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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 11:01 PM
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Interesting.

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Old Mar 30, 2009 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by panyo64
I put spacers on my G35.....made it handle all sorts of twitchy on the highway. After a month, I took them off. It wasn't worth it.
Really!!!! Never heard of that. I have but alot of spacers on G35, 350z and Lexus with no problems with no change to the car.

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Old Apr 7, 2009 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by b2designs
Really!!!! Never heard of that. I have but alot of spacers on G35, 350z and Lexus with no problems with no change to the car.

Charles
^ I see you are a vendor and sell these. From your experiences, what are the long term effects of having spacers? I tend to keep cars for 10+ years and would like to know.

Thanks.
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by panyo64
I put spacers on my G35.....made it handle all sorts of twitchy on the highway. After a month, I took them off. It wasn't worth it.
did you use the direct bolt on or the ones that require removing the OEM studs? you could have probably installed them incorrectly

so these don't void any warranties?
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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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...you can't void warranty by installing spacers, lol. infact...you cant void warrant with any aftermarket item unless the dealer can prove your problem was caused by the after market item.
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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by panyo64
I put spacers on my G35.....made it handle all sorts of twitchy on the highway. After a month, I took them off. It wasn't worth it.
a buddy of mine that works at a dealership also told me this would happen... said they'll feel like the wheels have not been balanced at high speeds (highway) but feel normal in city driving. can others who have these spacers share some further input on this issue...
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Old May 6, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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for anyone who's interested, here's a thread about the effect of the spacers
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...ml#post4499024

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Old May 6, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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Sweet mod, I must say, I am really thinking about it.
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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If I install the 15/20mm spacers w/o lowering the car, will it look bad? I have stock 18's on there now
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Old May 7, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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liking the spaces, i might get a set too
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Old May 22, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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Wow.. Beautiful. im looking to buy spacers.. and springs.. and this setup caught my attention. I have the Stock 18" thats come with the Xsport package.. Do you think your setup will do good with my is250. also how many inches does the springs drop?
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Old May 22, 2009 | 02:30 PM
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In these pictures, my car is on Eibach's 350 pro-kit which drops the car 1.0 inch the front and 0.8 inch the rear. Eibach's 250 pro-kit, which drops the car 1.4 inch front and 1.0 inch rear, would work nicely for you. If you want to go even lower, you can choose a set-up like aQuarius26. He has these exact same spacers but lowered on TEIN s-tech springs which will drop your car 1.6 front and 1.2 rear. See pics here.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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nice...very nice
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Old May 22, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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I installed 15mm all around without lowering and they look good, hopefully this will motivate me to lower it now.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 05:44 AM
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So...how much would this slow my car down? This is 5 pounds of added weight to each wheels isn't it? So doesn't that require more power to spin the wheels? I love how it looks, but I love how my car handles right now
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