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Will, you are well underway and waaay too late to turn back, but I heard that "conventional wisdom", whatever that is, advises fitting the new wheels to the car before fixing the flares. I've heard of a few cases where the flares ended up being either higher or lower than the owner thought they would be once the car was lowered onto its own suspension. Therefore the safest route is to install the wheels, lower the car, and fit the flares where they need to be based on the car at rest.

I can't give you any specific examples of cars that turned out weird, but I think I remember seeing some in PI many moons ago where the owner lamented the fact that the flares were perfectly located for the stock, higher-profile tires of the narrow body look, but if he had it to do over again he wished he would have installed the flares a little lower (or higher) to look "right" on the new rims.

I don't know if it will affect your car or not? I've also never done this myself (I admire your courage and think you'll have a fantastic looking car!) but pass on warnings that I've heard over the years..