Looks like a nice fit, what wheel/tire specs are you running there??

 

19x9.75" +38 on 245/40 all around. I may add spacers. Definitely looks nice, but not the amount of poke I was hoping for.

I also haven't gotten an alignment yet and noticed I have pretty mild negative camber in the rears. I probably have a bit of neg. camber in the front as well, but it's not as noticeable as the rears. Camber might be the reason I'm not getting the poke I was looking for. You can see the bottom of the wheel poking out quite a bit while the top of the wheel is tucking.

 

New shoes installed for me as well! Love this setup way more than the last one, but still got to dial in the perfect fitment.

 

^Looks great! What wheels are those? Specs?

 

Who knew September was new wheel month?

Lookin good guys!

 

ESR SR08 silver machined, 19x9.5 +35 all around
Thanks! September is my birthday month and anniversary month for the G so I decided to treat myself/the car

 

How do I measure the gap to determine what size spacer I should buy? Let's say the measurement from the top of the wheel to my desired poke distance is 1". Do I buy a 1" (25mm) spacer? The lower the offset, the further the wheel pokes out, correct? So if purchase 25mm spacers and my wheels are +38 offset, does the spacer essentially make it a +13 offset?

 

Yup. That's basically it. I used this offset calculator that gives a visual aid as well. You'll have to do a little more measuring to make sure everything will fit but this tool is great.

 

Had to lol at "Desired poke distance". Just my opinion, but you're very close to a perfect fit there, get it aligned and see where you're at. I think something like a 5mm would be about right, but I'm old

 

I'm with you, Brad. It looks like he's already just over the line, and reads like he wants more, which is weird... but I'm old, too.

His fronts looks flush, and his rears appear to be poking a little bit, with tires downsized and stretched to accommodate the drop.



Melophile, your setup looks great to me. Eye of the behold and all that, but I think you're already in a good place.

 

You guys are right. I just need to get it aligned before doing anything. The mild camber is making the top of the wheel tuck into the fender and that's not what I was aiming for.

 

You might want to leave some camber in there, otherwise you could rub or hit the fender on bumps

 

Don't think it's too much?

 

Get it aligned before doing anything else. I don't have camber kits and my camber went from like -3 to -2.3... which doesn't seem like a lot but it actually made a big difference.

As far as the spacer, i measured from the outer edge of the tire to the inner edge of the fender

 

Hard to say just from those pics but I'm guessing you're in the -2.5 range, getting it around -1.5 should get the top edge of those tires about a 1/4" closer to the fender and should get your fit just about spot-on.