I just put 20s and because the drop is so dramatic, the driver wheels rubs on a large coil of wires that's inside the fender well, is there any way to relocate it?

 

you better check that coil of wires closely, if it rubs too much and break some of the wires, you're gonne be in for some serious electric trouble shooting fun, as those wires goes to the different sensors in the engine and transmission from the ECU from inside the car, it also connects the fuse panel to the various lights around the front of the car as well. May I ask what are you doing with 20s? in my opinion, any rims that are 2 inches above OEM is a bit on the ugly side, "they don't look right." Again, this is just my two cents.

I believe its really hard to relocate, since the wires are bound together into a mess, and they are pretrimmed pieces with little slacks for you to play around with, buy hey, if you can do it, more power to you.

 

the car is pretty much just show...but i was wondering if i can push that coil a little farther into to fender to get away from the tire

 

so where's your fender liner?

pull it off and take a look.

 

pics of said vehicle?

 

I think your wheels are too damn big for a 2" drop. I know of people rubbing with 17x7.5 and a 1.75" drop.

 

I'm with Dan :

 

sorry no pics but i will get some tonight and post them... ya'll may think the wheels are too big but it gives a nice tuck to it

 

It may give a nice tuck, but they dont fit and are going to rub your tires down, I hope you have lots of money for tires if you plan on driving this thing.

 

i just want to know if the coil can be relocated... the tires not a problem and the rubbing is not that much to wear anything down and i had 20s before but after a long period of time the springs compressed even more.

 

short answer is no, don't forget when you go bumb bumb... things gets compressed even worst, and you are bound to have rust where the tire rub agains the housing causing whatever rust protection on there to rub off. I hope where you live there isn't a lot of potholes, cause around my area, rims like that are bound be bent and tires are bound to be ripped up.

here's an idea if you want to relocate the wireloom, spliced in each and every single wires and then extend it with electrical cords, solder, and heat shrink tubing. Theoretically, it will work, but just takes alot of time, nerves, and thinking.

Good luck.

 

if you're rubbing anything then you didn't check for tire size and or wheel size before you.
A properly sized tire and wheel combo won't rub PERIOD

 

I see you are in Houston. Maybe you and Matt93se can get together and hang out. Take pics of your rides together and such.

 

got dubz ?

 

there's 2 other with 20's.
On of them had to raise their ride 4 inches and the other has their car parked on a rug with no rear attatched.

 

That sounds awesome, I am sure Matt would enjoy that, he wanted dubs on his car at one point.

I would love to see the pics...would be hot.

 

dont be a meanie........................

it is impossible to tuck a 20 inch wheel without the suspension being completely bottomed out. post some pics. to answer your question, take your fender off, clip off the clpis that hold the wiring in place, move up on the upper rail of the car, zip tie them as high as possible. thats all you can do without extending the wiring.

edit, my front tire in the picture is on a stock structural front end, with the tire sitting on the top of the strut tower. it just tucks tire there, no rim. the tire is maybee 2 inches tall, which means that if it DOES'NT tuck tire, theres only 2 inches of suspension travel

 

20 inch rims with a 2 inch drop . . . .

 

man, they tell you to drop it, I say lift it. in the rear before i had the car lifted, there was less than a 1/2 inch of clearance between the tire and well which made it seem like it was tucked and many people mistaked them for 22's. i sold the rims now, but i met a guy with a 3rd gen in my city on 22's.No cut no rub. I even drove it(my cousin's friend). It was straight lift. If money is right, I might step up with deep dish dub 2's with spinners. Here's a pic of my whip with the rims. Individuality.

 

Interesting paint job...

Hows the turning radius??

 

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/779295

Sorry about the wait didnt know how to put pics in the messages so i just put it in cardomain... well its not done yet, still more to come (wetsand and buffing), i hope yall like.

17 years old on on 20s

 

no problem in turning

 

What are the specs on the tires??

 

houston eh? guess i can easily pick out a 3rd gen with 20s quite easily. not many 3rd gens with huge rims around here.

 

imma go with smaller tires but right now i have 245 35 20 and go to a 235

 

i think 20s or 19s fit nice on a 3rd gen if lowered but when its not it looks too ugly

 

All I can say is, your paint job is very "interesting".

 

is that in a bad way???? just wanted to do sumtin different

 

no man. to each their own. you like it, that's all that matters.

 

I've never seen anything like that before

 

interior looks similar to mine......!?!? interesting....

 

i stand corrected, looks good to me

 

i wanna bag my max later on but not so sure, is it worth bagging it?

 

not unless you have clearance issues. if you can drive fine, i say leave it. you wont go any lower with bags, youll only be able to raise it up. and youll only be able to go as low as this without gutting the structure of the car


edit:
my car has hydraulics, bags wont let you lay out that low

 

so if i end up bagging it and want it to law, i have to cut it pretty bad?

 

yup, check my cardomain to see why/how. i also havent finnished dooing the work, there were some issues, but more importantly i was busy with other things. its really not worth dooing, youll destroy your new paint job, you have to hack up your interior, and the same will go in your engine compartment, i have to finnish dooing it, but if i could go back i would stick with my 18's

 

so if i bag it, theres really no tuckin going on without cuttin anything

 

That looks tight right there! Thats as low as I would need to go. I'd put on some 17"s though! I know somebody on the Org said they could do this for $3000 in a weekend...who was that?

 

on 17's you could be this low, and you would definately be having fun in only a wekend

 

money is not an issue, just what would look nice and no cuttin that you have done... bags on 20s/19s and have a good tuck that covers a lil on the rim