New wheels w/spacers put on!

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S13_convert
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Finally I have installed my new brakes, wheels, and spacers. I'm still on stock suspension and the spacers are 25mm all the way around. What do you think?













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onosqv
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I think your car is begging to be lowered.

nice wheels & top tho, very clean.

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Nice! I've always liked those Sentra rims. Fit looks great with the spacers. Some lowering springs and new struts and shocks would really set it off.


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1SickSilvia
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definately needs lowering, other than that

matty boi
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nice wheels man!

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S13_convert
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Yeah, I know it needs to be lowered, but one thing at a time. My pockets are empty and I am still in nursing school which doesn't allow much time to work. I'm glad you all like it. I am still getting used to it...

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Looking good. What brand of spacers?

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94_240sx wrote:Looking good. What brand of spacers?
Ichiba

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S13_convert wrote:
Ichiba
I see now. I have 20mm version 1 spacers on mine and their stuff is good.

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JST2KWIK
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nice man looks sick. I can't wait to put my wheels and spacers on! And I feel ya on empty pockets ha I just ordered my origin agressive kit and have no money left again! lol

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looks good!!! welcome to my club!!! i have rims on mine but it still sits on stock suspension no dinero !!!

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Did you have to cut down your old lugnuts?

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The Inflicted wrote:Did you have to cut down your old lugnuts?
No, it was very easy. The Ichiba version II spacers come with pre-set lugs. Just put the spacers on over your current lugs, tighten with the supplied nuts, then the pre-set extended lugs will be ready to use to mount the wheels. You can see in my picture of just the rotor and spacer that the gold nuts and tightened to my stock lugs. The pre-set extended lugs are the gold ones which hold my wheel.

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I like the fitment. Good looking wheel too, real clean. I'm in the same boat with stock suspension. Just a thought. I had mine on for a bit and found one of the lugs holding the spacer on had come loose. I didn't realize it until I took the wheel off (scary). I - as a practice - always check my lug nuts after 25 miles or so of driving, but to check the lugs on the spacers you have to remove the wheels each time to check them. I also use a Certified Torque wrench. I started using some "blue" Loctite on the spacer threads. Blue Loctite is the kind meant for parts that are to be services regularly (think it's called medium hold). Just a word to the Newbs out there. Becareful with spacers and inspect after hard driving. The last thing you want to do is watch your wheel go flying past you at 80 mph. Usually the next thought (Oh Sh*t) is the last thing you do - in your pants. Just a helpful reminder from someone that has put on a few wheels and has seen what happens when the details are missed (18 years now).

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what kind of rims are those

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Uberck wrote:what kind of rims are those
Sentra SE-R


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looks very clean to me. really, i wouldn't of bought those wheel spacer, instead, i would of bought some springs...but, looks nice....

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fresno240sx wrote:looks very clean to me. really, i wouldn't of bought those wheel spacer, instead, i would of bought some springs...but, looks nice....
why not both

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Looks good but dam those wheels are straight sunken... 25mm spaced and still looks sunken.

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I el oh el'ed when I saw the pictures.

Vert people are too nice.

on a lighter note..clean car haha

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NEEDS MOAR LOWER!!!!

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Nice looking ride.

I'm particularly impressed with the wheels. I'm a sucker for original equipment, specially 15 year newer OE. They look b****in', top quality and were probably a good value too.

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looks good ...will definately be on the lookout for some Spec-V wheels now

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Very Nice! I'm also a huge fan of those wheels, makes the ride look very smooth/clean. You nailed the offset perfect with those spacers too. I dont think you could get a more perfectly flush offset. Not sure what the other guy was talking about sunken cause you can clearly see from most of those pictures that the fender is directly over the tire making it flush.


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Thanks. Like I said before, I will do the suspension in time. I also like stock equipment and think it's a clean look. I'm not into drifting or racing with my car, so having a nice ride to go to the beach is what works for me. I'm too old to have a car scrapping on the ground.

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too old!?

lower that bYtch


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no such thing as too old for bad a** cars, period.

oh, and this is perfectly flush


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