ok, ive just spent the last hour searching and all i could find were pictures of wheel spacers on lowered cars. i dont want to lower mine right now, but i hate how the tires are tucked in so far. but, im also worried it might look weird with spacers and not lowered. so anyone have any pictures with spacers on a g coupe that is stock height? i have the stock 19" wheels with 245/35 front tires and 255/40 rear tires.

i think the wheel specs are the following, but im not sure:
fr 19x8 30mm offset
rr 19x8.5 33mm offset

i was thinking maybe 15mm spacers for the front and 20mm spacers for the rear... and advice or pics are appreciated

 

It will look fine, and more flush than it would if you lowered it.

For a little while I rocked 20mm front/25mm rear spacers @ stock height.

Really takes away the tuck.

 

you have any pictures of it? any rubbing?

 

Found it.



No rubbing whatsoever at stock height.

Even with 350z H-Techs front & HKS adjustable springs rear [adjusted to match height of H-techs in front] I rock now, no rubbing.

IMO, do it if you're not going to get new [and good offset] rims any time soon.

Hope this helps.

 

very nice, i might do 20s all around tho, that rear might be out a little too far for me. did you notice any improvement in handling or not?

 

Mike, I think you'll be disappointed if you get 20s all around.
I wish I had a straight on shot of the rear to show you. They barely peak out, and it really gives it a meatier look, stance-wise.

Technically, handling should improve since the wheels are pushed out further... but they are wheel spacers, so one needs to be a little more careful with them.

That being said, I have pushed the car, and nothing bad's happened so far.
I really didn't notice a difference in handling.

But I also had sway bars put in before these spacers, so I was already used to a big difference in handling.

When you do end up buying your wheel spacers, please please please get hub-centric rings with them. I can't tell you how dangerous it is without them, especially with these relatively large spacers.

 

you have some pictures of it now with the htechs and springs?

 

Here you go:

 

yes, i understand the concept of wheel spacers putting added stress on suspension parts, so i will spend the money cause you get what you pay for most of the time and this is something no one should go cheap on. thanks for the help

 

oh geez, i should not be looking at those pictures, beautiful man. im trying to not lower cause i know ill scrape around here, not to mention the added wear on tires and other parts which gets expensive.

 

Thanks, man.

Definitely do not cheap out on spacers. IMO, get some with built in studs to make it easier to install, but at least make sure that they either have built in hub-centric rings (I think Ichiba V2 has these) or buy hub-centric rings that go with the spacers (my Project Kics spacers function this way). H&R are also pretty reputable, but I don't know much about them.

Don't worry about scraping, just learn how to drive a lowered car. Just look at all the other crazy dump'd & daily-driven G's on these boards.

With H-techs, you're not going to see much of a decreased tire life. If you really want to maximize the life of your tires with these springs, then just get a rear camber kit so you can get camber back into factory spec. I'm probably off by a little now, especially in the rear, but when I got an alignment a while back, the guys at the dealer were able to get my car back into spec with my H-techs after they had settled [at that time, I didn't have the HKS adjustable springs in the back].

 

how much did you spend on your htechs and springs? doesnt that void the warranty too?

 

and what do you think of coilovers instead?

 

night and day from yours to this:

 

looks WAAAAY better if u lower it