[13onesti]

ahhh. so damn stress right so many rims to choose from..not enought cash.. haahah

anyways..

im planning on running 18x8.5 Offset 48 5x114 rims with 235 40 18 tires..
with the 48 offset im also planning on doin 10mm or (maybe 5mm) offset just to make it look more aggresive.

i been many forums and searching up for answere but none really gave me a clear answere
and it doenst help im a total noob when it comes to Rims stuff. haha

so heres my question

1. whats the best qaulity wheel spacers i can buy and where do i buy them at?
2. 10mm do i need to upgrade my studs? or the spacers already comes with extented studs?

yea i know 48mm offset rims already sit nice but. i kinda want that extra aggresiveness.

this rims is just gonna be for my " show "
keeping the stock rims for my 'TIME ATTACK STI ' hahaha

thanks for the help...

- sean

[boondocksaint]

10mm spacers on et +48 rims may push the wheel out too far and cause rubbing issues. I'll let t3h_clap chime in with the correct info though, as I'm only speculating.

[sciolist]

The highest quality off-the-shelf spacers will be H&R. Yes, you'll need new studs, and yes, the H&R spacers come with them. I think you will most likely not find these in 10mm, though. You'll probably have to settle for 15mm. The H&R 15's are also hub-centric. 10mm spacers are probably not going to be hub-centric, because there isn't enough thickness in the blank to machine in a flange.

There are a number of custom wheel and spacer makers. CCW would probably run you off a set of whatever you wanted as far as spacers go.

I would not be inclined to use spacers for a full-time DD application, but others will probably disagree. If you are going to use them, you'll need longer than OE studs for anything more than 3mm or so.

[T3h_Clap]

CCW spacers need to be at least 15mm to be hubcentric to both the hub and the wheel.

when they say "hubcentric" spacers be sure they mean hubcentric to both the hub and the wheel.

if you want to run an agressive offset you need the suspension and alignment settings to make it fit.

if you're dead set on the +48mm just get them and see how you like it.

I've been running my 15mm spacers on the front for 1.5 weeks now and I'm not a fan of them on the street.

[gOt_rally?]

Originally Posted by T3h_Clap

CCW spacers need to be at least 15mm to be hubcentric to both the hub and the wheel.

when they say "hubcentric" spacers be sure they mean hubcentric to both the hub and the wheel.

if you want to run an agressive offset you need the suspension and alignment settings to make it fit.

if you're dead set on the +48mm just get them and see how you like it.

I've been running my 15mm spacers on the front for 1.5 weeks now and I'm not a fan of them on the street.

whats so bad about running a spacer on the street?

[T3h_Clap]

well with an effective +30mm offset in the front, 265s, and -3.0 camber the car likes to tramline too much for my tastes.

it was much less severe without the spacers.

[sciolist]

Originally Posted by T3h_Clap

CCW spacers need to be at least 15mm to be hubcentric to both the hub and the wheel.

John was receptive to the idea of running them a tad thinner than that, but they ain't gonna be 10mm. That's for sure.