The Dude's Elite White VT Progress Thread

TheDude said:

I know i dont have mods yet, but i plan on doing lots of tings. For now, all i got is a set of 6000k HIDs, Nokia Hyper Yellow fogs, and some tints. 20% all around.

This market is pretty different from the G35, so i still have a lot to get used to.

Here are some of my plans. Ill be doing some stuff in the summer, but first i need to take a trip to Cuba lol:

Solo Performance Exhaust w/o resonator
TurboSocks CAI
Turbo Socks FMIC kit
NGM Coils
And most importantly, wheels.
Right now, im focusing on getting wheels that are either 18x9 or 18x9.5. I know most of you say it cant be done, or rather shouldnt, but i like to push limits.

Im looking at wheels like Rota Grids, Torques, Varrstoen ES3's, XXR 527s, and the likes. More than likely i will be going white on white.

On a side note, this site doesnt have a section dedicated SOLELY to Progression type threads, and i really think it would be a great idea to have that, as it tends to be difficult to follow people's builds.

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FIRST OFF!!!! I believe either we got the same taste, OR you been stocking my ideas and said "yeah ok I'll do EXACTLY what he wants" LOL OR great minds think alike

BTW Turbosocks makes this FMCAI. Basically, when you put the turbosocks FMIC you have a open space where the old fmic was and he just fits the pipes where the filter is held right there. So it is like a RAM type style. VERY COOL!

As for 18x9/9.5, I think I saw somewhere that you wanted to go with +35 or something high like that. BEFORE last night I thought you were a mad man. BUT then I saw this on ***** and came.

HE got 18x9.75 +20 (XXR 527). So it can be done. A bunch of people hate that look. I LOVE IT. If there was just a way to camber the rear, we could have a VIP look. That is too much though for a Daily though.

I am going to 18X10 +25 so mine MIGHT not stick out as much. It is +20 vs +25 and 9.75 vs 10.

SECOND, by coils do you mean coilovers? in that case COOL but if you are going with springs you sure are rolling the dice. But I think you mean coilovers lol

I am going with XXR 521. gotta have that deep dish bro. cradle a baby in that hoe LOL anyways....

WISHED WE HAD A MEMBERS RIDE THREAD SECTION AS A SITE FEATURE. lol

MyDianaZ06 said:

Sorry for I am still closer to noob than expert on this topic.

I know some guys that can roll and pull fenders. I understand that.

But what do you mean "He added a bunch of metal to the fender".

that look I can live with as my permanent daily (camber & height). Maybe a little camber and pulled fenders. But I just don't know what you mean by adding metal to fenders lol

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Essentially, this is the type of work he did. Though less extreme. It doesnt show in the pics because he hadnt had it done yet,

DAMN I was wanting to avoid that. LOL You think pulling the fenders would work? By pulling the fenders, you think the wheel/tire would tuck?

BTW is this considered pulling fenders?

Thats fabrication. Any time you need to cut and add, its fabrication. Pulling can be done a few different ways. Some ghetto, some legit.

End results should end up like this:

TheDude said:

I sent a collection of pics and details to the mastermind who is going to work on my car. I told him essentially what i wanted (either 8.75 +20 or the 9.5s) and he told me that basically its a simple pull. No excessive work needed.

As far as Mr. Green 527s, last time i saw him was when i went to pick up my VT. He doesnt have the car anymore i believe. All i know is what he told me.

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NOOOOOOOOOO he doesn't even have the VT anymore? That sucks. I wonder why.

Yeah I was talking to some dude local in the dfw I found on craigslist who rolls and pulls fenders and I showed him a pic of Mr. Greens nav with the 18X9.75 +20 and told him I wanted a 18X10 +25 and he said he thinks we don't need to do anything drastic like fab or adding metal either. I HOPE NOT. Anyways I told him when I get my coilvers, rims, AND tires I will roll down to his place and we can fit everything and see what all we need to do. Hopefully all it needs is a simple pull.

BTW, what size tire are you wrapping them up with? 225/40R18? and since coilovers can only camber the fronts, what are you going to do with the back? you think after a pull it will be ok or do you have something up your sleeve?

Basically, how I see it, we are going down the same path as far as stance so you are going to be my mentor here LOL hope you don't mind me enrolling since you are no stranger to this type of work. and since you are going to be the first to do this you can set a path for those in the future who want to go down this route and have a good idea of what to do and what not to do. You know what I mean? like you said, G35 is mainly stance, and there are millions of templates to go by to achieve a look and as for the VT, well other than what MR green did there isn't anything else.

PS GO 9.5 bro! 8.75 is WEAK! lol naw I am playing but for real go big or go home lol

Actually his wasnt a turbo. It was a base trim. And im assuming so he can play with his Subaru he was building (or so he says).

However, he did tell me that we needed to fabricate if we were going to do his fitment. If it wasnt for the lack of camber adjustment in hte rear, wed be fine. Before you buy anything, i suggest you ask him if he has sample wheels to try on your car so that he can see what he has to work with before you buy anything.

If i do 9.5, i will be doing 225s. Not sure brand yet, because it all depends on the stretch i need. More than likely i will be pulling BOTH the front and the back. Im not going to camber the front and leave the rear straight. It will look silly.

Thanks man. I dont mind if people go for the same thing im doing. Hell, anyone can copy what i do. But like all my stupid essays in college, your work must show citations People cant claim to be the first to do this if they really arent.

On a sad note, Stuie from ***** is also getting rid of his car. So his stance is gone too.

TheDude said:

Actually his wasnt a turbo. It was a base trim. And im assuming so he can play with his Subaru he was building (or so he says).

However, he did tell me that we needed to fabricate if we were going to do his fitment. If it wasnt for the lack of camber adjustment in hte rear, wed be fine. Before you buy anything, i suggest you ask him if he has sample wheels to try on your car so that he can see what he has to work with before you buy anything.

If i do 9.5, i will be doing 225s. Not sure brand yet, because it all depends on the stretch i need. More than likely i will be pulling BOTH the front and the back. Im not going to camber the front and leave the rear straight. It will look silly.

Thanks man. I dont mind if people go for the same thing im doing. Hell, anyone can copy what i do. But like all my stupid essays in college, your work must show citations People cant claim to be the first to do this if they really arent.

On a sad note, Stuie from ***** is also getting rid of his car. So his stance is gone too.

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LOTS OF GOOD INFO

Ok, well like it said it SUCKS that this hasn't been done before =/

Ok well my plan was to buy my rims online. XXR 521 18X10 +25 shippe dis like 650 on nlmotoring. Then buy tires at this place where they do all kinds of 24" rims for everyone and they mamma (hate that fad. no matter what kind of car people got the biggest ugliest looking rims on whatever car they got) they do all those people rims here in ft worth for the most part. Called them and they said they can stretch a 225/40 on a 10" wheel. THEN I was going to take it to that guy who pulls/stretches fenders. and install the wheels at his place to see exactly what we gotta do....

...BUT your idea is what I wish I can do. I am dealing with at least 3 people JUST to get wheels set up. Not even the fenders yet. And I doubt that guy has 18x10 +25 laying around for test fitment. He just does it on the side at his house. He has a eastwood roller and other stuff. I don't think he knows how to fabricate. But if that needs to be done, there are at least 2 million guys here that can do that type of work (body work). I just have to pick the one that does it often with experience to get the look I want or that needs to be done.

I guess I can try and see where I can test fit before I buy. OR I can just wait and see what you end up doing. I don't even have my veloster yet so I got plenty of time.

Worst case scenario doing fab work doesn't scare me. Just the cost and hoping they get the elite white right.

Like you, I don't want to have to camber because I do want this as my DD and I don't want to go through tires like a mad man.

On what brand you should use, I researched this. And of course there isn't a brand meant to be stretched. Just a matter of finding which brand is more stretch friendly. and the one I found on VIP and stance forums were Achilles. They make a 224/40R18 92W(XL) that people say they have very good luck with. There isn't a tire out there that hasn't failed because of it being stretched. BUT THEN AGAIN there isn't a tire out there that is guarantee not to fail or hasn't failed. But Achilles are cheap and have a good rep of being stretched. You would think run flats would be the best but have failed to from stretched. though it would be best to fail on because you wouldn't ride on your rim said tire did fail.

I thought you said the master mind that is doing your work said a simple pull would do the trick? are you just hoping that is the case? and if a pull fails are you going to do fabrication? (and buy fab are you talking about the pic that I posted in post#11?