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Old 02-24-2012, 04:15 PM
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Little more flush now





I know my car still looks like a 4x4 but that will change soon hopefully

Also, are the factory rear fenders partially rolled from Acura? Mine look weird

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gota little poke now! is that rust in the first pic or is that just a reflection? i cant tel
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Originally Posted by NBP_Aspec_05
gota little poke now! is that rust in the first pic or is that just a reflection? i cant tel
Hint.

*yellow on the floor jack*
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Old 02-24-2012, 06:39 PM
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Why is that ring sitting on the floor? I hope that you put it on and that is just the ring for the other side...
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Why is that ring sitting on the floor? I hope that you put it on and that is just the ring for the other side..


And no there is not any rust, just the reflection. Waxed it yesterday night
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What type of rims are you riding on with the spacers? I found that with my A-Spec rims I was able to use open ended lugs with my spacers. The OEM wheels provide space in order to make driving with open ended lugs possible... The nuts that came with my spacers sucked!!! The metal was so soft and I ended up stripping a nut which then led to me drilling it out.
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What type of rims are you riding on with the spacers? I found that with my A-Spec rims I was able to use open ended lugs with my spacers. The OEM wheels provide space in order to make driving with open ended lugs possible... The nuts that came with my spacers sucked!!! The metal was so soft and I ended up stripping a nut which then led to me drilling it out.
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Here is the end result of my spacer malfunction... granted, this spacer was the 15mm that I had up front and the rear 20mm spacer didn't give me much problem. I can't tell you how frustrated I was that day...



The lugs that I ended up using were off of my mothers winter setup for her civic
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Here is the end result of my spacer malfunction... granted, this spacer was the 15mm that I had up front and the rear 20mm spacer didn't give me much problem. I can't tell you how frustrated I was that day...



The lugs that I ended up using were off of my mothers winter setup for her civic
Yea, I only put 20mm on the rears, going to leave the fronts stock
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I've been thinking about doing this too, Dan. Good lookin'....
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I've been thinking about doing this too, Dan. Good lookin'....
My wife didn't see the reason I spent $115 on it but I think it's justified
If you do, get the v2 with the pressed in studs


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Morrissey25 my 15mm spacers did the same thing. The nuts stripped much easier than the 20mm.
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What size tires are you running and what did you paint the wheels with? Or did you powder coat?
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What size tires are you running and what did you paint the wheels with? Or did you powder coat?
235/40/18 and they are painted with plasti dip
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ummmm i've been thinking about getting myself 15 for the front and 25 for the rear but now im scared. What's the best way to prevent this besides not getting spacers? buying different lug nuts?
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I have 20's in the back. Just do 20's all the way around.

I have 20mm's inthe back and nothing in the front and for some reason my rear wheels look a lot bigger in diameter compared to the front. Looks funny to me sometimes. I'm just waiting for a set of 20s to show up on the BM so I can throw them on the front
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ive used 25mm in the past and now use a 15mm with a 5mm slip spacer on top of that...have NEVER had any issues with ebay spacers
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I was thinking about 15's up front but I'll probably keep it like it is with just the 20's On the rear and nothing up front
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I have 18x8 aspecs too and I just installed 25mm in the back and 20mm in the front and thats just about the best combination you can do for close to perfect flushness

I have an extra set of 20mm for sale in the BM if you're interested
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Once you drop it you'll want spacers up front. HELLAsunk up front with flush in the rear will look weird.
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Originally Posted by CLtotheTL32
Once you drop it you'll want spacers up front. HELLAsunk up front with flush in the rear will look weird.
Hush Tyler, seems every time I talk to you I end up buying a part
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Why don't you glossify the rims using plasti dip glossifier? The wet black look would look much better IMO.
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Why don't you glossify the rims using plasti dip glossifier? The wet black look would look much better IMO.
As Tyler said, ordered 2 cans off eBay today so it looks like I'll have a project to do Monday or Tuesday
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