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Old Jul 27, 2012 | 10:52 PM
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The worst thing you can do for your car is to use spacers.

Spacers = F A I L
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Old Jul 28, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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ya it looks like 22mm should work on the front as well.

as for the rims ya ill be keeping them unless i can get some gold advan super ver 2 for cheap ... so ya looks like illl have them for a while

and thanks Razz1 for the comment wish there was some fact to back that up.
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Old Aug 4, 2012 | 09:52 AM
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Where the pics at????
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 02:04 PM
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Old Aug 6, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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damn seksi where did u order lip at?
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 12:58 PM
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I understand why someone would say it's a fail, and I don't know if I'd track the car with them. For daily spirited driving they are fine, just make sure you check the torque on them often.
I track mine with 20mm Ichiba V2 lowered on KW V3s without any problems. I do check the wheels every track day!
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Old Aug 8, 2012 | 03:45 PM
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I got the lip from japanparts.com
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Fisher
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Looks great!

Originally Posted by Pd424
I track mine with 20mm Ichiba V2 lowered on KW V3s without any problems. I do check the wheels every track day!
I'll be installing spacers this week and cannot clarify whether the torque spec of maximum 80ft.lbs pertains to both Spacer -> Hub, and Wheel -> Spacer?

What do you torque them to?
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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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spacer to hub should be same as stock, if the company did not specify wheel to spacer torque I would suggest the same thing
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Old Aug 14, 2012 | 09:11 AM
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Well the spacers mention not to exceed 80ft.lbs so I would assume its spacer to hub but could be for wheel to spacer also.
Currently I have the wheels torqued to 108ft.lbs due to the SB for the clicking issue so want to make sure I do not exceed 80ft.lbs if so...
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Fisher
its a trust/ greddy u can only order it from japan, greddy usa says they still need to make it / fit it to the North american market ... looks like its made and fits to me

fyi i got it through japanparts nothing but good things to say about them
Thanks for the tip! Arent they super expensive though?
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Old Aug 23, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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That Odula (?) lip looks really nice IMHO; adds some weight to the front.

As to tracking with spacers, I've also tracked with 20mm and absolutely no problem.

Just make sure you get good hub-centric ones (e.g. Eibach) not non-hub-centric junk from China and you should have no problems at all. You won't get wheel wobble, and your wheels won't fall off either.
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Old Aug 24, 2012 | 09:28 PM
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it is very light i would say close to the r3 stiff i took off to put it on
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 09:13 AM
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Hi guys, I'm bumping this thread to avoid creating a new one of the same topic....
I've had Ichiba V2 25mm for both F/R for the last 2 months on my 09 R3 and have been noticing wheel wobble recently. It has been quite a smooth ride until now.. and have also been hearing what seems like the beginning stages of wheel bearing wear but unable to point the location yet... the car only has 33k and never tracked.
Any of you experience these issues?
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 09:18 AM
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the lip looks awesome
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Old Nov 14, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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What is the hub bore of ichiba vs R3 wheel? Do you have a hubcentric spacer? I would suggest getting one, install it, torque down the lugs and go from there.

Also, is the hub spacer on tight with the wheelm and you may need a hub ring there too!
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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The spacers are offered with hubcentric rings to meet the 67.1mm bore. They were installed without any issue and proper torque specs of 80ft/lbs were met. I re-torqued them last night but did not make a difference. I inspected the rings for cracks or breaks and seemed fine.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 04:24 PM
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I have tracked my car with the spacer no issues However i do not have that kind of KM on the cari would guess only about 5000km with spacers
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 07:17 PM
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Correction: it seems better now after the re-torque, but the slight wheel bearing type noise is still there. I've only had them on for about 2500 miles. I don't doubt there could be some sort of long-term strain on the Hub and/or Bearings due to a large offset so I'm a bit concerned of pre-mature bearing failure.
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Old Feb 26, 2014 | 03:00 PM
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I just installed my tanabe gf 210 springs, 245-35R19 tires, 20mm spacers up front, and 25mm spacers on the rear. I did a slight fender roll on the rear and have only slight plastic to tire contact when dealing with large sudden inclines.
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Old Feb 26, 2014 | 07:58 PM
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^Looks good, love blue R3s


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