808mcv20l

Recently I've been looking at the rear wheels and it really seems odd that the rear wheels are so sunk in compared the the fronts...

I know, I know this is a FWD car and there's no need for wide rear wheels.

Been thinking of running wheel spacers on the rears...

saw this and got me thinking...

Anyone running wheels spacers in the rear with stock 16" wheels?

Anyone know the max width you can run without making it unsafe to drive?
Being able to get enough turns on the lugs and without the tires rubbing under suspension load of course.

I would imagine 3mm should be fine...

Anybody with experience, please feel free to chime in.

lostape45

3mm won't bring out the tires at all, you wouldn't be able to notice them on the car. I ran 5mm spacers on the rear with my newer ES rims and had no issues with lugs. Granted those had wider tires and a different offset so they weren't as sunken in as the stock 16s.

speedkar9

I run 3mm spacers with my 17" Gen 2 Solara rims on my Gen 1 Solara (same suspension setup as the ES300).

They won't make a difference visually. If you wanted to bring those wheels out, you'll need a 10mm+ spacer, with new lugs.

I too agree that a lot of Toyota vehicles from this era had rear wheels that sunk in too much, making the car look skinnier and the wheels looking small compared to the body.

Oro

Yeah, I agree. The only reason for 3mm spacers is if you have aftermarket wheels and need to adjust the offset slightly for the calipers. No visual impact.

I used some 10/12mm spacers I got from O'Reillys to space some aftermarket wheels on a GS. They did make enough of a difference and were like maybe $15 (same pattern). Check your LAP for 1/2" or 10mm spacers and they will likely have it and it might make the subtle difference you want.

In fact, this makes me think I might put those old spacers on the rear of the 2002. I also agree the rear wheels are too far inside the arches/wells and look a tad odd. I have thought this before but never motivated enough to do anything about it.