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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:28 PM
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Spacers?

Hey guys, I just ordered my rims and tires, 245/35/20.

What size spacers do you recommend?
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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Good questions! I've been wanting to know also.
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 12:52 PM
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Depends on width and offset of wheels
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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They are 245/35/20 tires. Rims are 8.5" wide. Offset is 38.
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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Sorry to get you heated dude, just looking for a little help thats all. I personally dont have 5g's to spend on rims and tires, so I am doing what I can. I spent a little of 2g's for my rims/tires. I know someone who can get me the spacers cheap, so I will not be spending 200 on them. What would be considered a strong offset?
Old Feb 21, 2012 | 05:30 PM
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OP, 5mm up front and 10mm out back.
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 07:09 AM
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Thanks everyone for the responses. Ghozt and Chrisman thank you for the recommendation. I think that is what I will go with 5 in the front 10 in the back.
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 07:40 AM
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OP - on my stock 19's (50 offset 8" wide) I had 20mm spacers in the front, 25mm in the rear and it was nice and flush lookin and didnt rub. with your 38 offset and 8.5" wide rim you're prolly looking at something small (if anything) in the front and maybe a 5 or 10mm in the rear? you can do the math to figure it out i am just lazy lol
I would have never thought of putting spacers on the OEM wheels. You wouldn't happen to have any old pics of what it looked like do you?
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 08:03 AM
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So here is another question. My buddy can get me die-cast aluminum spacers REALLY cheap. You guys think they will be ok?
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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So here is another question. My buddy can get me die-cast aluminum spacers REALLY cheap. You guys think they will be ok?
They should be fine. Make sure they're hub centric.
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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Spacers + cheap, IMO, not a good combo.
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 10:06 AM
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5 to 10mm ?

it's all you guys ghozt and chrisman!!


Originally Posted by turkeeslapper
Thanks everyone for the responses. Ghozt and Chrisman thank you for the recommendation. I think that is what I will go with 5 in the front 10 in the back.
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 10:13 AM
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5 to 10mm ?
I'm curious.. What would you recommend?
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 01:36 PM
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yea only get hubcentric spacers and torque them to spec (too much can warp the spacer, too little obviously it comes off). i had ichiba v2's with my stock 19's and loved them
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Not sure if the A35 chassis is like the A32 and A33. But if it is, the only way to have both front and rear wheels flush with each other or respect to the fender for that look that, IMO, looks good, one needs to either go with staggered wheels, or get spacers for the rear.

Reason being, same offsets will look goofy (IMO) in the rear.

I'm also one of those people that don't really appreciate an FWD with staggered rear wheels.



With that said, I've seen some really good looking A33's with 19x8.5 +17 fronts and 19x10 +22 rear with very slight fender modification done. As stated prior, I'm not familiar enough with the A35 chassis, but it is a larger vehicle, so perhaps those may even look slightly sunk in and, IMO goofy.

And with all of that said, I have 8.5" wide wheels and +33, and I use a 10mm spacers in the rear and a 5mm in front, keep in mind, this is an A33, quite a bit smaller than an A35.

I was modding a long time ago, and this new look just came about recently, or at least to me it did (I bought my wheels in 04 or 05 IIRC). Had I known what I know now, I would have gone with a wheel that had lower offsets and coiolvers, because a low offset wheel/tire is, IMO goofy with a proper drop.


So, with all of this said, get wider wheels and lower offset, and if you go with spacers, get good ones, like H&R with the studs already integrated, (vs a spacer and a set of longer studs) there's a name for them, but I can’t recall right now. Are they more expensive, yes, is it time to cheap out for spacers, no.
Old Feb 22, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Old Feb 22, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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Hi guys! Just make sure spacers are hub centric and get them made at your local cnc machine shop
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