3rdelement

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what is the thickest wheel spacer i can use on my stock wheels.
anyone know?
thanks
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Choas

Why would you put spacers on your stock wheels? Tho if you really wanted to do it a 3mm-5mm shouldn't hurt anything.

3rdelement

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i hate the gap left by the rear wheels in the fender.

Choas

Oh ic go with 5mm, 3mm won't fix that for you.

3rdelement

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thats a lil smaller than 1/2"?

oh and i just finished a writeup for the gs 1st gen brake light mod.
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Choas

^I saw the writeup it looks good. Oh and 5 millimeters = 0.196850394 inch. If you want close to .5" then go with 10mm but you may want longer studs to be on the safe side.

3rdelement

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cool. off to search now!

lexus72

If you really want to fix that gap, then go with Hubcentric Wheel adapters instead of spacers. These are basically spacers but with new bolts attached to the spacer itself- refered to as the "thread-on" type of spacer or "DRM". You can get them in 15mm, 20mm, and 25mm and up. Your best fit is probably the 20mm or 25mm. just make sure that they are HUBCENTRIC and not that garbage they sell on ebay. Also, make sure that what ever rim you are using will accomodate the old lugs on the back side of the rim. Get either the H&R adapters, or Kics Project spacers. Just know that Kics is a two piece system, you have to purchase the hub rings seperately.

Choas

^Those do work I just don't trust them. I mean if they fail your rim just falls off the car. When using longer studs and spacers if one fails you still have the other ones to fall back on.

maniax

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/5x114...spagenameZWDVW

I have those on my ES in the back. I've been using them for a year and no problems.

Only thing is 15mm will not make the wheel sit flush with the fender, if i was to do it again, i'd prolly go with 25mm

lexus72

I think that the question of spacers w/ longer studs vs adapters/thread-on spacers is subjective. I spent two weeks reading everyone's responses on the lexus forum (gs, is, sc... I searched all the forums). Some feel the longer studs are safer, some feel thread-on adapters are safer. If safety wasn't an issue though, the biggest difference would time saved. Taking out the original studs is NOT always that easy, and longer studs don't always just slide in place. Thread-on adapters are as easy to put on as puting a wheel on a car.

Funny though, apart from those individuals that race or drift, I have yet to read about any normal driver that has lost his wheel using a spacer! Not that is hasn't happend, I just haven't found a thread on it.

I will agree with this in all my reading though - adding either of these additional parts to the suspension increases risk and widening your wheel base puts a little more strain on the suspension itself. Having said that, a lot of NEW Porche vehicles have some form of spacer on their back wheels.

lexus72

One last thing to add. With your stock wheel on the car and NO spacer, you'll notice that the fronts are actually a little wider than the rears. So if you decide to widen all 4 wheels, I would suggest purchasing smaller front spacers than the rear. Like 15mm fronts and 25mm rears.