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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 01:18 PM
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Most aggressive wheel spacer on OEM wheels?

What is the most aggressive wheel spacer I can run on a factory Evo X wheel lowered on coilovers, stock camber? Can I run an Ichiba vs 20mm or will that require rolling the rear fenders?
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 01:58 PM
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I had 25mm lowered on coilovers to a little less than 1 finger gap all around with stock camber last winter. required a roll on the rear, nice and flush setup.
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 06:44 PM
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remember when you put spacers under your wheel your studs gets more stress. As wider the spacer gets the stress also rapidly gets bigger. That is why some races they do change the studs for stronger and longer ones.
Just keep it in mind.

I am def. not a fan of spacers. Get a better offset wheels instead . that is safe . Or get longer stronger studs. they would cost around $500 installed.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 07:36 AM
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remember when you put spacers under your wheel your studs gets more stress. As wider the spacer gets the stress also rapidly gets bigger. That is why some races they do change the studs for stronger and longer ones.
Just keep it in mind.

I am def. not a fan of spacers. Get a better offset wheels instead . that is safe . Or get longer stronger studs. they would cost around $500 installed.
I haven't heard anything negative about properly torqued spacers though if they're quality... I'm not looking to run an ebay spacer. The Ichiba V2 come with longer studs and appear to be superb quality.

Anyone else have input on size without a roll?
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 08:30 AM
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I'm running 25mm spacers all around on KW V3's (but I dont' have it slammed). No fender work... about 1.4deg rear camber and 2.2ish front. Probably could make it work with less... I did trim and mold my front fender liners a bit... but that's it.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 10:42 AM
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I do not like spacers. For this I just bought wheels with a nice offset.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 11:11 AM
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Given that it's the tire, not the wheel, that first hits the fender lip in the rear, and that different tires - even those with the same numbers on the sidewall - are different widths at the shoulder, where it matters, the question posed in this thread cannot be answered.

To be clear: some 245/40/18s might not rub even with a +25mm spacer; other 245/40/18s might rub with any spacer larger than a +15mm.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 01:26 PM
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Given that it's the tire, not the wheel, that first hits the fender lip in the rear, and that different tires - even those with the same numbers on the sidewall - are different widths at the shoulder, where it matters, the question posed in this thread cannot be answered.

To be clear: some 245/40/18s might not rub even with a +25mm spacer; other 245/40/18s might rub with any spacer larger than a +15mm.
Thanks Iowa... I'm running factory Yokos.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 02:51 PM
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I only tried +15s, but if you search around, I believe you'll find posts saying that +20s don't cause rubbing with the OE tires. It's things like R-S3s and some Pilots that I worry about; those are quite "square."

The key point, which I believe came across, is to search for the tires as well as the spacers before deciding. Or just play it safe with +15s. After all, wheel bearing prefer +15s.
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Iowa999
I only tried +15s, but if you search around, I believe you'll find posts saying that +20s don't cause rubbing with the OE tires. It's things like R-S3s and some Pilots that I worry about; those are quite "square."

The key point, which I believe came across, is to search for the tires as well as the spacers before deciding. Or just play it safe with +15s. After all, wheel bearing prefer +15s.
Makes perfect sense. I was gonna run a +17mm, thanks for the input.
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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 02:39 PM
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I have 25mm spacers all the way around on mine with H&R springs with stock alignment and I have had no issues.
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Old Apr 11, 2014 | 03:56 PM
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I have 20mm Garage Line spacers and am lowered on Swift Sports. I just put brand new tires on and they now rub slightly on the inside plastic liner. Nothing a heat gun can't fix..
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Old Apr 17, 2014 | 12:33 PM
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H&R Trak 15mm spacers all round on Swift Spec R, -2.1F, -1.8R on stock wheels/tires.
No issues, though the front could stick out a little more due to the front fender and rear fender size differences.
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Old Apr 17, 2014 | 11:32 PM
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Originally Posted by CtSilver03Evo
Makes perfect sense. I was gonna run a +17mm, thanks for the input.
I have some brand new custom 15mm bolt on spacer from motorsport-tech that i'm looking get rid of, PM me if your interested and we can work out a deal.
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Old Apr 25, 2014 | 08:56 PM
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Had the 25mm spacers that bolt on, no issues
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