GR86 Spacers Thread
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I felt 20mm at the rear without camber was too much, too USDM square looking. I have -2 or -2.5 camber I think and that figure was set to have the wheels sit under the arch a little. I would have preferred less but it drives nicely enough.
Fronts I think 25mm would have been better than 20mm, I have -1 or 1.5 camber because I thought any more than that looked a little silly.
Still think about trying 25mm spacers but got better things to waste my money on at the moment.
Fronts I think 25mm would have been better than 20mm, I have -1 or 1.5 camber because I thought any more than that looked a little silly.
Still think about trying 25mm spacers but got better things to waste my money on at the moment.
ninjin
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I agree, 20mm at the rear without camber will flush the factory tyre. With camber and lower it looks right, The front needs a 25mm spacer if you want to run it square with the back (20mm).
My car is set up for handling/track so I run -3deg at front and -1.5 at rear. At the track I swap out for track day wheels and remove the spacers. Track day wheels are 18x8.5" ET45 with 225/40 tyres, which sit inboard compared the road setup witht 20mm spacer.
Here's a couple of pics with OEM and 20mm and ET45 on its own.
My car is set up for handling/track so I run -3deg at front and -1.5 at rear. At the track I swap out for track day wheels and remove the spacers. Track day wheels are 18x8.5" ET45 with 225/40 tyres, which sit inboard compared the road setup witht 20mm spacer.
Here's a couple of pics with OEM and 20mm and ET45 on its own.
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I quite like the almost flush look though, personally.
Not my photos, but someone on the GT/GR86 Facebook group recently showed pictures of a car with 20mm spacers all round, on unmodified suspension, and I think it looks pretty smart.
Might stick mine on later today and see for myself.
Not my photos, but someone on the GT/GR86 Facebook group recently showed pictures of a car with 20mm spacers all round, on unmodified suspension, and I think it looks pretty smart.
Might stick mine on later today and see for myself.
ninjin
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I ran mine on 20mm for 6months on standard suspension. It looks a bit strange for a few days then it becomes the norm.
Here's mine running 20mm on stock suspension
Here's mine running 20mm on stock suspension
Okay, just fitted my spacers. 20mm rear, 15mm front. Stock suspension except camber bolts on the front with about 1 degree of camber.
I did the rears and at first they looked ridiculous. But because I'd jacked up the car with the fronts chocked, the suspension wasn't sitting at rest. After lowering the car and letting it roll a bit, looked much better.
Fronts are 15mm. I've read a few posts on the American forums saying that these won't work as bolt ons, because the pockets in the rear of the wheel home the OEM studs aren't deep enough. Doesn't seem to be true, at least for this Eibach spacer. The wheel slipped on and torqued down fine with no sign of interference. To be sure I took the wheel off again and measured OEM studs as best I could....they protrude 9.95mm from the mounting face of the spacer, while the pocket in the wheel was about 11mm deep or so (a little hard to measure accurately with a Vernier caliper).
Will see how it goes, but so far I think it looks pretty good.
I did the rears and at first they looked ridiculous. But because I'd jacked up the car with the fronts chocked, the suspension wasn't sitting at rest. After lowering the car and letting it roll a bit, looked much better.
Fronts are 15mm. I've read a few posts on the American forums saying that these won't work as bolt ons, because the pockets in the rear of the wheel home the OEM studs aren't deep enough. Doesn't seem to be true, at least for this Eibach spacer. The wheel slipped on and torqued down fine with no sign of interference. To be sure I took the wheel off again and measured OEM studs as best I could....they protrude 9.95mm from the mounting face of the spacer, while the pocket in the wheel was about 11mm deep or so (a little hard to measure accurately with a Vernier caliper).
Will see how it goes, but so far I think it looks pretty good.
Been a couple of weeks, and on reflection, I've decided to take them off again. Nothing wrong with them, but whereas I think with the GT86 they were a no-brainer, they aren't so much with the GR; it's an improvement, but not massively so (some angles I did think the rears poked too much), and I decided that it wasn't worth the few downsides they might have.
I know they shouldn't change steering geometry in any noticeable way with such small sizes, but it was still in the back of my head that I didn't really want to upset any of that for such a small cosmetic improvement. Also, intellectually I know that they will wear bearings faster (my GT86 rear bearings failed not longer after fitting spacers - probably more mileage related than anything, but spacers cant have helped). Also, really, it's something that you should notify the insurance company about as a modification, and given how mad insurance is right now, I don't want to give them any excuse to hike my premium. But neither do I want to risk such an obvious mod going undeclared.
I'll get around to putting them up in a proper for sale thread in a bit, but in the meantime, if anyone's interested in taking them, give me a shout.
EDIT - For Sale thread here:
www.gr-zoo.com
I know they shouldn't change steering geometry in any noticeable way with such small sizes, but it was still in the back of my head that I didn't really want to upset any of that for such a small cosmetic improvement. Also, intellectually I know that they will wear bearings faster (my GT86 rear bearings failed not longer after fitting spacers - probably more mileage related than anything, but spacers cant have helped). Also, really, it's something that you should notify the insurance company about as a modification, and given how mad insurance is right now, I don't want to give them any excuse to hike my premium. But neither do I want to risk such an obvious mod going undeclared.
I'll get around to putting them up in a proper for sale thread in a bit, but in the meantime, if anyone's interested in taking them, give me a shout.
EDIT - For Sale thread here:
Parts for Sale GR86 - Eibach Pro Wheel Spacers - 5x100 - 20mm // 15mm
I have two pairs of Eibach Pro hub centric bolt-on wheel spacers for sale: - 1x 20mm Pair (Full specs: https://www.fensport.co.uk/collections/toyota-gr86-2020-on/products/eibach-pro-wheel-spacer-20mm-5x100-gt86-brz) - 1x 15mm Pair (Full specs...
www.gr-zoo.com
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Sorry for bumping an older thread, but how did you know that the OEM studs didn't touch the rims?
I'm lowering my car on KW V1 coilovers and will use 20 mm spacers on the stock rims for my winter setup, but due to my summer OZ Leggera's being 18x8 +45, I would like to run a 15 mm spacer here, which shouldn't rub when gaining the natural camber in the rear from lowering the car.
I therefor need to ensure that the OZ's will clear the 15 mm spacer..
I fitted the spacers, then measured how far past the face of them the OEM studs protruded. Then measured the depth of the pockets on the stock wheels to confirm they were deeper. It was close but I think there was about 1mm of clearance.
To double check, I then put a dab of thick red grease on the end of each stud and fitted the wheels, then removed them. None of the grease had been disturbed, nor was there any sign that the grease had touched the inside of the pockets on the wheel.
