spacers question stock frs rims

[nammie81]

what size spacers do I need to make it look for frs with a 1" drop and stock wheels.


thanks in advance for the answers.

[gramicci101]

To make it look flush? 20 or 25mm on the front, 25 or 30mm on the back. Most places sell the 20 front/25 rear as a set, so that's generally cheaper than buying individual pairs of spacers.

[Mr.Impreza]

From what most experienced members say, they are not considered safe (since most people never check up on them once installed), add a lot of extra weight, reduce the life of the wheel bearings and they ruin the driving balance of the car.

Also, I wouldn't go 30mm in the back.

My suggestions would be 20mm & 25mm for the perfect look.

Oh and a good informative video to watch regarding spacers. It's 5 minutes.

I personally love the look with the stock rims and spacers, but i avoided them for the reasons i stated above.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWijfooeSyU"]Wheel Spacers & Adapters - Good Or Bad? - YouTube[/ame]

[gramicci101]

I've been on 20/25mm for two years; they're perfectly safe. I wouldn't track with them, but I don't track my car. They don't do anything noticeable to the weight or balance of the car.

Here's what 20/25mm looks like. Coming out an additional 5mm wouldn't hurt anything and would stick out less than some of the cars in the meaty tire thread. 20/25mm will be cheaper than 25/30mm though.
http://i.imgur.com/dPuOttl.jpg


Oh, and wonderboy engineer in the video has his math right, but his premise is wrong. Just like most of his videos. No one bolts on wheel spacers to improve handling. They do it for looks or to clear brake or suspension components. Increasing the track width by 3% makes zero difference in handling. And as far as increased bearing wear, just about every wheel with a +35 offset adds the same amount of bearing wear as big spacers do, but you don't see anyone complaining about that. Because it's a non-issue.

[Mr.Impreza]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

I've been on 20/25mm for two years; they're perfectly safe. I wouldn't track with them, but I don't track my car. They don't do anything noticeable to the weight or balance of the car.

Here's what 20/25mm looks like. Coming out an additional 5mm wouldn't hurt anything and would stick out less than some of the cars in the meaty tire thread. 20/25mm will be cheaper than 25/30mm though.
http://i.imgur.com/dPuOttl.jpg


Oh, and wonderboy engineer in the video has his math right, but his premise is wrong. Just like most of his videos. No one bolts on wheel spacers to improve handling. They do it for looks or to clear brake or suspension components. Increasing the track width by 3% makes zero difference in handling. And as far as increased bearing wear, just about every wheel with a +35 offset adds the same amount of bearing wear as big spacers do, but you don't see anyone complaining about that. Because it's a non-issue.

Looks great. Are you lowered or stock height?

You know...when I read posts like yours I want to go buy spacers tomorrow! But than whenever I ask people regarding them I get replies about how they are bad and this and that.

Just so confusing as a consumer....I always wanted to do something like 10mm front and 15mm rear (or 5mm front + 10mm rear)

[i heart ricers]

Originally Posted by Mr.Impreza

From what most experienced members say, they are not considered safe (since most people never check up on them once installed), add a lot of extra weight, reduce the life of the wheel bearings and they ruin the driving balance of the car.

Also, I wouldn't go 30mm in the back.

My suggestions would be 20mm & 25mm for the perfect look.

Oh and a good informative video to watch regarding spacers. It's 5 minutes.

I personally love the look with the stock rims and spacers, but i avoided them for the reasons i stated above.

this is false

[Mr.Impreza]

Originally Posted by i heart ricers

this is false

Hey don't kill the messenger. I got all that information from this forum and it's members.

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Mr.Impreza

Looks great. Are you lowered of stock height?

You know...when I read posts like yours I want to go buy spacers tomorrow! But than whenever I ask people regarding them I get replies about how they are bad and this and that.

Just so confusing as a consumer....I always wanted to do something like 10mm front and 15mm rear (or 5mm front + 10mm rear)

I think I was on RCE yellows by that time, but I don't remember for certain. Here's one where I'm definitely on RCE yellows and running spacers.

http://i.imgur.com/iEv8e4K.jpg

As far as whether you should or shouldn't, it depends on what your goals are. My car is purely a daily driver. I drive it hard and take it on curvy mountain roads, but I don't autoX or track it at all. So for me I wanted it to look nice and I wasn't ready to spring for aftermarket wheels with a lower offset. When I do get around to getting aftermarket wheels, I won't need the spacers anymore, so they'll come off.

I've only ever seen wheel bearing failure from the torque added by a low offset in the offroad world, where people would run a 44x18.50 (130 lbs) on a low offset wheel so they could clear their fenders. And then go offroading on them, with all the added stress that that imputes. For us, the OEM wheel with a 25mm spacer and a 17x8+35 (TSW Nurburgring) are only .7mm different at the outside edge, with the TSW being further out. That's where the most torque could be applied to put the highest stress on the wheel bearing, but no one complains about it. Between the Nurburgring and the RPF1, it's one of the most common wheel sizes and offsets. Any additional wear it puts on the bearing would be insignificant at best.

That said, I'd remove them if I tracked my car. They'd probably be fine, but it is an additional link in the chain and potential point of failure, so there's no harm in removing them from the system.


For 5-10mm, you need longer studs and slip-on spacers. The thinnest bolt-on spacer I would run would be 15mm, because any lower won't have enough material under the lugnut and runs the risk of cracking at the lugnuts. With 15-20mm, you need a wheel with pockets in the back, because the OEM lugs will protrude through. 25mm will clear the OEM lugs.

[churchx]

MrImpreza: differen't suggestions & views due people being different with each having his own specific order of priorities.
For safest possible mount and no impact on bearings & and same scrub radius/same steering lightness and pass through inspection in countries/tracks/racing classes where spacers are not allowed one choice.
Better looks (arguable, to each his own, eg. for me "non flush" doesn't bother me, and i probably wouldn't care about opinions of someone trying to convince me that it's ugly and must be fixed) and slight impact on things mentioned above (but probably at reasonably little extent to be ignorable for daily driving and light amateurish track use) other choice.
Everybody picks his own poison and suggests/advises based on subjective priorities. You have your own priorities, choose according those.

[JD001]

I've been on Eibachs 20/25mm for over a year now.

[nammie81]

JD001 is that a 1" lower you think? looks good to me

[Leonardo]

Spacers are safe. Tons of guys use them on the track for BBK clearance.



We should start this again...
AT>mt

[gramicci101]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

We should start this again...
AT>mt

I heard the 2018 BRZ is going to be AWD Turbo because Subaru wants to go back to their roots.

[nammie81]

any brands of wheel spacers yall would recommend?