Ichiba V2 Wheel Spacers with Built in Studs DO fir the front

AlphaSnacks

Chuck claims they do. So what gives?

kenchan

he probably forced his wheel onto the stock stud by torquing down the lugs....maybe even used an impact gun so didn't feel it while torquing it lightly.

it's only like 2mm that the stock stud hits the back side of the wheel.

azn370z

The bolts will make contact but only a corner of the bolts will make contact with the wheel, not the entire top of the bolt. I didn't notice vibration. But after about 3k miles I dremeled the back of the wheel, took about a minute per hole. If you have a dremel its easy to do.

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chuckd05

I never noticed any contact ??? Rode perfect. Interesting. I had oem 19s on with them too.

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kenchan

I suppose its possible that your studs are slightly shorter. We're only talking like 1.5mm-2mm max clearance issue so not even half turn on the thread.

RedBullRR

I'd really like to see a pic of the Z dropped with 20*25 combo and 15*20 combo. I'm ready to pull the trigger, but want the more aggressive look just don't want to compromise rubbage.

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kenchan

hey i found the picture i posted a while ago where you'd need to grind off a little bit on the stock front wheels if you use 20mm built-in stud type and notice the wheel's disc is hitting the stock stud.

christian370z

I have 20mm bolt ons and the OEM studs don't touch the Rays at all. I took them off to confirm, no contact.

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chuckd05

you purchased these from me right ? lol so maybe Im not crazy

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JollyGoodChap

my friend has ichiba spacers on his evo x and the acorn nuts seized to the studs.... destroyed 2 of the little sockets it comes with trying to get it off. make sure you guys use some sort of anti seize on any spacer or lug for that matter!

kenchan

Humm those aren't acorn nuts but open tapered lug nuts. Im not sure if you want to use antiseize on the small lugs as it might back out after mounting your wheels. Infact, I use loctite blue on the mounting nuts. Never had an issue removing them on my Kics even after snow season... I did notice that the lugs included in my ichiba set appeared to be of lower quality than the Kics or Eibach sets I have...

chuckd05

Dropped on Eibachs.. 25mm rear - 20mm front

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atx370z

With the Ichiba v2 20mm bolt-on spacers on the front wheels... the OEM studs stick out a little bit too far and actually dig in to the inside of the wheel. It still tightens down, but the studs to slightly damage the wheel on the inside. I've posted pics here before and also had vibration issues. I've since gone to the H&R DRS and replaced all oem studs...

In my opinion... do it right the first time.

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AlphaSnacks

Old post, I know...but why not shave or cut the stud down a bit? I believe it'll require a mere 1.5mm to be shaved down to be a flush fit.