Wheel Spacers?

[speed3 britz]

Ok thinking bout getting a set of spacers for my oem ms3 wheels or for a set or ms6 wheels to set the offset a little more. I want them to sit almost flush with the fenders and q-panels to give it a little better look. Ive heard tho that spacers can throw things off a little and make your tires wear funny, is that true? Are you any of guys running spacers? Im looking at a set of 25mm (about and inch)

 

[t147]

this is true but an alignment check can prove or disprove if you need one. Skylines and MarkII guys use them all the time with no real issues unless they're using the infamous 105mm spacer they oh so love.

 

[spdjnke]

There are quite a few people that did the 25mm spacers when they first became available, as far as the camber setting is concerned, well since your moving the geometry away from where it was initially designed I would say get it redone, so you won't have any issues with premature tire wear of any kind.

Ok thinking bout getting a set of spacers for my oem ms3 wheels or for a set or ms6 wheels to set the offset a little more. I want them to sit almost flush with the fenders and q-panels to give it a little better look. Ive heard tho that spacers can throw things off a little and make your tires wear funny, is that true? Are you any of guys running spacers? Im looking at a set of 25mm (about and inch)

 

[t147]

camber doesn't cause tire wear until around -3.5 to 4.0 toe is what causes the most tire wear. Just for an FYI

 

[speed3 britz]

There are quite a few people that did the 25mm spacers when they first became available, as far as the camber setting is concerned, well since your moving the geometry away from where it was initially designed I would say get it redone, so you won't have any issues with premature tire wear of any kind.

So if i do get a set of spacers, getting the alignment done to fix the caber and you think it would be fine after that? Or would i have to get a camber kit to help it?

 

[lyonsroar]

Anyone have any pics of what this would look like? I can't afford tires for my RX8's ATM so maybe I could o a set of spacers just for kicks...

 

[spdjnke]

No no, I'm saying if you want to run 25mm spacers to keep your wheels from rubbing the inner fender it will help, however after get your alignment checked to see if it's off, most places will do checks for free..if your camber is off they will adjust that at the time, you don't need to get a camber kit for the front cuz the tie rods have more then enough adjustment to fix camber issues even down to 2.5" drop.

So if i do get a set of spacers, getting the alignment done to fix the caber and you think it would be fine after that? Or would i have to get a camber kit to help it?