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I've used 15mm RSS aluminum spacers on my C2 lowered on eibach before. Pricey but highly recommended.
pretty serious necro bump but definitely relevant.
I run 15mm all around and it looks clean, not hella flush or lowrider 90s poke, or anything like that.
Greg, the owner of HOUSE Auto in Pasadena used to run 15mm fronts and 18mm rears with 305s in the rear, and his car looked really good. I wanted to be a bit more conservative but went 15/15 with 305s in the rear though.
I tried to get a couple pics. to show it from various angles but 5-7mm front spacers is just a waste of energy IMO. 15mm looks perfect. I doubt anyone would think it is too much. IF you do everything right as JQ911 recommends, you should be good. BTW, IDK what other people say but I wouldn't track this set up seriously. If I did an HPDE event, I would TQ my wheels every session for sure. If you use your car for the track, get proper wheels that fit without messing with spacers beyond 5mm or so. This is just my opinion though. Others may have valid contrary viewpoints.
(disclaimer: car is super dirty in these pics)
15mm RSS spacers on Eibachs. This looks mellow to me and definitely not trying to be "stanced."
I'm running 12mm TPI spacers all round: the stock rears were 11.5 inch wide so I thought that 12mm would be sufficient for some subtle widening. I then switched to 7mm fronts because of the increased risk of stone chips (we have a lot of gravel roads).
It worked, but then I fitted OZ Racing rims, H&R lowering springs and I got a full realignment for as much camber as possible, so 12mm is OK at the front, 7mm is too little, but 12mm is a bit too modest at the rear: 15mm (or maybe 18mm?) would be better...
The look also depends on the tyres: I have the factory summer Michelins with the pronounced rim protector, but it would look different with the very square shouldered semi slicks.
Wish I had better photos but I have H&R springs on my 07 C4S with stock widebody Lobster Claws and no spacers - I like the look - I'm not a fan of wheels that come past the edge of the fender well.
Here's what I did - put the rims on the car with no spacers and ran a very tight strip of blue painters tape across the fenders parallel with the floor but about 2/3 up the height of the wheel/tire. I then measured the gap between the outer edges and the tape in several places and came up with an average that should fill the wheel well when the spacers are installed.
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The car was lowered and aligned and I think the camber was increased. Your theory is sound, but my guess is that before the car was lowered the wheel looked flushed because the wheel and the fender were not so close because of the OEM suspension gap. Once the car was lowered, the lack of flushness was obvious.
The plan is to try the rear spacers in the front, but since I have to do this at a shop, I want to be certain that the experiment has a shot
Originally Posted by Buddhamonk
What look at you shooting for? Hellaflush?
Impressive graphic Monk. I am looking for "flush"
Hi John. This is exactly what I want to do. My only worry is that my car has been lowered. I am pretty sure that with the OEM suspension there would be no rubbing at all
Here are some pictures. Please pardon the rookie "finger in the lens" move (I don't know why the pictures are sideways):
I agree they don't look flush or fill the fender in these photos. Sucks that making a change impacted this also - strange even.
08-23-2018, 03:27 PM
