5mm ain't that much you should be fine.

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ARK GT-S Lowering Springs
 

Leaning towards running the ARK GT-S Lowering Springs w/ the Nismo OEM struts along w/ a rear camber kit. A couple of questions.

-Will I need wheel spacers?
-Will I need toe bolts?
-Will my car scrape w/ this setup? (Car has to remain functional and driveable).

Spacers - personal preference. If you don't want the sunken wheel look, yes. 15F/20R will do the trick.

Toe Bolts - yes. SPL arms and their "eccentric lock out kit" seems to be the way to go.

Scrape - yes. This drop is more aggressive than the Swifts, and will wear your shocks quicker as well. Just be wary of inclines for driveways/parking lots.

Thanks.
Will my Nismo OEM struts be able to handle the lowering of the car?

Yep. Most people run springs on stock shocks and report zero issues for tens of thousands of miles. The things to keep in mind are spring rates and reduced right height, as these will effect shock travel and stress. Hoping to get a set of swifts in the future and will not be worrying about damper replacement.

Are extended studs worth the $$$ for me ? Not doing any track time and it's a weekend car. Got a pair of H&R but didn't realize they were not bolt ons. Going bolt ons in the back and either installing the extended studs ones I have and paying for installation or selling them and picking up a pair of bolt ons for the front. Have read some say go for the safest bet = extended studs but have also read many state they are full bolt on with no problems at all.

Going 20 in the front and either 20 or 25 in the back, lowered on swifts, on stock sport setup. Anyone ?

I would go with the extended lugs regardless as safety is number one regardless of if track or not.

Is there a difference between going studs in the front vs. the rear ? Some people seem to have gone studs in the front and bolts on the back.

Okay after lots of reading, I went with extended studs with 20mm and 25mm bolt-on Z1 spacers. But before I stalled them, I installed 275 up front. will I have any problems? 2012 Sport

Omg I brought it from the dead! Sorry im not very good at this lol

This thread is a sticky, dont fret over it...lol

Cool! So do you know the answer to my problem? Lol

No because you haven't provided the necessary information. What wheel size and offset? Stud length is only relevant to the spacer size. Tire size is only relevant to the wheel width.

Sorry, its OEM sport wheels so (F) 19x9 + 47. Original front tire size is 245/40. I upgraded to same size as rear which is 275/35. I want to add my 20mm Z1 spacers. Do you think it will clear the fenders? I wanted to try it but it's a "slip on" and I need insall my extended studs to see if the the whole set works. My extended studs are 20mm extended.

lemme this straight

U want to run a 275 tire on a 9 inch wheel in front. And a 275 tire on a 10 inch wheel in rear?

yeah.... Square setup.. never heard of it?

You seem to have missed a few details along the way

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To swap out the fronts for another rear set?

At minimum

And you shouldn’t need extended studs for bolt on spacers, that defeats the purpose of them being bolt on

As I said, my fronts are slip on with extended studs and rear are bolt ons.

You'll be fine. You're not helping performance any. Your front tire sidewall will look like a bubble, especially so with certain tires. Better than stretched IMO. Get proper sized tires for your wheel width if you want to improve handling characteristics.

Agreed. I may just get 265 35 up front and keep the 275 35 for the rear or sell it. Its brand new 🤷*♂️
Thank you

Anyone know where I can order just the lugs and (flush-mount) nuts for 20 mm bolt-on spacers? Like a dummy I ordered 12 x 1.5 thread pitch instead of 12 x 1.25. The billet spacer section should be fine, but let me know if I'm missing something. Thanks!

So...... I am running the stock 19” Rays on my Z. From what I am reading here
20mm front and 25mm rears will get me a flush fitment correct?
I am also running stock tire sizes. I want flush no poke!

Read this
http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...tart-here.html

Nice write up. It didn’t answer my question though.

Read it again

I’ll wait for a simple answer.
Someone here is likely running 20mm and 25mm spacers. I am sure they will chime in.

Thanks though.

A ton of people have. And they've already posted. Try reading again :shakes head:

Thank you. I got it.

I'm running the stock 19" Rays with 20mm up front and 25mm in rear. This is the best shot I could find showing the fitment. Hope this helps.

^there's your answer, i guess

I'm not really even trying to be a ****, but terms like "flush" and "poke" are pretty subjective (anyone using the term poke would probably lean conservative imo)

If you understand wheel fitment and the effect of spacers, you can just look at various setups that i or others have posted and see what you want, and then pick a spacer that gets you there.

Its not rocket science, and it is personal preference

and fwiw, i say **** spacers, get real wheels

That is the look I want right there! Thank you for the pic.


At some point I would like to get some TE37's but for now I will just do spacers. Thanks for the write up it positively shed some light on fitment.

At some point I'm going to upgrade my wheels, but for now the Ray's look good and work for me. Went the cheap route for now.

Also, I'm running the Swift Spec R springs to lower the car as well. Again, I'll look eventually at upgrading to coilovers, but for now I wanted to the look on a budget.

Here are a couple of short vids and pics of 20mm front, 15mm rear. Thank you to many in this thread & others for helping me to decide. I'm very satisfied!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-x1pINVKuk

Edit: On stock suspension, sport Rays.

spacer help
 

Hello! I have a 2013 Nissan 370Z non-Nismo and want to get spacers as big as possible without rubbing. I know there's probably a forum about that somewhere but I don't have stock wheels. I am also on stock ride height with OEM suspension


20x9.5 Front Wheels
20x10.5 Rear Wheels
275/40/20 Continental ExtremeContact Rear Tires
240/40/20 Continental ExtremeContact Front Tires

these pictures seem useless? can't you take some that show the distance between your tire and fender currently?

also what are the offsets of the wheels?

https://www.willtheyfit.com/

maybe try comparing your wheel/tire specs vs oem in here.

oem 18s look good imo with 20mm front and 25mm rear for refernce.

Spacers change wheel fitment.
Don’t spend money on them until you understand wheel fitment

Education:
http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...tart-here.html


Spoiler: don’t buy spacers. Buy wheels that fit