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Hola. Fairly new to the site. This is my 1991 volvo 740 wagon. Other than the obvious wheel & tire upgrades, there is an HX35 turbo attached to a stainless steel header. Header is setup to take advantage the the twin scroll HX35. There are also other various goodies under the hood.
So a few months ago I bent up my rear wheel lip pretty bad while driving in the rain. The previous wheel specs were 18x9 et 34 & 18x10 et34 5x108. So I had to run some spacers to make them fit, 32mm up front and 25mm in the rear. Since I had to buy new lips anyway, I decided to rebuild all the wheels to proper specs, avoiding the need for spacers.
So the front wheels went from 2in lips to 3.5in. The rears went from 2.5in to 4in. In reality the rears would have been better off with 3.5in lips, but I wanted a staggered look. The rear fenders required some decent beating with a drilling hammer. Eventually I'll have my body shop do a miniesque "widebody" on the rear fenders. I also changed the color of the centers to a green color. I really wanted more of a pastel green, but the body shop guy convinced me to go with a metallic like green, which came out nice. Tires are 225/40 & 255/35. Car sits on adjustable coilovers up front and adjustable spring perches on the rear.
Enjoy the crappy cell phone pics, along with the horrible backdrop.
You can somewhat see in this pic how much the rears stick out now. The 3.5" lips would have tucked in a little better. If only I could dial in some negative camber in the rear (rear is solid axle). The future body work on the rear fenders should help out some.
Disassembly
Another good pic from during the assembly process.
So a few months ago I bent up my rear wheel lip pretty bad while driving in the rain. The previous wheel specs were 18x9 et 34 & 18x10 et34 5x108. So I had to run some spacers to make them fit, 32mm up front and 25mm in the rear. Since I had to buy new lips anyway, I decided to rebuild all the wheels to proper specs, avoiding the need for spacers.
So the front wheels went from 2in lips to 3.5in. The rears went from 2.5in to 4in. In reality the rears would have been better off with 3.5in lips, but I wanted a staggered look. The rear fenders required some decent beating with a drilling hammer. Eventually I'll have my body shop do a miniesque "widebody" on the rear fenders. I also changed the color of the centers to a green color. I really wanted more of a pastel green, but the body shop guy convinced me to go with a metallic like green, which came out nice. Tires are 225/40 & 255/35. Car sits on adjustable coilovers up front and adjustable spring perches on the rear.
Enjoy the crappy cell phone pics, along with the horrible backdrop.
You can somewhat see in this pic how much the rears stick out now. The 3.5" lips would have tucked in a little better. If only I could dial in some negative camber in the rear (rear is solid axle). The future body work on the rear fenders should help out some.
Disassembly
Another good pic from during the assembly process.
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