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      03-29-2020, 01:58 PM   #1
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Measured for flush offset with stock wheels

I made a contraption to measure the perfect spacer size for flush look on stock wheels, on stock ride height.

FRONT: The front wheels sit a bit tucked in. To get the bottom of the tire to sit flush with top of fender, a 5mm spacer is perfect. To get the top of the tire to sit flush, a 10mm spacer is perfect, with tolerance up to 12mm. The problem is that if you flush the top of the tire, the bottom will stock out beyond the fender a few mm.

REAR: The bottom of the rear wheels sit about flush with the top of the fender, 2mm+-. In order to get the top of the tire to sit flush, you can easily squeeze a 15mm spacer for the rear.

The good news is that they make 5mm spacers for the front and that will get the bottom of the wheel flush with the top of the fender. Not full "flush" look but I think just about right. Anything over a 5mm and the bottom of the tire starts to poke. Anything over 10mm and the top starts to poke.

For the rear, the bottom of the tire is already flush with the top of the fender so to get a matching look, all you need is 5mm up front, nothing in rear. Maybe run a 3mm in the rear just so they pop a bit without looking overly obvious.

To get the tops of the tires all corners to sit flush, it's 10mm front and 15mm rear but then the bottoms of the tires are sticking out on all four corners.

I hope that helps someone!
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I don't know why the mobile app is such a pathetic excuse for a platform. But here are the pics to see it.
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Dont know how to rotate them. They were not sideways when I took them or uploaded them. I give up.
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Pics are fine enough. Great write up I'm sure someone will find this information very useful.
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Good write up. But yeah, loading pics from the app is a hit or miss. Lol
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