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Old Apr 29, 2006 | 07:51 AM
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Wheel Spacer Help?

I am about to purchase some wheel spacers this week, and i need to find out
if bigger means better. I have a choice to get 15mm of 25mm and its just a 5 dollar differnce in price. I have a 2003 Max SE. I have a Ftsb, and this will be my second mod.
I want the car to look cool also, dont want to look stupid
15mm
or
25mm

Old Apr 29, 2006 | 07:55 AM
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Do you want to push all 4 wheels out or just the rears to match the fronts?

Whatever you do, if you want all 4 wheels to look spaced the same amount, the rears will need to be 15mm greater than the fronts. So 0mm front 15mm rear, or 5mm front 20mm rear, or 15 mm front 30mm rear. They don't make 10mm hubcentric spacers.
Old Apr 29, 2006 | 08:06 AM
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So the rear are spaced out more than the front, from the factory?
I didnt know that.
I want to space them out all around, but im not sure of which one to get.
Which one will give me a better handling.
Old Apr 29, 2006 | 09:13 AM
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If you go 35, (I have 33 in the rear with 40 offset rims), roll your fenders if you are lowered.
Old Apr 29, 2006 | 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by VQuick
need to be 15mm greater than the fronts. or 5mm front 25mm rear

Hmm. If 15 needs to be added wouldn't that mean "5mm front 20mm rear"
Old Apr 29, 2006 | 10:53 AM
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Yah, woops. Edited.

maxs4life, no the rear wheel track is narrower than the front wheel track from the factory. Something to do with the beam suspension that 4th and 5th gens have. It looks really bad. I have +40mm offset 17x8" rims with 15mm spacers in the rear only and it looks very nice. I could push them out a bit more to get the really wide look but I probably won't.
Old Apr 29, 2006 | 03:02 PM
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i got 20mm spacers on the rear with the stock wheels. they match up pretty well with the front, though I would push the fronts out a lil more. if you were to go with 25mm, then id def get some 5mm spacers out front.
Old Apr 30, 2006 | 06:21 AM
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How about these?

Are these alright?

http://www.ezaccessory.com/ProductDe...de=5450%2D5450
Old Apr 30, 2006 | 06:36 AM
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Go for these:
http://www.optionimports.com/4065662a.html
Old Apr 30, 2006 | 06:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ZIPPIN
if you wanna save a couple bucks, i got my H&R from www.optauto.com for $109 shipped.

and since we're listing spacers, how about these?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/12mm-...spagenameZWDVW
Old Apr 30, 2006 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ZIPPIN
It says center bore on those are 66.2. I believe we have 66.1.
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