Anybody Have Pics of a Lowered IS on Stock 18's with Spacers?
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Anybody Have Pics of a Lowered IS on Stock 18's with Spacers?
Search yielded minimal results. I'm looking to have a stock look that's slightly more aggressive. This is my daily driver so I'd like to keep the mods at a minimum and springs and spacers should do the trick. I have my car for mods so the IS will remain close to stock so I'm not looking to buy coilovers, or bigger wheels, or rolling fenders etc... I'm looking to lower it on springs and add spacers. Let me know what kind of spacers and springs you're running and lets see how good it looks .
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Thanks, maybe I'll try searching those terms which has the measurements. I simply used "spacers" and "stock wheels". Got some older posts with closeup pics of wheel gap. I was interested to see the entire car, especially the 3/4 view from the rear. Thanks
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You can checkout my photo album for my 2008 IS250 SGM I got Eibach Pro Kit springs and Ichiba V2 spacers 15mm in front and 22mm in the rear. I had regrets for not getting 17mm in the front originally but I just got the F Sport BBK and it requires using 2mm shims on the front so I will be at 17mm.
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At stock height no rubbing at all after Eibach springs installed noticed very minor rubbing on driver side plastic fender liner while turning and going up and down drive ways. The rear same thing on both sides very minor and only on fender liners. After a week or so I stopped hearing any rubbing at all. No rub marks on tires just on plastic fender liner. Most people on here that use spacers go with 15mm and 20mm combo I decided to try the 22mm in the rear because I noticed Ichiba was the only one that offered 17mm and 22mm versions. I was unsure about the 17mm fronts so I went with the 15mm. With most lowering springs the front driver side will be slightly lower mine was about a 1/4 inch lower than front passenger side.
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BigWill...that looks pretty aggressive/low. I didn't want to spend the cash on coilovers on my DD but if I had the spare cash, I would do that too.
Mguerra: How do the Pro-kits ride in comparison to stock? I think I will go with those too. Perfect height and hopefully, close to stock ride quality.
Mguerra: How do the Pro-kits ride in comparison to stock? I think I will go with those too. Perfect height and hopefully, close to stock ride quality.
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BigWill...that looks pretty aggressive/low. I didn't want to spend the cash on coilovers on my DD but if I had the spare cash, I would do that too.
Mguerra: How do the Pro-kits ride in comparison to stock? I think I will go with those too. Perfect height and hopefully, close to stock ride quality.
Mguerra: How do the Pro-kits ride in comparison to stock? I think I will go with those too. Perfect height and hopefully, close to stock ride quality.
At first I didn't like it because it was pretty firm and the stock ride was so plush but after about 200 miles or so the Eibach springs broke in nicely and can say I like the ride. Feels more sporty and takes hard turns way better.
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I have an 06 is250 with H&R springs and 20mm spacers in the font and 25mm in the back, really aggressive look. I didnt even need to mess with the fenders or anything.
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That is perfect. Not too aggressive but noticeable. Any rubbing on this setup? I'm leaning towards the Pro-kits and some kind of spacer that doesn't have it's own studs.