Stock wheel vs '02 Spec-V wheel

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Ok, so I know that the Spec-V wheel has a huge offset of 40mm, but I am going to be putting them on my vert and thinking of going with 25mm spacers. My questions to the forum are:1. Can I put on these wheels w/o spacers? (some have said yes, but look sunken in) And at stock suspension?2. If using spacers, will it be fine with stock suspension?3. What are the specs of the stock SE wheel?

So, the thing is this; I've got enough money for one thing at a time. My goal is Eibach Pro-Kit, Agx, spacers and wheels, but the lowering of the car has to wait the longest.


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I'll take some pictures of my set-up. With spacers (25mm) and 17x8 rims with a +42 offset things work fine. The rim/tire comes out flush with end of fender. Now on the back of the car I have no spacers yet (too lazy to cut the lug bolts (shoulda got 70mm studs - the 50mm were not long enough to pass through and give proper lug nut thread engagement). So I had to cut the 50mm to OE and use the studs in the spacer (use some blue locktight on the spacer lugs as it is a pain to check them later without removing the wheel). Good luck. I'll post some pics tonight so you can see the difference.

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Do it! But only with spacers.

Spec V wheels are nice. I had them on a Spec V, then had them on a 96 240. They look really good on 240's as long as you make up for the poor offset with some spacers.


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Eikon wrote:I had them on a Spec V, then had them on a 96 240. They look really good on 240's as long as you make up for the poor offset with some spacers.
Any pictures? I don't think I have ever seen Spec Vs on a S14?

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Here's my old Zenki

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Those look super-sweet!

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They did look nice, but they sure could have used some spacers... look how sunken they are. About 20 in the front and 25 in back or so would have been great!

I bet they would look pretty sharp on a 'vert after some proper spacing.

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Hmm... Sorry, I don't know. To me, those wheels don't look good on 240sx, s13 or s14. They look definitely better on Sentra. I don't know how heavy these are, but Murano wheels look really good on s13. They are 5-lug, but they will look killer on s13 vert.


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spec-v wheels are niccce, i rocked them once on my spec-v

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Here is when I rocked spec V wheels on my vert with 25mm spacers in the front and 30mm spacers in the back:



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