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I'm pretty sure CarbonZ is sporting fly1 fenders... Notice how sharp the corner of the vent is on his fender and the CS are curved.
Here's a shot of their v2 fenders right off the CS website. The wheel looks like its behind the fender... |
Doing some measuring across screen...much smaller diameter tire/but notice the radius of the backside of new fender vs the painted grey fender.
I know this is very hard to get exact from pic-but backside opening is at least .125" more. wheels are definitely smaller...possibly a lower profile 18". measurement's took across centerline,between door & wheel center on both,,,and then from rear fender edge & wheel center. (pending steering wheel is in same position,,,more space/but not as much pictured because whel/tire is larger on grey car) |
Hard to calculate with these pics....but tires are definitely closer to 24.75"dia. vs 26.75" on grey car...pending both are 19" wheels.
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Based on the photo I'd say the car is running a 255-265 30 series tire.
As for offset my fronts are about the same specs but it's no wonder my rears are off if they went -26 on an 11. That retracts just over an inch from my 12" -25et. Which is about what I am estimating for a good fit. I think the -20 fronts would work with a narrower tire especially with 2.5-3* No way the rears would work without something super extreme. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk |
a cheaper, less invasive solution might just be to remove these tires and run something in the 255/30 range for clearance
while it may turn your stomach to run a "stretch", it'll be fine for DD then get a second, cheaper set of wheels with better sizes for more rubber something like 20x10 +0 in front and 20x11 -10 or something to fit 285 and 325 rears |
Stretch look seems to be the norm w/moonbeam.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...86372ed2a9.jpg
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I asked them directly when I was buying and got a response to the extent that they'd been tweaking their offset recommendation and would tell me when I was purchasing. Makes me wonder what they were smoking when they suggested my current offsets. Not like I made them up, you can see the screenshot of the email. Caveat emptor, I suppose. Should have taken the time to do the same thing you did. |
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Despite the answers on the forum. I was dealing directly with them. I would have expected a better recommend than what they gave me. a range might have been good. they held on to the recommend they gave me like the holy grail. they asked for me to detail my setup before giving me their recommend. Then they gave me something that wouldn't work. Oh well, nothing for it, I can only really blame myself for trusting their suggestion blindly. I am going to have them rebarrelled to specs that will work for my setup. Money was made for spending, amirite? |
Last I would also say their numbers are a bit exaggerated on the widening. Rear widens 40mm (+/- 1-2mm), measuring from the lip of the factory fender to the *outer* lip of the moonbeam flare. note the lip built in to the flare, which is about 10mm wide. obviously it can be trimmed, but to clear the inside without trimming you are talking maybe an extra 30mm or so of extra clearance.
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Can u measure how much wider the fronts are
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Offsets and size is in same range as on most of Zs. Emailed you to check with vendor what's the width of the wheel as have seen some sell wheel as 10" width bit after assembly it comes to 10.5 or 10.8. Second tire choice is very squarish.
Last you need to cut and trim fenders inside vent in front needs trimming and people going lower need to trim inside of flares as well. Let us know how it goes Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk |
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Offsets quoted are exactly as per Raptor Moonbeam gray Z with black Work CV series, work had limitation in offering offsets so we have small spacers on that Z. Wheels poke out when car is raised but that is close to zero offsets on drive height they are ok, as said you need to trim the fenders. As said I would have cross check width and offsets of wheels again
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Well AntiV; looks like your wheels are wider than specs & you have square shaped tires....just about sums it up!
So my 10/12's are gonna be 11/13's on a stock body tucked w285/35,345/30's. Most all wheel tire enthusiast probably have figured out by know,that a 10" wheel is actually closer to 11" lip to lip....and this isn't AV's first rodeo & i know he'll nail it down!!! (hopefully my tires won't be square) |
As per our little experience Work wheels are half inch more because of welds if welded ones but have seen some to be same width as well, hardly noticeable though but tire choice as per wall can make a difference.
We feel try trimming the fenders and if possible try using other tires as well. The vert we did has 13" at back guy tried PS2 was rubbing changed to some other brand and it was ok then. |
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Sidewall looks super tall for r20...
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Thanks for all the input.
@carbonsignal. i would suggest in the future that you provide a range of offsets, or a recommended tire size to your customers. while my tire setup is a bit more square than that on other Moonbeam Z's I am not attempting to run anything outrageous. hell with the right offsets my tires would fit under a stock body Z. at any rate, i chalk it up to a miscommunication, as in general you guys were helpful throughout the process, but you might save folks some headache by taking the tire size in to account when making recommendations. @erryone else. i went ahead and cut the inside of the fender as recommended by carbonsignal. easy peasy the tire doesn't rub. my offsets are still too aggressive. even bumping camber to 2.5* on the front leaves me with about 10mm of poke. the rears at 2* still poke about 25mm. so i have contacted strasse about the rebarelling. looks like they can land me very close to the specs i calculate to be a good fit. so now it's just a matter of $$$ and time. lesson learned. if you go off the beaten path, make sure to bring your ruler. |
Any thought to dismounting the tires and running a different size
Even going to a 275/30 and 315/25 (what i'm running) gets you a shorter tire and a bit more shoulder clearance. You can still use your tires in the future, or sell them if financially feasible. I previously suggested a cheap set of track wheels. This is not ideal, but might be cheaper than re-barrelling, which i know is a PITA and $$$ |
It difficult to calculate overall look and feel with tires and wheels offsets are these in most of Zs. We don't go stretch it's very slight 255 to 265 on 9.5 to 10" and 295 on 11" as we don't get more thicker tires here usually. One thing is there we do avoid some companies like nitto as same spec tire nitto invo seems more meaty than Dunlop sportmaxx. At tire shops here some do allow us to test tires before we buy so will suggest try doing that if possible. Keep us posted though
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As for the rear a tire change won't cut it. At 2* camber in the rear which is about the max you want to run from a performance standpoint, I have just under an inch of poke. At best we would be talking a 305 stretched over a 12" wheel and still might not clear. I really can't see how any Moonbeam car not on some insane camber could fit a -25 12". I'd like to see pictures of what that fitment looks like to believe it. (@CarbonSignal you have any photos of what that looks like?) And I guess if I am going to rebarrel the rears I might as well do the fronts and get the fitment I want. Ultimately it just delays my S30 project about 6 months. This nonsense, combined with many weeknds of work, makes me think I just need a break from the garage and spend some time driving. So delaying that project isn't all bad. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk |
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Sell the Moonbeam rear, slap on AIMGAIN fenders in back! Wiggins fit 19x13 -25 in back http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...-work-meister- m13p.html |
These are some pics but unfortunately most of pics car is aired out.
http://carculture.ae/jeffs-moonbeam-370z/ If you hold rebarrel let me get back if we can widen the fenders by an inch and send you will that work? Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk |
@carbonsignal if you think that is a possibility i would definitely be open to it.
just wrote my wheel guy to put the process on hold. |
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Also I think he is looking to sell the fenders and amuse rear as one package. I am not looking to change out my rear bumper. |
yeah, i was more using his post as an example of how the aimgain kit appears to be . . . an inch wider in back? something like that?
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