. I had started putting money back to get a nice set of 13's or 14in rims but now ill probably get a cheap set of geo steelies to put rubber on them as i have found so far 12in rubber is pretty much obsolete.

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      • #4
        i have rims to get you through if you need, till you find something you like.
        Trees aren't kind to me...

        currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
        94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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        • #5
          13's? need rubba? ill put 60% treads on them for ya if they do?

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          • #6
            they're bare rims, you throw on what you like, though i recomend nothing bigger than 175/70s or you'll have rubbing issues.
            Trees aren't kind to me...

            currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
            94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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            • #7
              whats the average size
              to put on them?

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              • #8
                well if you can find 165/65s you'll be in buisness, but you can get 155/80s and 165/70s and they'll work as well.
                Trees aren't kind to me...

                currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
                94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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                • #9
                  alright cool deal bro. ive been looking everywhere but just cant find a set with the lug pattern and offset that i actually like. right now im still avoiding the aspire swap until it runs 100% perfect "stock". id probably settle for 90% right now lol.

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                  • #10
                    here and here
                    Trees aren't kind to me...

                    currently: 2 88Ls (Scrappy and Jersey), 88LX, 90L(Pepe), 91L, 91GL (Skippy) 93 GL Sport (the Mighty Favakk), 94 (Bruce) & 95 Aspire SEs, 97 Aspire (The Joker),
                    94 Justy 4WD, 87 Fiero GT, plus 2 parts cars. That's my fleet.

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                    • #11
                      lol i meant looking for rims. check your pm's too dude. i found something for you

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