Took delivery today
11-22-2016, 07:09 PM
#31
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Ride height looks awful!
11-23-2016, 03:00 PM
#32
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Fresh off the lift. Going to go pick it up today and see if she settles some more.
11-23-2016, 04:20 PM
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11-24-2016, 01:49 PM
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Need some sage advice/opinions. Fronts definitely need spacers. Haven't measured yet, but just by eyeballing it, should I go 5 or 7mm? Do 7mm need longer bolts?
Rears are a close call. Looks pretty good but could maybe stand to be pushed out a hair?
Rears are a close call. Looks pretty good but could maybe stand to be pushed out a hair?
11-24-2016, 06:04 PM
#38
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Go for 5mm up front and 3mm in the rear.
11-24-2016, 08:47 PM
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Looks great and congratulations.
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
Last edited by Igooz; 11-24-2016 at 09:03 PM.
11-24-2016, 10:50 PM
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That's what I was thinking, Mo.
Clever but I'll just take my chances with buying a spacer. If it doesn't work out, I can always sell it, take a small hit and call it a lesson learned
Looks great and congratulations.
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
11-24-2016, 10:53 PM
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11-25-2016, 02:34 AM
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Looks great and congratulations.
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
11-25-2016, 09:22 AM
#43
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Looks great and congratulations.
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
Re Spacers: This is what cavemen like me do when it comes to wheel spacers:
+ Go to your hardware store and buy some washers (big enough for lugbolts to go through).
+ Remove one wheel and use the washers as shim on the backside of the wheel to change the offset.
+ Set the car back on the ground with the washers on the back side and see what you think. (don't drive the car like that).
+ You can stack washers to get the exact look and decide about 3mm vs. 5mm vs. 7mm, ...
This is how I did it too.
I ended up at 13 mm up front, which necessitated longer studs (easy to install, btw).
When I increased the tire size up front I dropped back to 6 or 7 (have to check).
Maybe I'll screw around with 3's in the rear in spring but they are line-on-line with the wheelwell so I'm not sure what I'll gain.
11-25-2016, 06:40 PM
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Do 7mm spacers need longer studs?