Not enough funds for new wheels at the moment but I wish to give my Fit Sport a bit more stance. I'm about to purchase a set of Ichiba hubcentric spacers, 20mm front and 32mm rear. I am stock suspension with OEM alloy wheels. I am not planning on lowering due to living in the country with lots of steep driveways and road conditions which will destroy my front end. Anyone see any fitment issues or perhaps another size?

 

Thats way out there.

 

Pictures of 15mm front and 20mm rear https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/2nd-...-question.html

 

OP this thread might interest you: https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/1st-...e-driving.html

 

Thanks for the link but that car is lowered quite a bit with non stock size tires. I just ordered the Ichiba V2 20mm spacers and will try them front and rear to see if there are any issues. I have a lowered STI and don't want the scraping issues with the Fit.

 

That is exactly why I ordered Ichiba Hubcentric V2 spacers. I use them also on my Subi which sees frequent track days.

 

Just to give you a idea of how far the wheels will stick out with the spacers. You can go higher spacerif not lowering but will stick out. See low offset wheels of 20 to 25 to compare to the spacers you are looking at for your car.

 

Exactly. I just want the tires to look flush with the body lines. I do eventually want 17" rims with 205's.

 

When you install the spacers be sure to post pictures. I have been going back the forth on wheels vs spacers. Always wanted a cheap set of deep dish wheels most people do not know the difference rather then purchase expensive wheels to worry about selling in the future or being stolen. The problem with getting a nice set of wheels I will have to remove before winter, salt will kill expensive wheels.

Good luck.

 

Whoa! Another subie guy. I have an '02 Rex I putt around in...

 

I guess, ultimately, 205s on a 16x7 wheel with +43 offset is the same as using stock wheel and tires with a 20 mm spacer. Well, in terms of lining up with the body.

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/974182-post2000.html (as you can see from the post) the pictures were taken in march of 2011... but my setup is still the same now.

I kinda wish that my fronts sunk back in about 5 mm... I don't like that it sticks out.

The rear on the other hand... I wish came out a touch. But I guess it's fine as is.

Oh, I am "lowered" on Swifts.

 

newbie question but, would i need new studs if im sticking with stock rims+tires but adding in spacers like the above 15mm and 20mm? i just dont like how tucked in they look

 

yes.

you do realize the stock nut is barely an inch tall, right? Then you have to factor in the fact that you lose part of that length for the metal thickness at the top... and that the lug doesn't fully extend into the nut (there will be a small, if tiny, gap).

15 mm is over half an inch... and 20 is 4/5th of an inch (1in = 25.4mm). At which point, the nut would be lucky to get a few threads (which is vary dangerous).

 

No need for longer studs with V2 (Version2) as the spacer does not 'float' between the hub and wheel.

 

Couldn't imagine what this car would look like if the wheels stuck out more than stock.

 

Yup, I agree that the car would be harder to keep clean. But having the car look the way you want doesn't always mean its practical.

 

Wheel spacers of the type that bolt on the hub and a separate bolts to tghe spacer has a reduction in the offset.
20 mm thick spacers reduce the offset by 20 mm, from 52 or 53 mm to 32 or 33 mm. That of course, is way too little and the wheel/tire will stick out from the fender a ton and rub a lot.
As for 31 mm thats actual 22 or 23 mm offset and thats ridiculous. Besides the interference there's the issue of greater bearing and suspension loads and shock loadings as well.
We recommend a maximum spacer thickness of 6 mm and you may need extra long studs to be sure you get enoughthreads o the nut. SAE standard is tghread engasgement equal to the stud width. For Fit 12mm studs thats 8 threads on a 12x1.5 thread.
Less than that carries a heavy risk of the wheel coming off.

 

There are many Fits which are running 35 offset with no rubbing. The ones who are rubbing have lowered suspensions. I'm staying stock ride height. Even my Subaru STI has Ichiba V2 hubcentric's with 25mm front and 35mm rear offset. It also runs on Tein Superstreet coil overs with no issues and years of track abuse. I believe that many of you are assuming that a spacer is getting sandwiched beween the hub and the wheel, which isn't the case as the V2 is bolted directly to the hub. Its a quality machined part that is time tested for durability and strength. I'll post pics of the 20mm offset when they arrive, hopefully by the end of this week.

 

Spacers are perfectly safe IF the proper longer hub bolts are used, some people use spacers unsafely with factory hub bolts which are only long enough to accommodate the factory wheel and nothing else. I also despise the use of adapter type spacers myself even though they are quiet safe i don't think they are as good as the long hub bolt system.

 

I'm sorry I ever started this thread