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Help me! Springs

Posted: August 8th, 2002, 11:31 pm
by seig
I have enkei 17inch wheels and want to drop my car 1.3 inches i was going to put in new struts right away and get it all over with. A guy at the garage told me that there might not be enough room to aline the tires. is this true its a real small drop and its on a 92 mx3 <P>help

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 9th, 2002, 12:05 am
by white fish
what is the offset of the rims?

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 9th, 2002, 12:18 am
by seig
what do you mean by offset?

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 19th, 2002, 2:32 pm
by Ryencool
classic fast and the furious syndrome...lol

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 19th, 2002, 11:17 pm
by white fish
offset is the distance in or out the rim sits in the wheel well

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 20th, 2002, 10:05 pm
by TopGun
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by white fish:<BR><STRONG>offset is the distance in or out the rim sits in the wheel well</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I just bought a set of ADR GT Sports - 40mm offset - is this a problem? they're 17" w/ 205/40/17 Falken Zieks. No problems here?<P>What's the proper torque spec on the lug nuts btw?

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 21st, 2002, 2:34 am
by seig
My off set is 40mm they are enkei rsf's sorry i didn't know what you meant by offset i

Re: Help me! Springs

Posted: August 26th, 2002, 6:47 pm
by Mean_Machine
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Top Gun:<BR><STRONG><BR>What's the proper torque spec on the lug nuts btw?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>the online shop manual says "66-86ft/lb"