Thats what I am getting at, I will run more offset, 24mm, and get the tire right up to the strut tube, and have the spring and the nut above the tire. I have K sport coilovers, which allow me to adjust ride height independent of spring tenstion also. I will also be welding the strut more INWARD of where it welds on the spindle in relation to the factory setting anyways. I think if you would of had your nut above the tire, and ran a wheel with more offset you could have possibly used your first set of flares. Do you still have the first set of flares? Wanna sell?