I would also reconsider dropping the car. The G looks weird with 20's and huge wheel gap. Maybe go with something conservative like the Tanubes or Eibachs.

 

id actually recommend 19s for the thicker sidewall. i prefer 20s for the look and you can get away with lighter 20s for performance as well. however, if the roads around you suck then thats just making it easier to damage them and id stick to 19s. others have already talked about tire prices and such.

 

yeah i would at least recommend a prokit for the drop, and 20s is the preffered size, at least thats what im putting on as soon as weather clears up. also whatever width you get for the front, you keep in the rear. thats the rule with AWD, cant have staggered setups with wider rears.

misconception is that the hubs on the X's will stick out more so the offsets will be different, but i dont see why they would need to do that unless im missing something. but your oem rim will say the offset on the inside and you can go off that.

 

20s mang

 

get the 20's, you can tell almost no difference in ride quality.

 

Yeah, I've heard that from a couple friends, but I've seen pictures of the car being dropped with the Tanubes or Eibachs and they look VERY subtle, which makes me wonder if it's even worth the money to have it dropped if you can't even notice it...you know what I mean?

 

I didn't know that. So to get into specifics, my stock 18" tires & rims are 225/50, so that means they're the same size on every wheel, right?

 

Oh you can notice. Changes the rake as well.

 

Really, huh? Do you have 20"s on your ride?

 

+1, I had 19" Maya STMs before and now 20's, no difference in ride quality AT ALL. Same....

 

What does the rake mean? (I'm a noob) Which ones are better...tanabe's or eibachs? Do you have any pics?

 

Do you think the ride quality would be the same on an AWD G37 as well? Just curious to see if it makes any difference.

 

Tanabe's drop is barely noticeable in the front, Eibachs seem to be the hot mod for springs around here. I thought you can't drop your G since your have an X

 

20's fill out the G's wheel well very nicely, i say go with that. Goodluck on your rim choice!

 

Our cars have negative rake stock. With the Eibachs it changes to slightly positive. Looks better.

"Rake is the angle between the car and the road. If the car is level with the ground you have zero rake. If the front is lower than the back, you have positive rake. If the back is lower than the front you have negative rake. Positive rake is what we want here. What happens is the air goes under the front of the car and is in a set amount of space. With positive rake, the space between car and ground gets larger as you travel toward the back of the car. This has the effect of reducing the pressure of the air beneath the car by trying to pull the individual molecules further apart than they already are. The efficiency of this is reduced by extra air getting sucked in around the sides of the car and down through the engine compartment. In spite of this loss of efficiency, the effect is still present. As with lowering, the more, the merrier. Once again you must decide how much is too much. One might try to increase the effect by mounting an air dam on the bottom of the front of the car, but would risk dragging it while parking."