9krpmrx8

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Looks good man.

TeamRX8

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I'm just wondering how many hours you guys spend in front of the mirror looking at yourself ...

willnordacgreen1211

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^ 8 hrs a day looking am my self and 8 hrs a day looking at myself in the reflection of my car.

willnordacgreen1211

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<3!

monchie

Most of the time. I have to look good all day, even when i go to sleep...lol

Rotary-RX8

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Hey are you lowered on the tanabe springs or coils ?? THe drop looks really good.

3DZukini

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Hello again, I haven't been on here much in a long time but I still have my 8. I'm not nearly as aggressive as you guys and the roads in Iowa are total **** so I can't get too crazy. But, I definitely need some spacers at the very least. I have 18x9.5 +45 with 265/35 all around, what kind and size of spacers can I put on to close that wheel gap a bit but not have to roll the fenders at all? Here's a couple of pics where you can kind of see the wheel gap...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/effectivimage/6677509209/http://www.flickr.com/photos/effectivimage/6677509209/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/effectivimage/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/effectivimage/5709088703/http://www.flickr.com/photos/effectivimage/5709088703/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/effectivimage/, on Flickr

9krpmrx8

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10mm spacers will put you about where I am ( 18 x 9.5 +30) just a little less aggressive and I don't rub and my fenders are not rolled so you will be fine. I am dropped on tein S techs. I am only running 245/40-18's but I will be bumping up to 265/35-18's and I don't think that will effect anything because I have plenty of room to spare. If I were you I would go with hubcentric 15mm spacers.

Dan507

i have the same wheels as you but the ET38 option. im running 255/35/18 and the wheels have a fair bit of poke and my arches will need to be rolled.

3DZukini

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Cool, hubcentric was a word my brain was searching for and couldn't remember, lol. That means they bolt into the hub and have their own bolts for the wheels, right? I just don't want to cause them to be any less safe because I like to go to an autocross once and a while. Anybody know a good place to find them and order from? thanks!

9krpmrx8

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Yes hubcentric just means the spacers themselves have a hubcentric ring on them to to keep the wheels hub centered as they would be if they were bolted directly to the factory hub. You can get them all over, PM cornholio135, we just put some on his car and they were Hubcentric and reasonably priced. I have Project Kics spacers on mine, they are a bit pricey.

Dan507

Hub centric spacers are bolt on spacers but they have the correct bore for the oem wheels. which come in a whole range of sizes. you need 67.1 if you didn't know

You dont really need hub centric ones so its not really worth paying the extra money for them so just get 5x114.3 bolt on spacers.


Edit: Beat me to it.

9krpmrx8

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I would disagree, some bolt holes may allow some play so the wheel might not sit perfectly center. Generally it would probably be okay as the difference is likely to be slight but i would just get the hubcentrics, I doubt you would save much by going with non hubcentric spacers.

BTW guys, this is really off topic, better suited for one of the spacer related threads.

willnordacgreen1211

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im diggin all the meaty tires in the past few post!

ooobigfire

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mavictb

ooobigfire what was your offset again?

EDIT: never mind I found your last post. looks good man.

tiltmode43

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Will, I aboslutely love NG and your car is a reminder of why

ooobigfire, nice to see you're getting your fitment dialed in!


Just so everyone knows, 11.5 ET28 does not have enough inner clearance in the rear. Next step, 11.5 ET26. Really hoping this clears

mavictb

ouch... at least you only have to replace the inner hoop... did it mess up your coilovers?

willnordacgreen1211

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oh ****!

tiltmode43

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The clearance cut off isn't the suspension itself, but a wall between the shock body/spring and the wheel itself.

You can see I had some scraping, though I had believed it was only occurred when angling up large inclines (i.e. steep *** driveways). Must have somehow touched while on the highway which in turn forced the entire weight of the car to that one point on the barrel.

My biggest turnoff here isn't repairing/replacing the barrel, but having the swap out my rear studs with extended studs to allow for some thicker spacer action. Won't be fun, but you've gotta pay to play

ooobigfire

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Its in the sig

Thanks I'm still rubbing in the front during aggressive driving but it doesn't seem to be hurting anything soooo F it lol. On the drivers side I had to bend up the mointing point for the side marker and bumper, so right now my drivers side marker is shaved and rvt'd to the bumper.. been that way for 2 weeks now and lasted through a drift event. Really wish I would have known my car was in a fender bender before I bought it.

J8635621

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That wall isn't too important probably. Just remove it

mavictb

that's what I was thinking... or use a sledge hammer and make some clearance lol.

tiltmode43

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If you guys could see where the issue was, you'd see why it's not so easy. The wall curves out while the wheel cambers in; think about it.

I'll do what it takes to make things work though

TrevorsTII

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Springs. I will be getting Stance GR+ here soon. Taxes baby!