Im thinking about getting wheel spacer for my Itr. I think it look much cleaner if the wheels are push out a little more when it align with the body/fender. Any suggestion will be appreciated. My R is sitting on stock gunmetal rim and drop with koni/gc sit right above tire no gap and not tuck. Pictures would be great. Would performance change with this installed?? Would it hit the fender etc??? Im noob at this please give idea & suggestion.

 

I'm not sure about the actual performance of using spacers. I guess it would increase the wheelbase and allow for slightly wider tires. But those both seem pointless for stock ITR wheels. The only time I had spacers on was to clear my Spoon clappers with JDM 16s. I used Project Kics 10mm spacers. They are for sale too if you're interested

 

I have stock usdm wheels with HKS Hypermax II right now. I definitely want some wheel spacers to push the wheels out a little bit, what width do you guys recommend?

 

7mm front 10mm rear....

 

I have 7mm spacers, but I don't know if I should use them without longer studs.

 

Why would you extend your rear tires out further than the front on a FWD car?

 

You "should" only go up to 5mm without extended studs. Anything thicker and extended studs are recommended.

 

The other thing to realize is that those flat metal spacers will eliminate the hub-centricity of the stock wheels, so that they will rely only on the lugs to center them. This is risky because it makes them much more susceptible to vibrations (many people get vibrations as a result, even when doing all the right things when tightening the lug nuts, although some people are lucky and manage to avoid them). You can avoid this issue by instead getting the kind of wheel spacer that have a lip on them to mimic the hub, like the TRAK+ spacers from H&R.

There won't be any performance advantage to pushing the wheels out, though. It's strictly a matter of cosmetics - and when you tell people about how you pushed the wheels out by half an inch for looks, 100 people out of 100 will never notice the difference and will think you're nuts for doing so, but most of them will tell you it's really cool anyway, just to be nice.

White rocket mentions the need for extended lugs. You need to make sure you still have at least 6.5-7.0 full turns on the lug nuts, and if you don't, you need the extended lugs.