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You can be completely even with no finger gap at all corners and have no fender rubbing issues with stock wheels. Even driveways shouldn't be a problem if you take it slow. I'm slightly tucking my tires with my stock wheels at the moment and I don't have any rubbing or scraping issues. With my Volks, that is a different story as they are more aggressive and scraped my fender going up a drively once. This is fixed my rolling by front fenders. Not trying to scare you but if you are sticking with stock wheels, you will be fine. You can pretty much slam it and be ok. The wheel well is designed to accomodate the stock wheel throughout the suspension travel. However, the stock wheel has the sunken-in look. A lot of people get spacers or go with aftermarket rims so the wheels are more flushed with the fenders. Depending how low these people go, they go may require mods to the fender, etc. to accomodate the more agressive setup.
but if i go with that drop 2in/1.5 rear, will 19 inch rims clear?
From what I remember, my F-Sport springs were ok height in the rear. The front is too high for my tastes and could use like another 0.5" - 0.75" to make it even with the rear.
You're probably super anxious about the install. Just play with it tomorrow, I'm sure you will adjust the height several times over the next couple days or weeks until you're happy with the height. How 19" rims will fit, it depends on the specifications of the rim and tire size.
You're probably super anxious about the install. Just play with it tomorrow, I'm sure you will adjust the height several times over the next couple days or weeks until you're happy with the height. How 19" rims will fit, it depends on the specifications of the rim and tire size.
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From what I remember, my F-Sport springs were ok height in the rear. The front is too high for my tastes and could use like another 0.5" - 0.75" to make it even with the rear.
You're probably super anxious about the install. Just play with it tomorrow, I'm sure you will adjust the height several times over the next couple days or weeks until you're happy with the height. How 19" rims will fit, it depends on the specifications of the rim and tire size.
You're probably super anxious about the install. Just play with it tomorrow, I'm sure you will adjust the height several times over the next couple days or weeks until you're happy with the height. How 19" rims will fit, it depends on the specifications of the rim and tire size.
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You can be completely even with no finger gap at all corners and have no fender rubbing issues with stock wheels. Even driveways shouldn't be a problem if you take it slow. I'm slightly tucking my tires with my stock wheels at the moment and I don't have any rubbing or scraping issues. With my Volks, that is a different story as they are more aggressive and scraped my fender going up a drively once. This is fixed my rolling by front fenders. Not trying to scare you but if you are sticking with stock wheels, you will be fine. You can pretty much slam it and be ok. The wheel well is designed to accomodate the stock wheel throughout the suspension travel. However, the stock wheel has the sunken-in look. A lot of people get spacers or go with aftermarket rims so the wheels are more flushed with the fenders. Depending how low these people go, they go may require mods to the fender, etc. to accomodate the more agressive setup.
Spacers sit between the hub and the wheel to make the wheels sit further out, giving a more aggressive stance. If you can take a tire off, you can install spacers. Bringing the wheels further out might rub on certain parts of the wheel well (liner, tabs, etc) depending on how far you bring it out and how low you will go. Be careful with the front, might want to research fender rolling/cutting to be on the safe side. You don't want to go up a driveway and *crunch* the tire just bent up the fender. I don't think you are aiming to go that low anyways but just letting you know what can happen if you're not prepared. Now you're making me anxious, post some pics before and after asap its done!
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Spacers sit between the hub and the wheel to make the wheels sit further out, giving a more aggressive stance. If you can take a tire off, you can install spacers. Bringing the wheels further out might rub on certain parts of the wheel well (liner, tabs, etc) depending on how far you bring it out and how low you will go. Be careful with the front, might want to research fender rolling/cutting to be on the safe side. You don't want to go up a driveway and *crunch* the tire just bent up the fender. I don't think you are aiming to go that low anyways but just letting you know what can happen if you're not prepared. Now you're making me anxious, post some pics before and after asap its done!
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Sorry, can't help you much with spacers as I never owned any. I can only suggest after your car is lowered, get a mm ruler and measure the top of the wheel to the fender horizontally. That should give you an idea how far out you can bring the wheels. Maybe someone with stock wheels and spacers can chime in with what they have and post pics?
do a search for spacers, you will find several helpful threads, including some before and after pics in a thread I made, I went with H&R spaces since they are the best, according to a lot of people anyway... Its much more involved than just taking your wheel off, you will have to take off the caliper and rotors also, then bang out the old studs with a sledgehammer, and then pull the new studs through with an impact wrench using a lug nut and some big washers. Like i said though, do some research before you buy them, this was my first time installing them and it wasn't the hardest install I've ever done, but definitely not something to take lightly because you can seriously screw up some stuff if you don't know what you're doing.
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