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Old 08-03-13, 08:06 AM
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Default After lowering with coilovers, weird ugly gap solution?

after u guys lower the car with coilovers, what do u do with the weird ugly looking gap?

i have 19" Lfa style wheels

lowering on 20" would look better

gap solution?
Old 08-03-13, 10:01 AM
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Uhm, you lower it some more?
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Gap on right and left of tires...no gap on top
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You can install spacers to bring the wheels out. I think it's 15mm front and 20mm rear, assuming the wheels are OEM spec. Or get wheels with offsets that give the flush look. You can look at wheel threads to see different set ups
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You can't do anything with that gap.
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Run some 12-15mm spacers to full out the rest of the look...I think the gaps you are talking about is between the tire and fender points. You can change that but spacers will appear to fill down of it
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Take your car to body shop and have them molded side skirts and extend your fender.
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trade up for some more aggressive offset wheels or get real LFA wheels
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An alignment will also help reduce the gap as negative camber's reduced
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It's called get wheels with lower offset
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