Mini Tub - Writeup

๐Ÿ•“ Mar 3, 2021 ยท โ˜•1 min read

Fat tires is a look that I have wanted for my car for a long time. When I got her, she had 275s in the rear which are pretty wide, but I want to go wider still. 345/35/18 wider!

There is no way to do this with the stock tubs which meant needing to go to mini tubs.

If we compare the stock tubs

stock tubs

to a mini tub

mini tub

You can see just how much room we gain considering we need to cut out the shock tower and move to coil-overs in the rear. We also need to cut the stock frame and then re-inforce it to get the full width provided by the tub.

cut frame

The tubs came out great and give plenty of clearance for my 12" wide rims.

Additional pictures availble in the Mini Tub Gallery
Mini tub install instructions available here on YouTube
Mini tub install timeplase available here on YouTube

Ben Gnoinski
Ben Gnoinski
Senior DevOps Engineer/Car enthusiast