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what size of spacers with swift springs?
I'm picking up a set of swifts and some spacers tomorrow but I don't know which size I should get. What size should I get to set the car off nicely? 15/20? 20/20? 20/25? Using stock bridgestones and sports wheels at the moment.
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20/25
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i looked on stillen for the H&R 25mm DRS spacers, only available ones were the 25mm DRM. Is that what people are using?
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Yep. That's what people are using.
If you aren't going to go with a front camber kit, I would suggest just going 25 all the way around. The 20mm up front pulls the top of the tire even with the stock springs, but the drop and resulting camber will bring the top of the front wheels in 5mm or so. I'm running 20/25 on swifts with the sport 19s and my fronts are about 5mm tucked in up top due to the drop. |
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20/25 is the way to go. |
I still think that 25mm is a bit aggressive, even with the additional camber in the rear. I prefer 20mm spacers all around personally, some of my car from the front and rear:
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wow those look nice christian :D
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i was originally thinking about 15/20 but i havent seen one with that in person yet. 20/20 looks very good.
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christian, I love the looks of your setup. One question about your front wheels: With the 20mm setup, do you have any problems with rocks, road debris, etc being slung-up and hitting the side of your car?
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got 20mm all around and swifts today :D, how hard should the install be if i were to do it myself with an impact gun and spring compressor from autozone? My friend put spacers in his rear and it took him 4 hours. His rotor was stuck or something.
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i got swifts installed 2 days ago. i have spc camber kit at home waiting to be installed next week. is it necsisary for spacers or is it just personal preference?
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if i did get spacers would i need to get another alignment?
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^Nope, you don't need to.
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First time I've seen the 20/20 setup. Might have to do that.
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for some reason, springs sounds alot easier to do rather than spacers. taking apart my brake calipers sound difficult.
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It's really not hard at all. Use 1/2" sockets and extensions and a breaker bar
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I think it only scared me because my friend said it took him 4 hours just to put spacers in the rear. After looking at the DIY it doesn't look too bad. Just gotta unbolt some stuff and get something to keep the calipers up while i whack away at the rotor to loosen it.
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Even the front isn't difficult, just take the wheels off and spray down the rotors and studs with some PB blaster the day before if you can. |
Spacer install is a million times easier than spring install.
Complete spring install? The fronts are a pita and will take more than 4 hours to do it. Not sure how you guys got the whole car done in 4 hours! It took me several hours and lots of cussing to do mine, but I worked alone and had some issues but it was done. Check out the DIY on the site on what all it entails. My best tip: Only use a 6 point socket set! (this is where I messed up) |
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finally put the swifts and spacers on my car. Spacers took about 3 hours and springs took about 4 by itself. Had a very hard time aligning the bottom of the strut to the control arm piece. Had to compress my springs 2 or 3 times to get it right. In the end however, car looks great and feels fantastic :D thanks for the help guys.
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i think 15/20 is a great combo, which is what i have on mine.
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