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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 10:33 PM
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Hey guys, I have 19X8.5+20 and 19X10+15 wheels right now and I'm trying to make it look more aggressive. After my noob calculation I think I should get 5mm spacer front and 10mm spacer rear? I don't wana scratch my fender all the time and I'm not going to have crazy negative camber. Just trying to make it look as aggressive as possible. Do you guys think it will work or 10mm all around? Or maybe 15mm?
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 10:39 PM
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25mm front and 15mm rear, I think
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 11:05 PM
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aren't the rears already pretty flush? Other than get, get 25mm for the front.
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 11:07 PM
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25mm front and 15mm rear, I think
I think thats too much....... I just found this offset calculator and I'm pretty sure I should go with 5mm front and 10mm rear. Btw how hard is it to install spacers w/o studs thats already in it?
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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 11:23 PM
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no way, im 19x9.5 -3 front and 19x10.5 -8 in the rear and barely poke out


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Old Feb 27, 2011 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by paulpoca2003
I think thats too much....... I just found this offset calculator and I'm pretty sure I should go with 5mm front and 10mm rear. Btw how hard is it to install spacers w/o studs thats already in it?
check the stickied thread on wheel spacers - its great. according to that thread, 5mm spacers are the biggest we can go on our stock studs, so you would either need longer studs or get some nice wheel spacer/adapters for the 10+mm
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by paulpoca2003
I think thats too much....... I just found this offset calculator and I'm pretty sure I should go with 5mm front and 10mm rear. Btw how hard is it to install spacers w/o studs thats already in it?
5mm max with the stock studs.

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no way, im 19x9.5 -3 front and 19x10.5 -8 in the rear and barely poke out

What tire sizes? It matters.

Originally Posted by mestupryan
check the stickied thread on wheel spacers - its great. according to that thread, 5mm spacers are the biggest we can go on our stock studs, so you would either need longer studs or get some nice wheel spacer/adapters for the 10+mm
Agreed.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by scotts300
5mm max with the stock studs.



What tire sizes? It matters.



Agreed.

And that pic, he's lowered. That will suck the tires in quite a bit.

OP, In your situation I would do a 15mm front and a 10mm in the back. That would be mild.

5mm in the front isn't enough! I had 8.5 +20 front and added a 25mm spacer to it.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 07:39 AM
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not sure what size spacer you would need but I have ichiba v2 on my fronts and project kics on my rears.
prefer the ichiba spacers to the kics.
just my .02
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by paulpoca2003
Hey guys, I have 19X8.5+20 and 19X10+15 wheels right now and I'm trying to make it look more aggressive. After my noob calculation I think I should get 5mm spacer front and 10mm spacer rear? I don't wana scratch my fender all the time and I'm not going to have crazy negative camber. Just trying to make it look as aggressive as possible. Do you guys think it will work or 10mm all around? Or maybe 15mm?

Front needs a bit more... 10mm to 15mm would be about right. The rear I would leave alone, or get rear camber arms if you are lowered and bring them back to around -1 degrees. If you still want to run spacers in the rear after that, that's up to you but I don't think there will be much of a gap by then.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by paulpoca2003
Hey guys, I have 19X8.5+20 and 19X10+15 wheels right now and I'm trying to make it look more aggressive. After my noob calculation I think I should get 5mm spacer front and 10mm spacer rear? I don't wana scratch my fender all the time and I'm not going to have crazy negative camber. Just trying to make it look as aggressive as possible. Do you guys think it will work or 10mm all around? Or maybe 15mm?
A 9.5 +15 rear with a 275 tire is pretty aggressive for the average Joe. Given your comments about not fudging with fenders or negative camber, I'd try a slip-on 5mm and see how you like it. As I said, tire size does matter.

Originally Posted by al@phatrides
And that pic, he's lowered. That will suck the tires in quite a bit.

OP, In your situation I would do a 15mm front and a 10mm in the back. That would be mild.

5mm in the front isn't enough! I had 8.5 +20 front and added a 25mm spacer to it.
Again - tire size matters. For the street I run an 8.5 +10 with a 265 tire and a LOT of camber. There isn't more room to run more spacer - I've tried. As I said above, for the street, I run a 9.5 +15 rear with a 275. There may be room for a 5mm spacer, but no more.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 10:47 AM
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Nvm, re-read it.
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Put your fingers between the tire and fender. How far do you want to move the tire? 10 mm? 20 mm? See that was not so difficult.
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by scotts300

What tire sizes? It matters.


225/35 front, 245/35 rear
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by davidv
Put your fingers between the tire and fender. How far do you want to move the tire? 10 mm? 20 mm? See that was not so difficult.
LMAO!!!!!!

FKN david lol

Op what tires are u running sober know if you want stretch and poke or fat tires
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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Never mind. I thought this was important. Important enough to say “thanks” or simply reply.
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