roket's Dark Horse - "Azureus" Project

[roket]

i am completely in love with this fitment. i've only found 2 issues with it.
1. the outer edge of the front tire rubs on the fender liner when steering is at lock
2. the very edge of the rear tire rubs on the inside of the fender when the suspension is compressed a lot, like big bumps in the road at high speed

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[Sofa King]

What were your tire/wheel sizes again?

 

[roket]

What were your tire/wheel sizes again?

front: 19X11", et +24mm, 325/30R19
rear: 19X12", et +46mm, 355/30R19

 

[roket]

when swapping over my tires, 2 of my TPMS sensors were broken, and Ford's site does not like that

 

[Dragster]

just found out that only auto dark horses have a transmission temp gauge in the gauges. that's not very cool, i bet the manual owners would want to know that too

Where did you hear this? Are you talking about all the auxiliary gauges on the center screen? That’s really dumb if true considering they still have trans coolers on them.

 

[roket]

Where did you hear this? Are you talking about all the auxiliary gauges on the center screen? That’s really dumb if true considering they still have trans coolers on them.

yes, those ones. and i saw it for myself

 

[Dragster]

yes, those ones. and i saw it for myself

Thanks for the clarification! Seems kind of dumb; I wonder if that can be fixed with an OTA update?

 

[Upacurb]

i am completely in love with this fitment. i've only found 2 issues with it.
1. the outer edge of the front tire rubs on the fender liner when steering is at lock
2. the very edge of the rear tire rubs on the inside of the fender when the suspension is compressed a lot, like big bumps in the road at high speed

It might rub but it looks really damn good...if I were to buy a DH...yours is the spec I would buy....I would deal with the rubbing to keep that fitment....just dont let anybody sit in the back seat -

 

[Dena]

When I first saw those tires mounted I thought you might have a clearance problem. It will be interesting to see how you resolve it. It's a good thing you don't live in the Los Angles area. They have more rain than Arizona but they don't want to go the drainage ditch like they use back east. Their solution is to channel the water down the side of the road. The problem is intersections. First they cut groves from side to side so small amounts of water can pass without wetting the street. Next they have depression that allow larger amounts of water to flow. Try speeding over those depressions and you get a pretty good bump. They probably fixed much of that in the time I have been gone with underground drainage as they did a lot of street repair in the latter years I was there.

 

[roket]

It might rub but it looks really damn good...if I were to buy a DH...yours is the spec I would buy....I would deal with the rubbing to keep that fitment....just dont let anybody sit in the back seat -

i might have a solution for the rubbing, add a little more negative camber to the rear. it's on the edge of the tire, so i'm sure that will fix it

 

[Upacurb]

i might have a solution for the rubbing, add a little more negative camber to the rear. it's on the edge of the tire, so i'm sure that will fix it

Agree...would be EXTREMELY surprised if that doesnt fix it based on that picture.....

 

[Ken Wilson]

Hey @roket my cars been at El Mirage since last Thursday. Is it looking backed up at the rail yard?

 

[roket]

Hey @roket my cars been at El Mirage since last Thursday. Is it looking backed up at the rail yard?

not sure, the railyard is an hour drive from where i work

 

[Ken Wilson]

not sure, the railyard is an hour drive from where i work

Oh okay gotcha

 

[roket]

got to get a good look at my clearances on my wheels today, and boy are they close
front:

rear:

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