lukee_gf8 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Hi all, first post here. asking for some help, as I have been saving up to buy myself a classic wagon and am nearly there, I am currently 3D modelling and rendering a wagon with mods that I want to do when I actually get the car, to make my dream build and to visualise how it will look so that I can buy the correct parts, and model/test new parts and how they will roguhly look in 3d space before spending a penny IRL. (little bit of story here as to why I'm doing all this, so skip this little paragraph if you don't want to read it) Our family currently have a 1998 wagon but due to being sat for years it needs extensive work and it would be less effort and better financially for me to just buy a newer classic wagon, preferably v5 or v6 and swap the nicer and still functioning parts from the one we have currently onto the new one, and sell the old one. I can't for the life of me find the exact wheel and brake mounting points so I can only eyeball it in 3d and I think that I got it as close as possible to the real thing. Below are some images of my dream build that I rendered out and I have to ask, just how obtainable and practical will this wheel fitment be? I don't want no silly camber or crazy amount of low as it will be a daily and I think this is a good mid ground to add a more aggressive looking car, whilst keeping the car usable. The wheels on the render are rota grids, that are 17x8 with an offset of et42. I positioned them Based on how the wheels that are on the wagon we have currently (JDM/EDM 2004 WRX wheels,17x7 et55) and then estimated how much more poke towards the arches there is and this is what I ended up with. Of course the model isn't 100 percent accurate in the wheel well and suspension towers so it might be wildly different in real life and Subaru have wide boxer engines in front and don't really take too well to wider and bigger wheels like an r32 GT-R for example. Is the fitment on these renders feasible in the real world? I just want to make sure that I do enough research so I don't spend £800 on wheels for them not to fit when I come to it in the next few months. Here is my plan: thank you all for the help! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 what program, are you using to model it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukee_gf8 Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Tidgy said: what program, are you using to model it? Blender. Took the V6 type R model from Gran Turismo Sport and did a whole lot of work to convert it from a 2 door coupe to a 4 door wagon, but I think I done a decent job at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay762 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 looking good - try using this calculator to give dimension changes based upon your existing wheel offset vs possible future options. https://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 not mine i should add haha, clinic started for a customer in 2007, then recession hit and it got shelved, got dug out a few months back, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian bricklebank Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 9:50 PM, Tidgy said: cool. Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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