looks very nice

 

 

bump

 

Quite an improvement . . . looks great! What made you choose OEM Z springs over Z H-Techs?

 

stock size - 245/45/18


perfect drop (for me), no change in ride quality, price

 

did you take that Avatar pic in North Little Rock?

you've done exactly what i want to do, a very small drop but keep the ride.. and push those wheels out. How's the handling? does if feel the same? Does it hunt the road any with higher offsets?

 

looks good

 

yep, im feeling it

 

Thank you for all of the positive comments. I did take that pic in north LR.

By "hunt" I take it to refer the car grabbing the ruts in the highways and jerking it around a bit? No, it does not do that at all.

It does, however, help me to acheive 0.96G laterally left and right with no other suspension mods other than the z springs. Tires are Nitto NT555s.

Here's a chart I found on motortrend when they tested the z against an s2k and an rx-8. All vehicles were stock.

 

Hey Darren. You still enjoying these spacers? How about those headers?

Im thinking about spacers in the 20/25mm persuasion.

 

Hellz yeah man! I think if I had to do it over, I'd go with 20/25 myself.

 

Darren,

It was great to meet you at zDayz, enjoyed the Camp fire (even after losing my voice).

Question for ya, I have M45 19" rims coming, getting them from the Car Broker Lawrence that was at zDayz, he's getting new rims. What Spacer's would you recommend I go for.

Allen


A picture from Fontana Dam.

 

what size spacers did you go?

 

Hey Allen,

Sorry I'm so late w/ a response - I just saw this post. The '06-'07 M45 19" sport wheels have a +50mm offset. The OEM 18" G wheels are +30. So you will need 20mm spacers just to get the M wheels out to where the stock wheels are now. If you want to get them a bit more flush with the outside of the fenders, you should consider 35-40mm front and 40-45mm rear. This would give you the equivalent offset of stock 18s with 15/20 or 20/25 spacers. Good luck!

 

Wow, no rubbing issues with 245/45s. I must re-measure my wheels. I have that set-up but I calculated that a 15mm spacer would be flush with the fender.

If it is flush with the fender doesn't this mean that the tire can hit it?