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I purchased the Ichiban spacers (15mm front and 20mm rears). Can I get them installed with the stock springs or should i wait until I get the Eibach springs? I

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Old 07-18-2009, 08:05 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I purchased the Ichiban spacers (15mm front and 20mm rears). Can I get them installed with the stock springs or should i wait until I get the Eibach springs? I know it's going to save me some labor to get it done together but I'm curious to see how they look on the car now!
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Old 07-18-2009, 09:17 AM   #2 (permalink)
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you can put them on now.
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if you are doing it yourself then do it, if you are paying someone the do the at the same time you may save a couple of bucks, but spacers are not complicated so do them, get those wheels moved out.
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Sure...Put em on. Here's 15/15 on stock springs...

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Hey Mod do you think 20 inch spacers in the front would make the front look awkward? Why did you go with 15's in the back?
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Hey Mod do you think 20 inch spacers in the front would make the front look awkward? Why did you go with 15's in the back?
20 inch spacers would look extremely funny

maybe 20 mm might work better

from the above picture 20 mm spacers will probably work if dropped but the 15's look good stock height
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Lol. Snap. My bad... that would look funny. I didn't realize I typed that. Gotta stop trying to two things at once. Thats what I was worried about using 20's in the front. I think Ill use spacers till I can drop it and get some new wheels.
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At what size do spacers become a safety hazard. I am new to all this by the way.
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At what size do spacers become a safety hazard. I am new to all this by the way.
They don't if designed correctly and made of good materials. Back in the day (70's) Porsche used multi inch spacers on their race cars with no issues..
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They don't if designed correctly and made of good materials. Back in the day (70's) Porsche used multi inch spacers on their race cars with no issues..

And in the day (80's) also......
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I purchased the Ichiban spacers (15mm front and 20mm rears). Can I get them installed with the stock springs or should i wait until I get the Eibach springs? I know it's going to save me some labor to get it done together but I'm curious to see how they look on the car now!
15mm in front, 20mm in rear + Eibach springs
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Anyone know where I can just order spacers the 15/20 ichiban ones? none of the damn shops here sell them and feed me a bunch of bs about how dangerous it is etc etc etc and i really want to kick my wheels out
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directtuning.com was were I got mine. $217 for all four. free shipping too. Ichiba!
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After installing the front spacers (15mm), I noticed the steering wheel didn't seem as tight when making turns. Is it normal? It handles well but it just feel less responsive.
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