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Wheel Spacers Installed (before/after PICS)

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Old 03-29-09 | 11:01 PM
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Interesting.

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Old 03-30-09 | 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by panyo64
I put spacers on my G35.....made it handle all sorts of twitchy on the highway. After a month, I took them off. It wasn't worth it.
Really!!!! Never heard of that. I have but alot of spacers on G35, 350z and Lexus with no problems with no change to the car.

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Old 04-07-09 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by b2designs
Really!!!! Never heard of that. I have but alot of spacers on G35, 350z and Lexus with no problems with no change to the car.

Charles
^ I see you are a vendor and sell these. From your experiences, what are the long term effects of having spacers? I tend to keep cars for 10+ years and would like to know.

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Old 04-08-09 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by panyo64
I put spacers on my G35.....made it handle all sorts of twitchy on the highway. After a month, I took them off. It wasn't worth it.
did you use the direct bolt on or the ones that require removing the OEM studs? you could have probably installed them incorrectly

so these don't void any warranties?
Old 04-08-09 | 11:44 AM
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...you can't void warranty by installing spacers, lol. infact...you cant void warrant with any aftermarket item unless the dealer can prove your problem was caused by the after market item.
Old 04-24-09 | 05:45 AM
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Originally Posted by panyo64
I put spacers on my G35.....made it handle all sorts of twitchy on the highway. After a month, I took them off. It wasn't worth it.
a buddy of mine that works at a dealership also told me this would happen... said they'll feel like the wheels have not been balanced at high speeds (highway) but feel normal in city driving. can others who have these spacers share some further input on this issue...
Old 05-06-09 | 08:30 AM
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for anyone who's interested, here's a thread about the effect of the spacers
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...ml#post4499024

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Old 05-06-09 | 12:02 PM
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Sweet mod, I must say, I am really thinking about it.
Old 05-07-09 | 08:37 PM
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If I install the 15/20mm spacers w/o lowering the car, will it look bad? I have stock 18's on there now
Old 05-07-09 | 08:42 PM
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liking the spaces, i might get a set too
Old 05-22-09 | 02:04 PM
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Wow.. Beautiful. im looking to buy spacers.. and springs.. and this setup caught my attention. I have the Stock 18" thats come with the Xsport package.. Do you think your setup will do good with my is250. also how many inches does the springs drop?
Old 05-22-09 | 02:30 PM
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In these pictures, my car is on Eibach's 350 pro-kit which drops the car 1.0 inch the front and 0.8 inch the rear. Eibach's 250 pro-kit, which drops the car 1.4 inch front and 1.0 inch rear, would work nicely for you. If you want to go even lower, you can choose a set-up like aQuarius26. He has these exact same spacers but lowered on TEIN s-tech springs which will drop your car 1.6 front and 1.2 rear. See pics here.
Old 05-22-09 | 03:31 PM
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nice...very nice
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I installed 15mm all around without lowering and they look good, hopefully this will motivate me to lower it now.
Old 06-09-09 | 05:44 AM
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So...how much would this slow my car down? This is 5 pounds of added weight to each wheels isn't it? So doesn't that require more power to spin the wheels? I love how it looks, but I love how my car handles right now


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