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I'm finally 100% happy with my wheel setup

Old 09-18-08, 04:47 PM
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Default I'm finally 100% happy with my wheel setup

I put on new wheels on my car a few months ago but I was not happy with the front offset. The wheels were hiding too much. So I bought 15mm spacers and this is what the car looks like now.
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After (sorry for the crappy pics. It was getting dark):

Old 09-18-08, 04:52 PM
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I guess that you were so excited that you couldn't hold the camera long enough for it to focus
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we need better pics!!!!!!!!!!! I cant see clearly on the last two
Old 09-18-08, 04:53 PM
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Dude - hold the camera steady! Fuzziness aside, the stance looks much better. Any vibrations or alignment issues with the spacers on?
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Looks better. But it is difficult to see from the pics. How long did the install take?
Old 09-18-08, 05:11 PM
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now get the back spaced and u should be sittin nice and flush, nice rims BTW
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looks good, but it will look better if u had a different camera
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I will take pictures tomorrow when it's light outside. The install took about 40 minutes but I was taking my time. No vibrations or any problems whatsoever so far.

The back wheels are already 12 mm out from the stock offset. I'm happy with the way they look. The spacers up front are 15 mm but the front wheel offset is +48 which means that the net change from stock is 12 mm..... so all is nice and even.
Here is another before picture to show the rear fitment.
Old 09-18-08, 06:05 PM
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nice, how about a profile shot, what are the rims ?
Old 09-18-08, 06:24 PM
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looks much more flush. nice job.
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Originally Posted by MicaIS
nice, how about a profile shot, what are the rims ?
Pics before the drop.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ivionis&page=2
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looks good ...i was unhappy with my fronts too but it had to do with the lack of a lip so i ordered new ones.
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nice, it looks a lot better
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looks good!
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yes now it looks wayyy better..

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