20mm wheel spacers
Oct 27, 2011, 10:23 AM
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not trying to thread-jack or anything, i just want to tell you my experience with spacers and if anyone could tell me why they are acting up it would be greatly appreciated...
Last night i put Ichieba (prob spelt wrong
) 15mm spacers on my gsr with both my stock wheels and my rotas (18x9.5)...Of course with the hub centric adapters
While the stock wheels looked a world better, the 20mm would defiantly be the way to go if you want it perfectly flush...and with the rotas the wheels actually stick out of the fender a little bit which is the look i wanted so i left them on until the winter.
Driving the car after felt a little sluggish but this is probably do to the rotas being a little heavier than stock, doubt you will feel a difference with stock wheels. My only complaint is i got the dreaded vibration through the steering wheel which i thought i would avoid with the hub centric rings. But after reading a thread on the g35 forums i think the problem is the ring is too inset with the icheba spacers, and it isnt contacting the wheel hub enough to sit properly... so there solution was to get #10 copper wire and basically make a ring to act as a crush washer to push the ring out a little further into the wheel. a few people found that it fixed the problem, so i guess thats my next project...
Hoped this helped...if i were to do it again i would get 1 piece spacers...not the ones with the removable hub ring...
Last night i put Ichieba (prob spelt wrong
) 15mm spacers on my gsr with both my stock wheels and my rotas (18x9.5)...Of course with the hub centric adaptersWhile the stock wheels looked a world better, the 20mm would defiantly be the way to go if you want it perfectly flush...and with the rotas the wheels actually stick out of the fender a little bit which is the look i wanted so i left them on until the winter.
Driving the car after felt a little sluggish but this is probably do to the rotas being a little heavier than stock, doubt you will feel a difference with stock wheels. My only complaint is i got the dreaded vibration through the steering wheel which i thought i would avoid with the hub centric rings. But after reading a thread on the g35 forums i think the problem is the ring is too inset with the icheba spacers, and it isnt contacting the wheel hub enough to sit properly... so there solution was to get #10 copper wire and basically make a ring to act as a crush washer to push the ring out a little further into the wheel. a few people found that it fixed the problem, so i guess thats my next project...
Hoped this helped...if i were to do it again i would get 1 piece spacers...not the ones with the removable hub ring...
Oct 27, 2011, 02:43 PM
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hi guys
I have 20mm spacer all around on stock bbs wheels + swift spring spec-r. it looks great but when I turn the wheel max left, there is a light touch of front right wheel on the inside of the fender.
does anyone has this problem?
thx
I have 20mm spacer all around on stock bbs wheels + swift spring spec-r. it looks great but when I turn the wheel max left, there is a light touch of front right wheel on the inside of the fender.
does anyone has this problem?
thx
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Nov 2, 2011, 08:37 PM
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The problem is only when the wheel is cranked all the way? I have this problem but it's very minor. I don't even run spacers, and I still knick the inside of the fender too. I wouldn''t worry too much about it.
Nov 2, 2011, 09:37 PM
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Nov 3, 2011, 11:38 AM
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[quote=tnn35;9714715]hi guys
I have 20mm spacer all around on stock bbs wheels + swift spring spec-r. it looks great but when I turn the wheel max left, there is a light touch of front right wheel on the inside of the fender.
does anyone has this problem?
do you have picture ?
I have 20mm spacer all around on stock bbs wheels + swift spring spec-r. it looks great but when I turn the wheel max left, there is a light touch of front right wheel on the inside of the fender.
does anyone has this problem?
do you have picture ?
Nov 3, 2011, 01:50 PM
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ok here is the picture as requested.
BAMFevo, yes it has to be all the way left or right and going reverse. thanks for confirming. I think this problem is because of lower, not caused by spacer.
BAMFevo, yes it has to be all the way left or right and going reverse. thanks for confirming. I think this problem is because of lower, not caused by spacer.
Nov 4, 2011, 10:22 AM
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Conti DW 245/40/18. Fenders are not rolled. I never have this problem unless wheel is, like i said before, cranked ALL the way to either side. I never turn hard with the wheel like that nor does it affect normal driving, so I just deal with it and be careful and try to take it slow when I know they're gonna rub a bit.
Nov 6, 2011, 02:12 PM
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I just got my 20mm spacers on my GSR... fits very nice. The rear seems like it could go a little further. I would even try 25mm.. but ill just keep this till i get new rims
my rear fender are shaved, it looks perfectly stock and smooth as hell. The front fender, all i needed was to tuck the black plastic pieces back a little. turns out, it's totally not necessary for 20mm stock
my rear fender are shaved, it looks perfectly stock and smooth as hell. The front fender, all i needed was to tuck the black plastic pieces back a little. turns out, it's totally not necessary for 20mm stock
