Ok i'm going to be buying spacers pretty soon. There going to be used on an AP2 with stock wheels and stock tyre sizes and the car is lowered with eibach pro kit. Im pretty sure the stock rears are +65 so I was thinking of running a spacer of about 15mm or so. Would that work and what is the most aggressive offset I can run w/o rolling the rear fenders or running negative camber?? Thanks
-Ryan

 

I think you can run a 20mm spacer no problem. I would suggest a project kicks spacer with the extended studs built in. The trick is that the lugs you have now are going to extend a bit from the top of the spacer so you gotta check that your wheel has room to clear it between each hole.

I tried putting my stockers (ap1) the other day, and they did not have room for the og studs... if the ap2 wheels are similar on the inside you are going to run into the same problem.

With the 20mm you will have less of the original stud sticking out so you should be safe.

I am running the 15mm's on some 8.5 wide +54 offset prodrives with a 245 tire, and it works but i am running some serious camber to pull it off.

jim

 

thanks for the info Jim... Where did you get your spacers from and what is your opinion on the H & R spacers??

 

I got the spacers from Evasive. I dont know about the H&R spacers but I can tell you that the Project Kicks ones are very well made.

The H&R ones are probably good too but just cant comment since I havent used them

 

I am going to be making a set of spacers for my new wheels. I put a crappy 10 mm spacer on to just see how it would look and it looks pretty good. I may try a 15 mm setup to see if I can get away with it.

8.5" rim 255-40-17" no spacer


8.5" rim 255-40-17" with 10 mm spacer


8.5" rim 255-40-17" no spacer


8.5" rim 255-40-17" with 10 mm spacer


8.5" rim 255-40-17" with 10 mm spacer

 

Puddy,

Did you swap your studs for longer ones to clear the spacer? Heres a bad pic of my wheels with the 15mm for future search reference too

 

Thats gorgeous

 

No, all I did was try it on. I was only able to get a few threads so I did not drive the car or leave it on I took some pics then removed it.

what size tire and rim are you using?

 

I am running a 17" 8.5 +54 wheel with a Bridgestone RE760 245/40/17. I have the fenders shaved and the bumper tab relocated and camber is like -4

 

Wow, no kidding I have no clue of what offset the wheels are that I have but, I'm guessing by how tucked under the car they are maybe +60 or more. I bet I can run a 275 wide tire with no rub issue. My camber is with in specs.