Spacers

[boogiefocus]

here is my ride:

2006 Ford Focus


im planning to get some spacers and here are my choices:

3mm


5mm


8mm


hope you guys could give suggestions to what size of spacers i should get..thanks

[boogiefocus]

btw, im on tanabe nf210 lowering springs with 1.5"drop. hope you guys give some suggestions

[twastheglow]

Well, how much further do you want to bring your wheels out?

[firelizard]

That's not enough information.

What's the distance from lip to fender? What do you want it to be? How much lip poke does your tire size give you?

btw, if you find out the answers to these questions, you'll know what spacers to get anyways.

[boogiefocus]

im not really sure with the distance but my aim is to bring out my wheels just a little bit closer to my fenders and im leaning on those 5mm or 8mm spacers.. my wheels are 16s on 205/50 tires with 5x108 wheel specs.

[jared1988]

get a metric ruler and measure from your tire to your fender. orrrrrrrrrrrr if your really not feelin like doing work, get better pictures of your suckeness and someone on here can give you a guestimate spacer size just by looking at your pic. which could be wrong and you still might be sunk or could be poking...

from your 3rd pic it looks like you need 50mm spacer, that should bring your wheel out a little more

[boogiefocus]

thanks man

[firelizard]

get a metric ruler and measure from your tire to your fender.

I would have just left it at this.

Guesstimates are pretty worthless. Especially considering how bad a lot of people on this site are at it.

[jared1988]

I would have just left it at this.

Guesstimates are pretty worthless. Especially considering how bad a lot of people on this site are at it.

yeah, it was full of sarcasm and annoyance at lack of trying. but as i looked at it more, 50mm seemed it would be an ok fit hes probably gonna mess sometihng up running that big of spacer on a narrow wheel

[boogiefocus]

ei maybe you guys could help me out here..i wanna stretch my tires and right now my rims are 16x7 with 205/50 tires offset is +48..and now ive decided to get those 8mm spacers.. how can i stretch my ride to look somewhat like this:




check out the rear wheels of the eg and the black car

[jared1988]

you would have to sell your focus and buy an eg hatch back civic

[bmw_devil]

^^ lol

[firelizard]

ei maybe you guys could help me out here..i wanna stretch my tires and right now my rims are 16x7 with 205/50 tires offset is +48..and now ive decided to get those 8mm spacers.. how can i stretch my ride to look somewhat like this:

Get wheels about 2" wider and with a much lower offset and you might have something to start with.

[TheRev]

Spacers...go with 15mm to be sure

If you wanna use the 7Js go with a skinnier tire like a 185/50/16s, other than that I'd go with a lower offset rim

[firelizard]

15mm won't be flush and 185/50/16 is not a good tire choice.