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    Hey guys.
    does anyone firstly if u can get 16-8"s on na 1983 sprinter which has 13-5"s
    if so how hard is it and what do ya have to do

    sorry nooby question

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    first step is to go to supercheap and buy a 20L plastic container, then stop past a ship chandlery or at a pinch a fishing shop and buy a night time use hand held flare, though i suppose a parachute flare would work too. On your way home fill the container with fuel.
    When you get home pour the petrol all over your car. I'd say 75% inside 25% outside. Stand back and throw the lit flare through the window.
    By a lancer/r33/wrx and put your wheels on that car.

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    for starters, welcome champ, OTOMOTO (site sponsor) sell rota grid's which are 16 x 8, but for an NA sprinter stick with 14's.
    and its all about as hard as changing a busted tyre.
    go for a 14 x 8 or something similar is staying 4a NA.

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    people have fitted much bigger before. What your asking depends on the offset. But yeah roll the gaurds and get the right profile rubber and it would be fine
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    this is the only good example (other that actual race/drift cars) that i can think of. The thread is worth a read, the guy had a bit an attitude and people seemed to have issues with him but he did do very good work with that ae86
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    i think 16's are fine if your after just looks, but your NA 4a will struggle to get them spinning with good rubber

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    assuming he wants to actually spin them
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    4age not A

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    lol......................

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    Stains car. 16x7.5 +12 front, 16x8.5 +17 rear. Has flared guards, but that's because its got extra track. I don't like the look of these wheels much, but it goes bloody fast. Tyre tuck makes it look lower than it is too, but exaggerated at the rear in this pic as its going full throttle from a stop.



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