for me, when I took off my old DRS studs off in the front, I stripped 3 of them. I didnt strip the oem ones when I took them off putting the H&R studs on. The oem ones went back on just fine. That was my experience with them at least.

So to answer the original question, I have both ichiba (v2) and H&R (DRM) spacers installed. I think they look great and so far havent had any issues with them.

So I take back me saying they were of "lower quality" in general (besides those 3 the rest were fine), but at least in my experience, I felt the oem studs were stronger. Am I saying the aftermarket ones are crap? No, most likely I just fvcked up taking them out. :)

Hey I'm on the internet you should pay attention to me :tup:

point taken...I thought there was something that I was missing, it was more for my own personal edification. I'm an engineer so I like to understand how things work and if I was wrong I'd rather learn why then just have no response.

I would guess the ones that stripped were torqued too tight when originally installed.

Perhaps, I was having an issue of the car pulling to the left after I installed the DRS, so like I said, it was most likely me fvcking up.

I put the ichiba v2 on the front and they fit like a glove, the studs looked almost identical essentially to the oem ones.

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mmmmmmyeahhhhh im gonna require all caps for that to happen :bowrofl:

Whoops I already made this thread. Let me re-read it.

So again, what I'm looking for is :
-Safe
-Looks good with the car not lowered
-Tires don't extend past the fenders.

Can I get a consensus here?
I'm looking at H&R 20mm all the way around?

Are DRM the ones with stud replacements or is that DRS?

Also need recommendations on where to buy them for the least amount of money. Any/all suggestions would be helpful.

(also I'd like to get these before the 18th so I can have D&V throw these on while the wheels are off the car. I get super nervous with those powdered wheels)

Send a PM to Jomer here on the forums. He ships out pretty fast (from PA I believe) and always has great prices.

I got my dash kit for the Altima from him within 3 days. Did the whole transaction over the phone.

Emailed him. Thanks.

Ok so I'm about to buy these things. I think I'm going to do 15f/20r.

Can anyone tell me if this is going to look good with the car not lowered? I really don't want to do this and have it come out looking awkward.

15/20 unlowered will be fine.

A lot of the guys lowered are running 20/20 or even 20/25.

Right because lowering needs a higher offset to make the wheels sit flush. That's why I was nervous about going 20/20 with the car not on springs.

This is what I am considering. PM Happytheman or look for him in the WDYDWY Z Today (Off-Topic) thread. He has pictures of 15f/20r spacers at stock height. Looks good imo :tup:

Sold.

And to be clear, I want the DRM flavor with the extended lugs on an un-lowered car, right?

i bought my spacers from z1. there good quality. and now on sale from what i see on the website.

I'm not sure the brand is that important - I have H&Rs. I would just make sure to get extended lugs for any spacers :twocents:

yeh i dont' think brand is important... more important that the spacers are hub centric. i have the bolt on kind.. ive had no issues with them but i make sure they are properly torqued. and quality/cost wise the ones from z1 where a deal. i think if you'd want a 15mm or smaller you'd need the lug replacement kind.

Do the extended lugs come with DRM spacers?

NO!

You need the DRS for the 15mm fronts... you will have not be able to mount the stock wheel on the DRM 15's... or the spare.

15 and 20 DRS for safety. Installation is easy and worry free.

These are on Stock Sports, Nismo should be close...

http://www.the370z.com/members/wheee...mm-no-drop.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/wheee...-20mm-rear.jpg

Purchased. Thanks for the help folks.


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And MORE secured!! ;)

Yeah I went with the DRS spacers. I don't want a wheel flying off. More correctly, I don't want the possibility of a wheel flying off.