The front of my rims are 20 x 8.5 +38 with 245/30. When I measure from the gap between the side wall of my tire to the inner fender, I get 35mm. Can I put in a 20mm spacer?

 

you will effectively make it 8.5 +18, that's pretty aggressive

you will likely rub the lower part of the fender unless you do a lot of modification in those areas

 

thanks Rominl. What size spacer would you recommend? I'm guessing a 10 mm spacer?

 

what kind of look you looking for and what kind of work you willing to do?

 

i want to try to get the front to match the look of the rear. I followed your DIY a while back because I was running overspec tires. That's all I really want to do with the fenders.

My overall goal was to get front spacers that will work with both my existing rims and my stocks since I want to use the ichiban V2. However to do that I will need to trim down my OEM studs since the back of my rims are flat.

 

well to give you an idea, you have 8.5 +38. i have 9 +37, which is the same as 8.5 +31 (outboard wise). so you know if you put a 7mm spacer up front, you will be close to what i have (considering we have the same size tires)

now on my front, i know i can probably go another 5mm or so, but my ride height is becoming a problem (you can look at pics of my car to see how low it is) and i will start to rub quite a bit more, especially around the 10 and 2 oclock positions. the problem will worsen when i am doing turns. at my current setup, if i am turning at higher speed and hit a bump, i almost guarantee a rub.

so you kind of get the idea there and see how much you want to try to push it out

 

rominl is the man he always answer questions simply, so the average guy can understand what needs to be done, way to go guy

 

yea henry is good for wheel and tire questions. knows his ish

 

I have a similar question, but will open a seperate thread if you guys don't mind. I think your offsets look okay, but you can go another 10 or 15mm no problem.

 

thanks for the kind words guys, i am happy to help!

 

Romini.. we love you!

 

Yes, we all love Henry!

Holy cow! Those windows are DARK!

 

Henry IS the man!! It looks darker in the picture than it really is. My front is tinted...its a must out here in the Vegas desert.

 

Henry I thought you were 9 +34? Not 9 +37 up front.

I was running 9 +35 up front with a 255/30 tire. I had rubbing in the spots that rominl posted in his DIY fender mod thread. Now that I am lower its a pretty big issue. 245 would help a little bit. I plan to push it more so will see how it works out being so low.

Mr Mark is running 9.5 and I believe +31 up front but he did pull his front fender.

 

ooops, mike is right, thought wrong. i have 9 +34 front. +37 is my rear 10" setup

mike i think you are rubbing the bracket location just like eric in FL right? that's one very tough spot