First Time Installing Wheel Spacers - Torque Solution WRX STI | 4enthusiasts
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2021
- This was my first time installing wheel spacers. There are a lot of pros and cons about running spacers but I personally wanted to run then as I will be lowering my car and keeping the stock wheel which I love. I specifically chose Torque Solution's wheel spacers as they use 7075-T6 aluminum which has a much higher yield strength compared to other wheel spacers that use 6061-T6 aluminum. The strength of 6061-T6 aluminum is more than enough for a wheel spacer but it's like would you rather have a carbon driveshaft or a steel driveshaft, the same situation here.
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Watch your video on install spacer on my friend car.great video
Those brakes look sick tho 💥
Thanks
I don't know if this was asked before, if I have stock BBS wheels for the 2016 STI will the OEM studs protrude from the 20 mm spacer and hit the backside of the wheel during installation?
Wheel spacers come in different thickness. The smaller ones like a 5mm or 10mm go on the OEM wheel studs and the wheel goes on the OEM wheel studs as wheel. For thicker wheel spacers like a 15mm, 20mm, etc. the wheel spacers will have studs within the wheel spacers so you wheel will be mounted to the spacer and the spacer will be mounted to the OEM wheel studs. If you wheel studs are stock and not an aftermarket extended one, than the OEM wheel studs will not stick past the thickness of the wheel spacer. I ram a 15mm and have clearance so your 20mm should be good. All the companies that make the wheel spacers for the STI have already done the test fitment for you so you can be confident to install them. Just be sure to add thread locker and torque then down correctly
The lawnmower noise tho 👂
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my 2021 STi currently have 4k mileage and brakes in front started squealing.....just wondering if you experiencing the same and also how many mileage. thanks....on the forums they said squealing is normal...its annoying
Yeah I started hearing mine squealing at past 10,000 miles. I thought it was my brake pads so I swapped them for EBC yellow stuff in the front but I still get the sound. At this point I have just accepted it but think it’s due to the drilled rotor design. Looking yo switch to the Giro disc rotors soon once I have the funds for a slotted rotor which will work much better. But when I changed my brake pads, I had serious grooves on my rotor which is something you should check on yours. This grooving also appeared on the brake pad which should be just smooth but has grooves on the pads which is not how it should be. So I think the issue is the brake rotor from factory which most swap it out for aftermarket ones anyway
@@4enthusiasts thanks bro......but yea im just sticking to OEMs, keeping my car stock in terms of performance, engine, and all.....except just te37 and coilovers hehe,..... just gonna have to accept the noise lol
Best of luck, I’m probably not gonna use OEM rotors as they are much more expensive and the noise can reoccur again. Also an aftermarket rotor would be much lighter and better pads can reduce the annoying brake dust that the Brembo pads create
What size wheels spacers are these?
25mm
What’s the torque spec? I missed it.
Torque it to OE spec (89 ft-lb or 120 Nm)
A scotchbrite pad will do.
Sure will
Are those 20mm or 25mm?
These are 20mm, I later switched to 25mm for better fitment with the camber setup i ran
@@4enthusiastsis 20 or 25 mm flush?
@@frostyorangez8338 25mm will get you flush
whats the specs on the spacers?
They are 20mm F/R
@@4enthusiasts have u tried the 30mm f/r? ive wanted to try them out and have alil bit more tire hanging out my fenders, not alot of tire but a good inch or less. do u think thatd be a good idea?
I personally wouldn’t do it but it all depends on what you use your car for. In general spacers will reduce your cars handling and instead you should get properly offset wheels. In my case since I want to run the stock wheels I went with spacers. The 20mm is more than enough but if you want some tire poke you can go much higher. This will affect your car’s alignment and change your suspension geometry, especially your scrub radius. I do a lot of cornering with my car so how the car handles is very important and spacers will be a factor to changing how the car feels. If you just daily the car and mostly do straight line driving and just want the pure aesthetics than sure run the 30mm. Do note that wheel spacers will wear out the wheel bearing much faster the larger the spacer you use as the loading of the wheel will be much higher. Check out the forums to see what people who ran a 30mm spacer thinks about it. At that point you might as well look into getting different wheels with the offset/wheel fitment your looking for. Best of luck 👍
@@4enthusiasts ty for ur input i appreciate u going into depth about it, ima go 20mm since there seems to be more issues running a 30mm then a 20mm. do u have any steering or control issues with 20mm spacers or is it just 30mm spacers that do the most amount of wear and tear
The 20mm handles like stock with the stock suspension, won’t feel the difference unless your at the limit. With coilovers and when the car is lowered, it will definitely affect the alignment more as your stock suspension geometry is different like the roll center. Always check the forums and videos for other people’s opinion