wheel spacers!!!

Post by **gmoney350Z** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:05 am

i was thinking about maybe buying some wheel spacers for the front wheels to bring it out alittle for my 06 Z and i have some quick questions...

will it mess up my handling? ( i do alot of canyon runs)

will it mess up my ride? ( i love how my car ride feels)

i heard that you can lose the feelin of the front wheels if you bring the front wheels too much.......is that true????

and if i do go with the wheel spacers......which are the best ones out there???? i gotta have the best when it comes to handling lol

thanks

Post by **evildky** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:15 am

you want to space the stock wheels? or you want wheels with the wrong offset and want to make them fit?

assuming you want to space the stock wheels, this increases the scrub radius, which makes turning more difficult and makes the car more twitchey, obviously, the more the spacer the worse it is, at driving speeds the extra turnign effort isn't really noticible, parking you will notice it, and the twitchiness is something that will become more apparent with speed

Post by **gmoney350Z** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:38 am

naw i have after market wheels, there 18 by 7.5 in the front.

ugh! i dont want those problems

i may have to rethink about it now

thanks bro

Post by **JETPILOT** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:04 pm

Well you already seem to have made problems. a 7.5" wheel. With a poor offset would reduce the scrub radius. You might want to get it back close to normal with a spacer.

Post by **gmoney350Z** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:41 pm

well thats stock size and i just kept it the same size.

but if its gonna mess up the feel for the car then i just not gonna **** with the wheel spacers!

Post by **evildky** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:05 pm

what offset your your 7.5" wheels?

Post by **JPE22** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:34 am

Im running 20mm front 25mm rear and i don't feel a difference in handling. If anything the car feels better? The car looks sooo much better with them.

Post by **s2k9k** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:49 pm

I'm wanting to get some spacers on my stock wheels for my 03. Anybody have some pics?

Post by **Retired Chief** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:56 pm

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Post by **R350Zz33** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:01 pm

gmoney350Z wrote:naw i have after market wheels, there 18 by 7.5 in the front.

ugh! i dont want those problems

i may have to rethink about it now

thanks bro

u went a whole inch less wide y. spacers will also create a week spot in your handling.

Post by **s2k9k** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:20 pm

Retired Chief wrote:^^^ Dude, your sig is way too big. Killin' me..

No way. It's perfect.

Post by **03-350z** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:38 am

25mm front & 25mm rear.

Post by **s2k9k** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 5:34 am

03-350z wrote:25mm front & 25mm rear.

What wheels are those?

Post by **xjmxstac** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:15 pm

s2k9k wrote:
What wheels are those?

They are Rays forged aluminum. They are extremely rare. They only made them from 03-04.

Post by **TheProfessor** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:40 pm

Anyone else have pics?

The ones above with the Rays wheels look amazing...

The gaps between my stock 08 wheels and the edge of the fender drive me crazy--especially on the back.

Post by **JPE22** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:34 pm

TheProfessor wrote:Anyone else have pics?

The ones above with the Rays wheels look amazing...

The gaps between my stock 08 wheels and the edge of the fender drive me crazy--especially on the back.

25mm front and 30mm rear, it doesn't feel any different back when they were sucken in

Post by **TheProfessor** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:28 am

Great pic...that looks a lot better. So u are running 25/30 mm on 245/265 width tires?

I am familiar with what works on the Stangs but not so much on the Z...any advice appreciated!

Post by **sluggoZ** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:33 am

Just my 2 cents worth....IMHO I would never use spacers...they are dangerous!

Save your money & buy rims with the correct offsets....in fact a lot or rim manufacturers will not guarantee there rims if spacers are used.

If you ever plan on changing to 19's (which I love)...here's my offset recommendation.Front: +15 to +20Rear: +20 to +25

I ended up getting custom made offsets when I bought my iforged wheels.

Post by **TheProfessor** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:39 pm

If done incorrectly it's just as dangerous as not bolting your wheel properly to you car! lol

I run 18x10s with 285s on my Mustang in the summer. I got so addicted to that nice flush look I put 25mm spacers on my winter set (17s with 245s). 40k+ of winter driving and no issues with my eibach spacers

So now the poor Z is in the crosshairs--it needs something to fill out those fenders! If I do go ahead I will probably do 25-30 mm on the rears only.

BTW beautiful rims sluggoZ!

Post by **sluggoZ** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:54 pm

TheProfessor wrote:If done incorrectly it's just as dangerous as not bolting your wheel properly to you car! lol

I run 18x10s with 285s on my Mustang in the summer. I got so addicted to that nice flush look I put 25mm spacers on my winter set (17s with 245s). 40k+ of winter driving and no issues with my eibach spacers

So now the poor Z is in the crosshairs--it needs something to fill out those fenders! If I do go ahead I will probably do 25-30 mm on the rears only.

BTW beautiful rims sluggoZ!

Professor!

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