[rorymick]

1" /25mm rear wheel spacers installed...

If I had to do it again. Id go 20 mm 3/4" instead. Theyre a little further out then flush with the fender.

If a lowering spring kit (no more than 1" drop) added a bit of camber. They'd be perfect.

I got them from ebay. I do believe the brand is Akata spacer?

I do however like the width better than stock.

I had to trim the nubbins off the wheel studs. Might have got away without trimming them but the nubs are useless anyways.

[rorymick]

Whoaaa....I uploaded the pics the right side up. Not sure how they ended up sideways guys!

[BradfordCamaro]

If the pic is too big or a resolution too wide. It will flip it.
Yes. 25mm is too big. 20mm tops. Even that is 2mm over. 16/17mm is flush.
Easy to find 15mm spacers, I would do that.

[AbsolutHank]

Weird. I didn't mean to point you in the wrong direction. I installed my 20mm spacers the same time I installed the GM Lowering Kit, so maybe that's why it seemed like 25mm would be better?

[Ian SS]

Did you get extended studs? What do you mean the nubs are useless? If they were useless GM wouldn't have put them on the car............?

[rorymick]

The spacers have proper length studs built into them. I think a short spacer would be just that. A spacer
But these have studs built in.

The nubbins are not threaded. Theyre about 3/8" long at the end of the studs that aren't threaded. When installing some spacers its required to trim the studs. Though the stock rims have recesses in them to accommodate a bit of stud for a spacer install.

I'll likely get 20mm spacers at some point. Keep the 25mm spacers for when (if) I get lowering springs.

I still like it better than the stock offset though.

Now Id like to see pics of what kind of camber lowering springs provide etc. Im sure someone will mention that too much camber is bad for tire wear. Which I can imagine is true...but have y'all ever noticed that BMW X5's look like they have a ton of camber in the rear?

[rorymick]

These are the spacers.

[V8SS]

For the purpose of vehicle balance, I'm sure it's not a good idea to add spacers to the rear and not the front.

[laynlo15]

If you like it that's what matters, I'm just not a fan of the spacers. We use them on some of our lifted trucks at our shop if the customer wants them.

[NoClueHyperBlue]

Originally Posted by rorymick

Whoaaa....I uploaded the pics the right side up. Not sure how they ended up sideways guys!

You have to resize your original pics before you upload them. If they are to large the forum software will rotate them. Don't know why, but it's not just this forum.

[crankaholic]

Originally Posted by slo_1ss

Did you get extended studs? What do you mean the nubs are useless? If they were useless GM wouldn't have put them on the car............?

They are there because people (shops) were using an impact gun to install lug nuts without first threading them by had a bit... so sometimes they didn't align and stripped the threads. Those nubs just align the nuts so that wouldn't happen. At least that's the story I heard.

[rorymick]

Originally Posted by V8SS

For the purpose of vehicle balance, I'm sure it's not a good idea to add spacers to the rear and not the front.

Its been a busy weekend, pardon me for not getting back to the thread sooner, but please do explain.

Are you talking about in regards to an additional total of 5 lbs of weight to the rear of the car and not the front of the car?

SS models and most aftermarket setups have wider rear rims and tires. Which are heavier than the front rims and tires.

Or


The rear of the car having added width and likely more stability?

I may be missing your logic here? But I'm all ears...

You are aware that some models of camaros (SS models have a wider rear tire width (and aftermarket setups have different offsets front to rear) right?

[crankaholic]

Originally Posted by rorymick

Its been a busy weekend, pardon me for not getting back to the thread sooner, but please do explain.

Are you talking about in regards to an additional total of 5 lbs of weight to the rear of the car and not the front of the car?

SS models and most aftermarket setups have wider rear rims and tires. Which are heavier than the front rims and tires.

Or


The rear of the car having added width and likely more stability?

I may be missing your logic here? But I'm all ears...

You are aware that some models of camaros (SS models have a wider rear tire width (and aftermarket setups have different offsets front to rear) right?

The suspension was tuned with the center of the wheel in a certain position... moving the center of the wheel outwards will generate different forces on the suspension, it's probably not tuned to react to those forces and will behave differently. How differently depends on how far the wheels are moved and the geometry of the suspension - probably insignificant for daily driving when the wheel is moved only 20mm.

Edit: also, a wider rear track will cause the car to understeer more without any other changes.

[rorymick]

Heres a shot with the pic the right side up.