anyone know which brand is best to buy from in terms of good fitment/quality/cost:

• H&R
• EIBACH
• ICHIBA
• PROJ KICS

 

Does not really take a whole lot of engineering and the metals are probably the same, I can't see how you could go wrong with any as far as wheel spacers go. In other words, I would not pay for name for this mod.

 

I have had H&R and project kics and I prefer the H&R quality more

 

I have H&R on my car and love them. I have the 20mm..

 

I have the H&R ones, but I didn not use the studs that came w/ them as they do not match the Nissan spline pattern. I used the 50mm Nismo studs instead.

 

H & R

 

Any of those should be ok, as long as they're hubcentric. I know the H&R and Eibachs are. I've always run H&R and they've been great. Never felt the need to change out the lugs with only 5mm spacers.

 

thanks everyone... i bought a new pair of ICHIBAs 5mm for under $60

 

Upgarage in Tacoma has them for $10 a pair without studs. Depends on the thickness of your rim bolt seat area, whether you need studs.

 

H&R but not unless you REALLY need them. My friend had his studs snap once. Not a pleasant experience.

 

But are they hubcentric?

 

@ 5mm it doesn't matter because your snout on the spindle sticks more than 5mm's thru the rotor.
What you trying to acomplish with 5mm shims?

I use 5mm shims to bring my RPF-1's back to 30mm from 35mm. The 5mm on each side corrects the SAI (steering axis inclination). This makes the car drive much more comfortably down our rutted roads. The car feels alot more "stock" even with 275's on the front and nothing that is OEM in the whole suspension.

 

^ I believe that's what his goal is. He's considering optimizing his wheel & tire setup for autoX purposes.