m0nkie

Hi guys, this will be my first time dealing with rims/spacers/springs, so bare with me. I want to go performance mods first for my 08 Evo GSR. But before that, I want to have my wheels lowered and as less gap as possible from the fender. I lowered my car on Tein Springs and painted it dark bronze. Now i need a set of spacers to push it out flush.

-What size spacers would be good for stocks wheels with Tein Spring?
-Would I need to do any fender wall cutting or folding?

I plan on getting some TM02s later.. but before that, I really want some exhaust/intake mods.. i think it looks terrible with that big wheel gap

thanks for help!

m0nkie

heres a pix of my Evo after lowered on spring.. needs those wheels pushed out just right.

what would be a good way to measure? grab a ruler and measure the gap?

Evo Tengoku

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20mm is most common. 15mm if you wanna be conservative, 25mm if you want more aggressive.

m0nkie

Would I be needing special lug nuts for 20mm or possibly 25mm?? I would like it to align with the fender as close as possible

anyone have pictures of 20mm?

alexandertg4

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What did you paint your wheels with? Those look killer. Did you dismount the tires? Sorry for Tjack.

m0nkie

no i did not dismount the tires.. simply 3m taped it completely and painted it..

I used the wheel paint sprays sold at local car stores..

- sand paper oem rim
- 2 layers of primer
- 2 layers of black paint
- 3-4 layers of bronze
- couple layers of gloss over it..

I don't like all black or all bronze.. so i sprayed black first then bronze on top.. came out pretty nice! adjust the # of layers to get the shade of bronze you like..

if you do this, be sure to take off the added weights outside the wheel and later just glue it back on. I forgot to take it off and sprayed over it. looked really ugly when I had to take it off on a tire change

this is how it turned out after 2 days of drying.. before i lowed the car.. you can see how i just sprayed over the weight tabs

thisisagame24

iTrader: (1)

those came out great man. i have been thinking about painting my stockies bronze but find that all the bronze spray paints are too light. i might have to give this a try man

lowkey

iTrader: (5)

Scroll to the first post of this thread. Get the 15MM, they fit perfectly, no fender mods needed.

EDIT: Get the bolt on type.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...spacers-3.html

m0nkie

sweet thanks!

Do you know how flush 15mm looks? I dont mind fender rolling, just want it to look perfect

lowkey

iTrader: (5)

15mm plus the stock offset of 38mm gives you an effective offset of 23mm. You will see most people buy 22mm offset rims and 1mm is about the width of two pubic hairs, so it's close. It's flush but it wont rub. If you want flusher, then you probably want 20mm but since I don't have personal experience with 20mm ones, someone else might chime in.

m0nkie

Thanks for the help! i also asked the guys at touge factory and they recommended 25mm if I dont mind fender rolling..

hmmmm... 10mm difference is quite big.. anyone has pictures??

edit.. found some pictures of 20mm.. I think I'll go 25mm for the hell of it

dyss.

^ awesome, was just about to ask for pics. thanks. looking to this as well.

eyler_evo_x

I'd only go 15. Anything more and you start to look weird with this really wide stance but only 8.5 inch wheels...

stvbreal

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I've had 20mm on for 10k miles so far with no issues at all. Ichiba. No fender rolling, special lugs...nothing. Installed myself and had the alignment checked.

dyss.

Thats what i was looking to do with the same concerns in mind.