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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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crap now i dont know what to get
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by GS430V8
hey man im thinking of getting some spacers for the rear of my car. im wondering if i should get 25mm spacers or even 30mm spacers on my stock wheels. do you have any pics of the 25mm's on your ride?

you can fit a 30mm front & 35mm rear spacer on your gs with those exact oem wheels, lowered all the way down on tein cs, and you still wont be flush with the fenders. gotta love lexus.

for an even appearance you also want to make sure you run 5mm less in the front due to the cars factory stance. if you run 25/25, the front will poke out more. so 20/25 or 25/30 is ideal. if you are going to be lowering your car more then tein cs allows, or if you're running some oddball wider tire size on your stock rim, a small amount of rear fender shaving might be necessary.

you should really go with either the h&r (can only get up to a 25mm in those) or project kics (available up to a 30mm)...both will have the studs pre pressed into them. anything beyond that and you are more then likely going to have to have them custom made. evasive motorsports seemed to have the project kics in stock for the best price when everyone else was saying "backordered" so look them up if you're interested.

install is simple; you take your wheel off, bolt the spacer to your existing studs with the supplied lugnuts, then bolt your wheel to the spacer with your stock lugnuts. 5 minutes each corner.

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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by upstateGS4
you can fit a 30mm front & 35mm rear spacer on your gs with those exact oem wheels, lowered all the way down on tein cs, and you still wont be flush with the fenders. gotta love lexus.
are you kidding me? lol wow 30's in the front and 35's in rear dropped and not flushed?!?! just crazy!
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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yea I have 19x10 22 mil and its still tucked ... in the rear .. when you lower it .. th body flows over it
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 10:04 PM
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Installed my spacer...25 front(25 seems stretch for the front) and 30 rear(30 or more). Got some issues with vibration at 80mph, will sort it out soon. H&R is hubcentric but proj kicks is not ( you have to buy seperate adapter). It could be that I got some beat-up prj kicks stuff...looked used.

I'm gonna buy the hub adapter to see if it gets resolved or I'm going to buy another spacer for the rear. so...anyone know if there is a 30mm hubcentric spacer for the gs430?
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 10:14 PM
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Your probably is most likely the lack of hub rings. Definitely get it.
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Quick Question... IS this the correct hub adapter?

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Me...uct_Code=W3060


PHML mentioned 60.10

I can't find 60.10

bought it anyway since it says for lexus/toyota. If this doesn't work, I'm gonna go with 25H&R rear and front.

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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 02:28 AM
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Originally Posted by sam430
Quick Question... IS this the correct hub adapter?

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/Me...uct_Code=W3060


PHML mentioned 60.10

I can't find 60.10

bought it anyway since it says for lexus/toyota. If this doesn't work, I'm gonna go with 25H&R rear and front.
Yah...those are the correct hubcentric hubs for 30mm Project Kics spacers.
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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Installed hub and still slight vibration at 80mph... okay at other ranges.
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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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I have 15mm and 20mm ichiba v2 spacers with 3gs 18x8 and works fine. I have some slight vibration, but I am unsure if it was before or after the spacers. Others have driven my car and have reported no problems. Maybe I am a little mental?
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Old Nov 9, 2008 | 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by RI-Lex
who here has them on their GS, i'm looking into the 15mm up front, any shake? loose steering feel? any handling improvements with the wider stance up front... i appreciate any input on this, thanks
I think it was you I talked with on this. I needed feedback on which size to get for the front wheels after already having the 25mm put on for the rear. I was thinking the 5mm is all I need with the OEM wheels but what I really needed was the 15mm. I was pretty close in getting the ver. 2 from Ichiba but decided to hold off since I'll be replacing my wheels soon.
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Old Jan 12, 2009 | 09:54 AM
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need more pictures of 30 in the rear and 25 in the front.
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