Added Rear Wheel Spacers

vxr500

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Tired of the “tucked in” look on the back wheels, so put on 25mm coyote spacers. I really like the stock 19’s, and I can’t go any wider with the tires (255/40), so this was my option. Looked weird at first, but it’s growing on me.

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Looks good with the spacers. After you put a few hundred miles on it, take the rear wheels off and re-torque the nuts on the spacers and then the lug nuts.
Now it’s time to lower it!
 

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Looks good with the spacers. After you put a few hundred miles on it, take the rear wheels off and re-torque the nuts on the spacers and then the lug nuts.
Now it’s time to lower it!

Yup. Probably take me a month or two to get that mileage, then I’ll check again.

I know it’ll look/handle better if I lower it, but I’ve got a pretty bad lower back and I don’t want to ruin the relatively decent ride I have now.

I did add konis, a boss 302 sway bar, a rear shock bar, and tubular control arms and panhard rod. Plus it’s a Trackpack car, so it handles good enough for me.
 

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Yup. Probably take me a month or two to get that mileage, then I’ll check again.

I know it’ll look/handle better if I lower it, but I’ve got a pretty bad lower back and I don’t want to ruin the relatively decent ride I have now.

I did add konis, a boss 302 sway bar, a rear shock bar, and tubular control arms and panhard rod. Plus it’s a Trackpack car, so it handles good enough for me.

Yah, I hear ya. I don’t have a bad back, but I’ve just gotten to an age where I don’t want to deal with a rough ride. I swapped my Eibach Pro Kit springs for BMRs which are a good bit softer. I’m actually trying another set, Tein H-Tech, which are even softer and don’t lower the front so much. I’ll have those on later this week. Hopefully that will do the trick. If not, I might have to go back to stock springs (which unfortunately are long gone, so I’ll have to find some used ones.)
 

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Yah, I hear ya. I don’t have a bad back, but I’ve just gotten to an age where I don’t want to deal with a rough ride. I swapped my Eibach Pro Kit springs for BMRs which are a good bit softer. I’m actually trying another set, Tein H-Tech, which are even softer and don’t lower the front so much. I’ll have those on later this week. Hopefully that will do the trick. If not, I might have to go back to stock springs (which unfortunately are long gone, so I’ll have to find some used ones.)

I was thinking maybe Boss 302 springs as they don’t lower the car too much (quarter to half inch?)and probably aren’t as stiff as aftermarket.
 

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Are you tired of those terrible wheel gaps and tucked look? Get rid of your stock wheels and lower it!

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