My channeled 97 crv. need some advice.

[monkeymagic]

Thanks for all the responses, and definitely the compliments!

Those wheels are just ridiculously tiny, and I agree with them being too sporty, definitely don't keep the wheels you end up getting silver because it is just too common of a color, oh and if it was me I would definitely paint match all the plastic trim (bumpers fenders etc.)

There ya go, some ideas to play with

Thanks for the response!
Thinking about painting them or plating them in the mean time.. but.. that's just more money spent on the same rims I don't like lol so scratch that!

Might even go with rotas? They seem to be becoming more popular and for what I spend fixing one of these I can just entire replace it with a rota. Idk.. fake wheels still seem blasphemous to me... like store-brand shoes.

Camber doesnt kill tires, toe does. My legend weighs 1.6tonne, runs around -5 camber as is is on stretched tires, and is fine. The crv wouldnt be much more then that, and I doubt you are using it a a flat out race car on the street, so if I were you I wouldnt wotty about it.

Hell even racing on stretched tires is fine...

yeah ok, camber doesn't wear tires as long as the wheels don't slip.

what scarred me was the factory front swaybar.. it was huge. and was great to make sure the extra weight in the rear doesn't have soccer mom's lift-oversteering into guard rails.. but it caused a tendency to understeer. which combined with the camber and the lack of caster ate the outer edge of my first and second set of tires. so i've ditched that swaybar and built a set of control arms that allow me some caster. that's why the last time it went up on the rack i set it to -1 all around lol.

i think you and indy are right, some camber will add to the overall feeling of low.

[los02]

Nice CRV!

I was JUST at Pub Dog last night! I never looked to the right leaving there since the light was green and I was turning left. Are you always down there? Would love to see this thing in person.

[CFF]

Maybe paint the bottom part to match the body color so it will appear to be even lower?

and def bigger wheels to adjust the proportions, something staggered with a lip.

[monkeymagic]

running large wheels is going to be an issue, i'll have to run air suspension and change the suspension geometry.. again.

Nice CRV!

I was JUST at Pub Dog last night! I never looked to the right leaving there since the light was green and I was turning left. Are you always down there? Would love to see this thing in person.

thanks man! i'm up in timonium right now. i see modded cars around here but never actually hear of any meets or anything.

[B Rod]

I agree with paint matching all the plastics. Even just the front bumper being painted, I think, would make a huge difference.

[dbales]

I'd have to say bigger wheels would do it justice. The crv has a lot bigger looking body and the wheels are throwing it off. Bigger wheels would fill the fenderwells better and put it where it needs to be.

[monkeymagic]

I'd have to say bigger wheels would do it justice. The crv has a lot bigger looking body and the wheels are throwing it off. Bigger wheels would fill the fenderwells better and put it where it needs to be.

i've been looking at things in the neighborhood of +35 but maybe 17-18X9.5

that's about 19mm more poke than now. only thing is air ride and then going back to the drawing boards to relocate the upper control arms to tuck that wheel when i air out. while trying to keep toe from changing to drastically between 0psi and locked up cruisng around. and the money pit grows larger!

i appreciate the responses, starting today i can feel that drive to work on things again.

[indy510]

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I have a bad feeling that with painted plastics, mad camber, crazy 18" poke/strech, and mild flares .... it will look worse than it does now

..... if it's really air-bags or small wheels,,,, just put the stock wheels and stock tires back on..... maybe even raise the front a little

Just sayin',,,, the worst part of a project like this,,, is wishing you could go back to how it looked before,, and a totally stock CRV slammed on stock wheels is classy,,,, trying too hard to make a CRV look like a poked/stanced hella car isn't an aspiration to be striving for,,, keep it a daily driver... and find another project to completely re-design and make bags for.

[244Brick]

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I have a bad feeling that with painted plastics, mad camber, crazy 18" poke/strech, and mild flares .... it will look worse than it does now

..... if it's really air-bags or small wheels,,,, just put the stock wheels and stock tires back on..... maybe even raise the front a little

Just sayin',,,, the worst part of a project like this,,, is wishing you could go back to how it looked before,, and a totally stock CRV slammed on stock wheels is classy,,,, trying too hard to make a CRV look like a poked/stanced hella car isn't an aspiration to be striving for,,, keep it a daily driver... and find another project to completely re-design and make bags for.

I see your point...but...

If he cared about the daily driven factor as much as emphasis you put it, don't you think he would've thought about that before channeling his crv or the facts that it is an crv? He didn't come here saying that he wants to see what we think about modifying a crv, but asking us what he can do to achieve his goal for his daily driver..

BTW

Try hard comments are so over used... This is by far not a try hard build.

P.S I hope I don't come off douchey!

[monkeymagic]

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I have a bad feeling that with painted plastics, mad camber, crazy 18" poke/strech, and mild flares .... it will look worse than it does now

..... if it's really air-bags or small wheels,,,, just put the stock wheels and stock tires back on..... maybe even raise the front a little

Just sayin',,,, the worst part of a project like this,,, is wishing you could go back to how it looked before,, and a totally stock CRV slammed on stock wheels is classy,,,, trying too hard to make a CRV look like a poked/stanced hella car isn't an aspiration to be striving for,,, keep it a daily driver... and find another project to completely re-design and make bags for.

i can tell you've got some years behind you. you talk a lot more like a rodder that's seen a few builds.

i agree about the painted plastics.. i've seen a few done that way and it looks cheap. if i could find a european from bumper i'd buy and install it in a heartbeat. at which point when it sees paint the top half of the bumpers will get gloss, the rest of the plastics being plastic help give the car it's suv identity.

it's not that i should ditch the build though, and crazy poke and stretch isn't the goal, but the larger diameter wheels would improve the overall look with the static suspension i have now. as it sits, it's low for a crv, but it's only a couple inches lower than most normal sedans. so if i keep it like this, large aggressively-fit wheels will look good and become the focal point of the build. which sounds like a good short-term solution.
at any rate i'll add some camber which, like i said before, should definitely add some low feel.

air ride.. i think that's the future. if it can lay frame, so it should. then i'll come back to smaller wheels. because no matter what wheels are on it, when it's on the ground.. it'll make a statement.

Edit: another pic, my favorite thus far. I need someone with a real camera to take a few good pictures.

[black_89gt]

I think that the wheel size is fine, maybe go up a size or two and that shouldn't affect the suspension geometry very much. You still have some gap from tire to fender, which I don't mind, but it gives you more room.

But the biggest thing is, the wheels style doesn't work with the CR-V body. It needs something less race-y in my opinion. Would look amazing with a polished lip and centers painted silver or the color of the car like these:

[monkeymagic]

I think that the wheel size is fine, maybe go up a size or two and that shouldn't affect the suspension geometry very much. You still have some gap from tire to fender, which I don't mind, but it gives you more room.

But the biggest thing is, the wheels style doesn't work with the CR-V body. It needs something less race-y in my opinion. Would look amazing with a polished lip and centers painted silver or the color of the car like these:

man if you only knew i've been looking for a set of 17x* equips like those for FOREVER.

i've even seen ridiculously shitty ones come through that i've put in legit offers in hopes of rebuilding. nothing. nothing.

[black_89gt]

Well good luck! haha, they would look awesome on the CRV though

[squeakyclean]

The problem is not with the wheel size. The problem is with how the proportions are off. The distance between the door and roof do not flow with the distance between the door and the pinch. If the roofline was brought down or not as boxy, it would look great as is.

[monkeymagic]

The problem is not with the wheel size. The problem is with how the proportions are off. The distance between the door and roof do not flow with the distance between the door and the pinch. If the roofline was brought down or not as boxy, it would look great as is.

i see a compliment in there.. thanks!

the roof has come up more than once over the torch. i'm good with structural stuff.. purely aesthetically metal work is beyond me and my patience/freetime. the craziest thing i've considered in that regard is a sliding rag top.