Alright so heres the situation. I am about to purcahse a set of BC Racing BR coilovers + SPC camber kit. I will be running the OEM sport wheels for a bit until i get aftermarket wheels.

What size and brand spacers do you recommend?

I know our fenders are rolled from factory, but will i need to trim the fender if i were to run 20mm? I have a buddy on the forum that had to trim his fender running 15mm spacers on the vert.

Any input at all?

 

For sedans which I assume that's whT you have 20mm will work fine just trim the fender liner . No big deal

 

Yea 20 should work. But might rub.

 

How about running 15mm? Will i need to trim the fender in that case?

 

15 won't be flush, just run 20mm trimming the liner is easy take a razor blade and cut. Or just rub a bit and let it rip itself off.

 

Sounds good then.

What do y'all reccomend for alignment specs?

 

^ that's a good question. i've always ran factory alignment specs for my lowered car (singular because i've only owned one car prior and it was the only car i've ever lowered...lol)

assuming factory specs are no good...

 

A shop owner told me to run everything at 0, because i would not be road racing the car.

 

you might need 25mm up front and 20mm in the rear since you have a RWD Sport sedan.... the front rims are 7.5" and the rears are 8.5" btw

 

If you run close to the factory alignment specs, even a 20mm spacer is going to be pushing it. The reason most people run 20mm (or in some cases 25mm) spacers is because they don't correct camber when lowering, and the wheels tuck in a lot more. I would personally lower the car, get the alignment, take some measurements to see what works for you, then add the appropriate spacers. Better yet, I would skip the spacers altogether, and save that $200 for new wheels.

On a sporty RWD car you want some negative camber; especially on the rear. I would personally recommend close to -0.5 on the front and -1 degree (or more) on the rear. The factory spec for the front is +.4 to -1.08, and the rear is -.33 to -1.33. With the above specs, your tire wear should not be affected much as long as you keep the toe in check.


I would zero out the toe in the front, and run a really small amount of toe in the rear (like 1mm or less). Toe is really what eats up tires, so you want to make sure you get this in spec more so than camber. However, a small amount of toe in on the rear will aid in turn-in and also help you recover from an extreme understeer condition (i.e. if you loose control of the car).

EDIT: I recommend Project KICS spacers. I know people that have had issues with Ichiba (vibration, especially with stock wheels), and H&R with the hubcentric ring breaking. The KICS are a little more (and the hubcentric ring is separate), but worth it if you are going to use spacers.

 

Not even factory camber is at zero, so the shop owner you're talking to is on crack. Go to a diff shop!!

 

jran76 said it perfect^^ I have front AND rear camber kits and still run -1.8 camber. There is zero uneven tirewear at these settings. Toe is in check at 0.0

 

Yeah, I should add, I like more negative camber, but my recommendations are nice and conservative. And, yes, if a shop is telling you to 0 everything out, they don't have any idea what they are talking about....

 

Lol he's actually a pretty smart guy, his car would probably outrun a lot of us in here. He wasn't refering to camber specifically sorry for the confusion.


Should i pick up the spacers before or after the drop? I don't want to end up with the wrong spacers before the install, but i do not want to run a sunk in setup.