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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by indelible
what size spacers would go best w/supra TT rims on the SC?
Depends on the tire sizes and if you have the Supra front and rear wheels, or the fronts all around. Let me know and I can figure it out for you.

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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 01:51 AM
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Put the rims on first and see how much more you want the rims to tuck out. Make sure the tires won't rub the fenders when they go over bumps & dips. Also, make sure the wheel nuts have at least 7 turns or more to hold the rims. Less than that, longer wheel studs are mandatory.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by AutoCoutureSC
if you need spacers, order ones that are HUB-CENTRIC. Todd over at Tmengineering.net should have these.
can you explain "HUB-CENTRIC?" i'm clueless when it comes to spacers, thanks!
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sc.Fred
can you explain "HUB-CENTRIC?" i'm clueless when it comes to spacers, thanks!
Hub centric means it will have a hole in the center that indexes correctly on the center hub of the brake rotor.

Generic spacers will have a pretty big center hole, which does not center itself. Also most of those have generically sized holes for the lugs - while these are ok, sometimes they can have problems with cracking, or sitting off center and causing imbalance and vibration problems.

They are cheap though but this is another case of you get what you pay for.

I'll post some pictures in a little bit (if that's ok)

Once again also you really shouldn't go more than 5mm for a regular spacer, anything longer might have problems with not letting the hub fit up to the wheel, and also the problem of too short of studs. We have the longer studs though, around $2 each.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by DoubleWhoosh
I think your post/question is more pointless

I think these pictures are very helpful, it's not like these are pictures of a Civic with wheel spacers

Spacer size is confidential anyways
You truely are retarded. You're tying to sell spacers and you say spacer size is confidential. Anyway I asked if you had 15mm spacers/adapters available and still have no answer. Why not post some sc300's with stock wheels and spacers?
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 02:50 PM
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Todd (DoubleWhoosh) is anything but retarded- he's more helpful than almost anyone else you can find on this forum. But it's not his job to post pics for you, especially since if you did a gallery search, like I just did, you could easily see some before/after images of wheels with spacers (including a SC).

I'd post some of those spacer pics I just saw, but then, that's not my job, either.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mikethe1st
You truely are retarded.
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If you have questions, feel free to PM me. Otherwise, let's get back on the topic of spacers.
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Old Sep 17, 2005 | 08:02 PM
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SKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET, removed

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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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double or perry could you post pictures please of cats with stock rims with spacers?
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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 02:53 PM
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Double Whoosh, I have heard that adding spacers effectively resets the wheel Offsets accordingly. Example: If I have a wheel that is +45 Offset, and add 15 mm spacers, then my effective Offset is +30. Is this accurate?

Thanks,

Ryan
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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by sc.Fred
double or perry could you post pictures please of cats with stock rims with spacers?
More funny CL typos!

I will try to capture a stray cat here and put some spacers on him!
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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by PERRYinLA
Man if you can hold him there long enough I'll bring some spacers down and we can slip them on his legs
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Old Sep 22, 2005 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by SC400T
Double Whoosh, I have heard that adding spacers effectively resets the wheel Offsets accordingly. Example: If I have a wheel that is +45 Offset, and add 15 mm spacers, then my effective Offset is +30. Is this accurate?

Thanks,

Ryan
I believe that is correct Ryan.
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Old Sep 23, 2005 | 08:01 AM
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hahahha! woops.. i didnt even realize that I actually wrote that?!

i jump from looking @ this forum to working so i guess that came out for some reason.. hahah
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