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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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spacers question?

im planning lowered my car with my stock wheels,my question is that do i need spacers?is it really neccesary ,or i'll be fine without it????thanks
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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You'll be fine without it.
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 10:23 AM
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It'll look so much better with the wheels spaced out, even 5mm makes a huge difference
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 11:38 AM
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I have 20mm spacers and lowered 1" all around and the look is night and day
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 12:13 PM
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so spacers is just for looks?
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 12:33 PM
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spacers will push your wheels out more, giving you a lower offset. because of this your stance is wider and you would have a little more stability in the corners
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Old Jul 25, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by x-boosted
so spacers is just for looks?
In general, yes. Track guys will use spacers to stagger their offsets between the front and back, but most of the people on here are doing it to make to make their rims less sunk in.
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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OEM offset is too.........you better get some...
just lower it first, then see how much spacer do you want.
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 06:48 AM
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Don't buy $200+ worth of spacers. Just put that money toward a set of new wheels.
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Old Aug 11, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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so is spacers bad or what???
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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depends on how you look at it...

I am running 16mm sparco spacers with extended studs.
Everything seems good. Been running it for about a month now, and i am also lowered on eibach springs, however there is rub at full lock.
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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how thick can the spacer be before you have to get longer studs?
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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by p.phresh
depends on how you look at it...

I am running 16mm sparco spacers with extended studs.
Everything seems good. Been running it for about a month now, and i am also lowered on eibach springs, however there is rub at full lock.
Are you running on stock wheels?
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Old Aug 14, 2009 | 08:51 AM
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I think 6mm is the maximum recommended width without extended studs.


Originally Posted by Daskid
Are you running on stock wheels?
And yeah still running the stockers.
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