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Old 02-18-12, 01:19 AM
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So, I decided to put on XXR 526 wheels. I got the wheels already but not putting it on till March. I wanted to get a aggressive look. Possibly wanting the wheels to stick out, but dont know if I would need spacers. If I do what size spacers would be good ? The car is going to be dropped on H&R springs also.
Also whats the negative part of having spacers and is it worth it ? I saw that someone had spacers on here and it broke, whats the chances of that ?

Front will be : 18x9 +25mm
Rear will be : 18x10.5 +20mm
Old 02-18-12, 01:24 AM
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Those specs are already pretty aggressive. IMO you don't really need spacers
Old 02-18-12, 01:36 AM
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X2 Thats a pretty go spec
Old 02-18-12, 01:42 AM
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Will I have any problems with rubbing or anything with the H&R drop and these wheels ?
Old 02-18-12, 07:06 AM
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You will need to roll your fenders for sure. No spacers needed.
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With your specs don't run spacers. Your gonna be rubbing as it is and I heard of spacers failing more than once and would never run anything over 3-5mm spacers.
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You don't need spacers. That's decently aggressive. The fact that H&R is a conservative drop won't give you much natural camber, so it'll look aggressive. I'd run stretched tires and have my fenders rolled flat. That's a little excessive in terms of fender work but better safe than sorry.
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Spacer out the front
Old 02-21-12, 01:55 PM
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Only run spacers with extended studs!

Those wheels are pretty aggresive enough at that offset. You will need to roll the fenders and enjoy wheel liner rubs at times.
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What size tires are you planning on running?
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I was going to just transfer my stock tires on that. Think it was 225/40R18 88Y in front and 255/40R18 95Y in back.

Might sell these wheels and get different ones though. Not sure.
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No spacers needed, but fenders need to be rolled.
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Run 245 in the rear. Trust me spacer out the front. The back is gonna poke out too much while the front is gonna flushed. Balance it put and poke the front a little too and buy the megan camber kit and spc ball joint. You'd be set for your aggressive look.
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How often do you have to change tires if you have too much negative camber vs not having it ?
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Depends how negative you go. Ive read somewhere that past -2.5 you'll start seeing camber wear. From experience my tires went bald inside after 4000 miles. I was at -5? I could be wrong


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