hey boys, i searched but i couldn't find the answer to my question. i was planning on putting a 20mm spacer on the rear of my 5.5 gen to make it a bit more flush. i see that most people use the h&r spacer in which you must hammer out your old studs and replace it with longer studs. but on ebay i found a spacer in which the studs were already pressed on. so basically all you need to do is bolt the spacer on to you old studs and then bolt your wheels on the studs of the spacer. does anyone have experience with this kind of spacer? advantages and disadvantages? here's an example of the spacer. thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/20MM-...mZ360081469326

 

I'm not sure how the oem studs will cope with the extra stress, but at least the spacers are hubcentric. I personally would stick with a brand name. But I think they would do fine.

 

i used a 20mm spacer with the studs already pressed in, the only problem i had was rubbing because the car was lowered.

 

thanks for the responses guys. but did you mean that your rear wheel was rubbing on the fender due to the wheel spacer? in which case a 20mm wheel spacer is too much? how much did you pay for your spacer and where?

 

20mm spacers push the rear wheels out farther than the fronts soo, to make them equal you need 5mm ones for the front oor just run 15mm in the rear. It'll be less agressive but they wont rub neither. The rubbing comes from the mounting tab for the front of the back bumper against the edge of the fender. You can grind/cut the tab down and that will take care of most of the rubbing unless the rear is weighted down and you are lowered.

 

well i just want my rear to be as close to flush without rubbing. the rear just makes me want to throw up. it's as sunken in as a spare donut wheel haha. im doing a progress drop too, so anyone with experience may chime in please. also these pressed in stud spacers are okay, right?

 

i used that type of spacer on a larger car and had problems after problems. im in the same situation as you right now with my maxima, i want to flush up that rear wheel. i have a eibach pro kit which is like 1.5f and 1.3r. i usually run a 245/35 20 and have no problems as far as rubbing goes, im currently running a 225/45 17, this is when the gap started bothering me.

 

I have a 25mm spacer on my other car that has the studs already pressed in and I've never had any problems and I routinely take corners hard. I bought them here:
http://www.optionsauto.com/products.asp?dept=417

 

As already stated, the more flush you make it, the more possible problems unless your suspension is stupid stiff, i.e. JICs, etc. My recommendation, get some spacers that just sit inside of the lip of the wheel well and either role or cut the lip for added protection from rubbing. This'll allow you to get rid of the tucked in look like you want, but you also won't have to worry about rubbing.

 

i got the eibach 25mm spacer. It was rubbing, but i rolled the fenders with the rental tool. The spacers are hubcentric, and installing them took 10 minutes, cos they just bolt on. Eibach is a really reliable copmany and it looks soooo much better. I also put 10mm spacers in the front.

 

if it took ten minutes im guessing he's talking about the spacers with the studs already pressed in so he just slapped them on.

 

so all i can seem to find on eibachs website is 5mm pro spacers. PulsarGTS said run a 15mm in the back and that should even the front and rear out. where do i go about getting these 15mm spacers?

 

^^^check post #8, I listed the website I used. Although, I believe the website only lists the one's that require you to remove the studs

 

which would probably be a smarter move dont you think?

 

up to you I guess...removing the studs is a pain, but if you can find one's made by a reputable company (i.e. H&R, Ichiba, etc.) with the studs already set in then go with that...but I wouldn't settle for a no name brand and have them crack.

 

i got mine from http://importrp.com/home.php they have a thread in the group deal section. The spacers are for the 350z, but as discussed in the groupdeal, since it is all the same bolt pattern it does not really matter. Eibach is one of the most reputable companies out there, and they are made out of aircraft grade steel (? i'm pretty sure is what it said). They pass the TUV requirements, which is one of the toughest vehicle inspection agencies ever (royal pita is what they are).

 

I have H&R 15mm spacers in the back and none in the front. My wheels aren't flush, but they look a lot better than they did before. The front and back are about the same in flush-ness after putting the spacers on the rear. If I did it again, I would buy 20mm for the rear, and like 5 or 10mm for the front. But I'm happy with the way it looks. I have never rubbed at all with the 15mm, and I'm pretty sure that I never will.

 

With stock rims and a slight drop I'd do a 15mm in the rear and nothing up front. I run all combos of spacers and rims and offsets. But I ran stock rims with a huge drop. About 3.5 inches all around. And I never rubbed. But I'd always recommend rolling the fenders if ur doing more aggressive spacers like 20 mm's.

And I've swapped studs before and its really a simple thing. Just a bit of hammering and tighting the new ones. I've prefered the type where u replace the studs. But that's just cause I swap spacers and rims so often.

And eibach does indeed make a really nice spacer. I've got a set of those A set of h&r's and a cheap ebay set. The ebay one is really cheap feeling in comparison.

 

ok so now riddle me this, if i end up swapping the studs out to run a spacer(ones that come like the eibach or h&r), is there going to be an issue when pulling the stock wheels and spacers off and running my 20" wheel without the spacer (are the studs going to be too long???)

 

I would probably say yes...unless your lug nuts are open ended

 

Yea you will have to put the stock studs back in if the 20" wheel won't work with the spacers.

 

I've run into that when I swap to differnt wheels that don't require as much of a spacer. I've always just run a long open ended lug nut. And never had an issue. I prefer that style anyway. But yeah if ur gonna run a short lug make sure to have a deep lug wrentch or yeah u might bottom out.

And make sure if u put new studs in not to mushroomhead the old ones just in case u need to reuse them


Oh and I have a 5mm eibach spacer kit that came with new studs. And with a kit that small the studs were the same length as my stock ones.

I just ended up going with the nismo studs for my rears which use either a 5mm 8mm or 12.7mm spacer

 

So I can order 20mm spacers from Eibach that are for any 350Z and it'll fit my '02 maxima with the 5X114.3mm bolt pattern??

 

^^yes...so long as the bolt pattern is the same, which it is.

 

i had h&r 20mm in the back with stock rims and I rubbed like crazy...I am lowered too

 

Their 350Z spacer descriptions are beat. They say the bolt pattern is 12X1.25 for two different 15mm spacers. That spec. is the actual wheel studs and I see no difference in the spacers. Just diff. part #'s
Oh well...
I'm Loww to so I actually think I should get 15mm. It seems that most that are lowered have rubbing issues with the 20mm spacers.