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The fact that the flares were taken off te27 moulds meant that I had to "splay" the outer edges out. Not much, maybe half an inch each side. I just put the top bolt in then work my way out from there.

Yeah boys, I cut the guard! Last pic on previous page. :y:

will post some full pics of the car when I get a chance. Not bad considering they aren't made for that car!!!!!!!!! :y:

Well, got the flares on this weekend, but due to shite house weather unable to get any finished products pics. Just took it for a spin though, and.........................NO RUBBING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neat as! Go the superlites!

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Haven't raced the rolla yet! Still sorting out some stuff. Hopefully get a lap time at the local track down here within a month. If it's not to slow I'll drop in a cage and tailshaft loop and get my ass to some hillclimbs and club days. Basically I've done f&*k all kays since the donk went in, just a bit of street driving. Need more power I reckon. Will be interesting what times I get though. I'll keep informed ;)

Yeah, that's what I thought it meant! The flares look tuff! But the rears are a bit too phat! The tyres are TOYO Proxes R888 205/60/13. Street legal race tyre. Stick like shit to a blanket.

Appreciate the comments guys! Thanks! Regarding the wheel/guards............. I don't know what the actuall offset is. It says 13 7jj or something like that on them. When the car was at standard height, there would have been no problem with the rears. Once I lowered the rear though, you definatly have to roll the guards with these wheels. So my brother and I got out the trusty Monroe shocky that I pulled out of the front and rolled the guard. The problem I had, and most other '55 owners would know, is that the guard was heavily rusted from the centre of the top all the way to the rear. This made rolling the guard out difficult. (I have done this on other cars before no sweat). The other factor for me is the tyres I have. They are extremely square and will slightly rub even with my d.i.y rolling job. With standard style 205's I really don't think you would have a problem. Now the front............With the same d.i.y roling job and very stiff springs and shocks, they won't rub the outer guard. But the problem lies with the rear inner guard. When on anything over 2 turns on the steering wheel, the outer edge of the tyre will hit the rear inner guard. There is also a seam right where it hits. Now with standard rounder profile tyres you may not have this problem. Infact, a friend had exactly the same rims but with more stand. style tyres on a '55 coupe and had no dramas. But it wasn't as low as mine. This is fixed in my case however, with a blockbuster! I'll post up some pics over the weekend, hopefully I can help. Cheers, Rob

Hi. Thought I'd post my car, as I just put it on the database! Let me know what you think. Here it is About to put some bolt on flares on it, will take some more pics after the weekend. Cheers, Rob.

I'd also like to know what sort of torque the busa engine has...... Man the engine bay would look stark!

ke55 v6 on ebay

there is a blue '55 on ebay at the moment with a vp commo v6 in it at the moment. $500!!!

rob1=rob car=2tg ke55 :P

Hi fellas! Yeah track work at basky is the plan. It is registered though. Just trying to source some bolt on flares. That's how I came across this site actually. Hope to be back driving it in a week.

Hi all! (6 of you!) I'm in Hobart. Got a ke55 that I'm building as a clubby. Hope to exchange info soon. Anyone else from Hobart? Rob