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Spacers installed: 20mm front / 25mm rear (who uses 56K?)

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Old 03-07-09, 02:04 PM
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Default Spacers installed: 20mm front / 25mm rear (who uses 56K?)

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Overall the 20MM front pushes the wheels right out to the fenders- it really looks perfect IMO. The rears could have gone out a tad more but I wanted something that wasn't going to require any rolling or fender modification. With the drop and spacers I really love the height and stance of the car now. It looks perfect IMO.
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looking sexy bro. (nh) lol what wheels are those?
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They're the stock 17" wheels painted in a darker grey color. Thanks for the compliments
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Much needed improvement! Congrats! I cringe at the before pictures.
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Great job, man. It is a much needed improvement. Too bad they don't look like that stock. I wonder why.
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Good work!
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are your rims 17x7.5? i have the 10 spoke 06gs300 rims and planning to put spacers also. what kind of shock and springs are you on and how is the ride quality?
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Originally Posted by sjlexus408
are your rims 17x7.5? i have the 10 spoke 06gs300 rims and planning to put spacers also. what kind of shock and springs are you on and how is the ride quality?
See his sig... DF210s and KYBs
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Ftiment looks much better
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looks good. have any full car shots?
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Can you take some more pics for me, maybe of the whole car. I need some more motivation to drop my car. I have the same rims and have been contemplating the same with spacers and drop. By the way how to you like the ride with the tanabe springs, I was going to go with the nf210s but I do not think that would drop it enough.
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Originally Posted by sjlexus408
are your rims 17x7.5? i have the 10 spoke 06gs300 rims and planning to put spacers also. what kind of shock and springs are you on and how is the ride quality?
The rims I have are 17 X 8. I have the Tanabe DF 210s and KYB GR2s and the ride is actually much better and smoother than stock. I highly recommend it.
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so what size spacers should i get if i have the 17x7.5 rims?
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^^ It depends on your offsets too, not just the width. Just measure the distance between the outer lip of your wheel and where the fender and find spacers that are withing that length. That's if you want it flush.
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Looks good, a must on the stock wheels imo, do you get any shake or vibration thus far in the front? I want to add 15mm to the front of mine.


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