Stock wheels with spacers, no drop

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Old 01-23-2016, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 4DOORFUN
My other thought was to grab some coupe wheels. For some reason those look really good on the RWD sedans and the fender gap looks better than with the stock 18's (even though it measures the same).
Grab some springs for a slight drop and then add spacers. Coupe 19s would be the way I'd go if you don't want to have to modify your suspension even more.
Old 01-23-2016, 01:46 PM
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I have a colleague at work (different location) that owns a 2012 Coupe, sport package and he has 15mm spacers on the front and 20mm on the back (H&R). I think it looks really good. However, like others have mentioned, the RWD has noticeably less wheel gap than the AWD model, so it probably would not have the same effect on the AWD.

The only downside he noted is that the spacers sling more water/mud on the fenders and quarter panels.

I have considered doing it myself, but I regress because I do not fully understand all of the tradeoffs (i.e. premature wear on wheel bearings). If you look around online, many swear by spacers and believe that they improve handling.

My friend above noted this as well and said that many of the European Car magazines install spacers on stock vehicles prior to their initial test drives.

Regarding wheel gap, one thing I noticed that seems to work for me (visually) is to not only clean/shine the tires/wheel wells , but also use a good blackening product (Bare Bones from Chemical Bros is my favorite) on the wheel wells as this helps to visually integrate the two.

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Old 01-23-2016, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 4DOORFUN
My other thought was to grab some coupe wheels. For some reason those look really good on the RWD sedans and the fender gap looks better than with the stock 18's (even though it measures the same).
This is a good plan, worked like a charm for me (the lower offset helps)
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