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Slapped 7mm spacers on my 20" TA wheels - perfection!!

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Old 03-26-2009, 06:52 PM
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Lightbulb Slapped 7mm spacers on my 20" TA wheels - perfection!!

I'm loving the TA's on my ride- but I noticed they sat inward a bit more than the 19" lobsters with 15mm rear spacers and 7mm front spacers.
The TA's are 20x11 in the rear and have a reasonably conservative offset.

I did the math and it seemed that 7mm spacers at all fours would bring the wheels out just perfect. Slapped the spacers on today and I was right! Wheels come out nice and flush to the fender wells, no rubbing, perfect.

Here's the result:
TA rears with 7mm spacers bring the wheels out about 18mm over stock 19" wheel offset. 18mm outward is about perfect IMO.
TA fronts with 7mm spacers bring the wheels out about 12mm over stock 19" wheel offset.

The result is wheels are nice and flush with fenders, clear the fender well just fine and really improve the overall look.

Sorry for the lame iphone pics!!!













 

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I also used the 7MM spacers on my 20" DPE wheels....amazing how just over a 1/4" can make that big of a difference in the look...!
Looking forward to the pic !

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Old 03-26-2009, 07:21 PM
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let's see some pics Kurt!
 
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Such a tease, you HAVE to get pics up asap... TAs are such amazing looking wheels!
 
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Pics are up!!! sorry all I had today was my iphone for pics...

Is that a tight fit or what ?? (no rubbing though)
 
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PERFECT !!!!

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Amazing...do you have any side shots (not from an angle) ?
 
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Looks great...do you guys have to worry about camber adjustment....when i put the spacers on the 6-4S, the rears (which I had 10mm spacers to truly flush the tires), the camber was soo off from my lowered springs that it completely ATE the rear interior tread on my tires......
 
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no issue with unusual wear yet, i'm running an extra 1 degree of camber on the rear.
The conti's i just threw away were just about even wear with a tad more on the inside. nothing I would call extreme though, very even overall.

Kkilo- sorry man no side shots except for this older one:

 
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Looks Great. Spacers are really an easy upgrade that improves the look.
 
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What are the final offsets with the spacers?
 
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Originally Posted by v35
What are the final offsets with the spacers?
Don't hold me to the math but this is roughly what I came up with:

Lobster 19x11 offset 67
Lobster 19x8 offset 57

Techart 20x11 offset 55 (wheel is +12mm outwards from stock)
Techart 20x8.5 offset 52 (wheel is +7mm outwards from stock - remember this is an 8.5" rim so adds another 2mm over the 8" rim)

add H&R rear 7mm spacer (wheel is +19mm outwards from stock)
add H&R front 7mm spacer (wheel is +14mm outwards from stock)

Change from stock wheels to Techart + spacers = effective rear offset: 48 (calculation - TA 55 offset minus 7mm)
Change from stock wheels to Techart + spacers = efective front offset: 45 (calculation - TA 52 offset minus 7mm)

BTW I am running PS2 295 tires in the rear which gives me an extra 0.2 inches of outer fender clearance. running 245's up front.
If you are runing TA's with 305's you *may* rub with the 7mm rear spacers depending on tire brand. 315 will definitely rub. You could go with 5mm spacers for the rear.
I think I was able to safely push wheels to +19mm outwards due to the 295 tire, which is just a scant 0.4" smaller across the tread face than a 305. good trade-off.
 

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Looks good. The front should have an effective offset of 45 if its 52 with a 7mm spacer. How did you come up with 38?
 
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updated- thanks V.
 
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Originally Posted by p0rsch3
updated- thanks V.


I have 2 questions.

Is your car lowered?

If I wanted to achieve the same offset on my classics, what spacer would I use?

The wheels are classic on a 4s(stock wheel)
Thanks for your response
 


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