r/ft86 • u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 • 2d ago

Fitment

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Idk why my fitment bothers me so much but I’m on the 17 stocks and I just got my 20 mm spacers on up front and was planning on 25’s in the rear but I feel like the front still looks bad and would be better with 25’s. But then idk if I should go 30 mm in the rear

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u/MrMinerNiner 2d ago

If you have excess negative camber, pulling that out would probably look better. Brings the top edge of the wheel/tire closer to the fender

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u/yeoldelaserrobot 2d ago

This. Would look better if it wasn't slammed so low too.

OP, what's your alignment right now?

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u/MrMinerNiner 2d ago

True. Pretty much just staying a little closer to stock until they can get some aftermarket wheels lol

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 2d ago

Idk if you need 18’s for it to “look good”, might js get some bigger spacers

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u/MrMinerNiner 2d ago

You don't. Im running 16s and it still looks good imo. You can make most diameters look good. It's just the high offset that's the problem. It creates a huge gap from the fender and wheel. Lowering the car too much or having negative camber just make that gap much more obvious. Whether you go with new low offset wheels or spacers doesn't matter. Both bring your wheel closer to the fender. But without doing either of those, raising the car a little or removing any camber would be your best bet for making it look cleaner

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 2d ago

So would 25 mm up front make this look any better than 20 mm?

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u/MrMinerNiner 2d ago

It'll look better by 5mm

If you want, measure from the wheel/tire to the lip of the fender. Whatever that measurement is would be around how much thicker you want your new spacer to be. Just make sure your camber is set to where you want first. And when measuring, make sure you don't measure all the way up to the fender since you don't want the wheel/tire to be touching the fenders

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 1d ago

Gotcha. I discovered my coils have camber plates and I messed with them so mayb I added too much negative camber lol

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u/MrMinerNiner 1d ago

The amount of negative camber depends entirely on what you want it to be. How you want the car to drive and look. So if you think it's too much, then it's too much. If you like where it's at right now, you'll need a fatter spacer lol. Fitment is annoying like that. That's why I just get wheels that'll fit close enough and add camber until they fit

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 1d ago

Yeah I would totally get 18’s but my dumbass just bought tires for these 17’s couple months ago

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u/Emmete18 2d ago

What suspension are you running

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 2d ago

Maxed out on tein flex z’s

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u/Emmete18 2d ago

18s, wider tire, 25mm spacer, dont slam it

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 2d ago

I want 18’s but I js bought new tires for the 17’s lol and I don’t wanna waste that money

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u/AccomplishedPlant708 2d ago

Fuck it ride it until the tires go then upgrade

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u/Broad-Kitchen-9261 2d ago

Man I never thought the day would come I’m hoping my tires wear down quickly 😭

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u/ManualSwapEverything 1d ago

It's the camber. The rear gains more dynamically on these cars too. That ride height is also very low, which looks sick, but you'll go through rear CV shafts quicker and you're gonna be riding on bump stops a lot. Also, the car will flop around in corners more due to the new geometry...
If you just want to fix the fitment issue and don't mind any of the other problems, you're gonna need bigger spacers at the rear and front, or dial out some front camber. Just know you're car will understeer and will be prone to just suddenly losing control on mid-corner bumps.
It's easier to get visually low ride height with the use of a body kit. It's much easier to tap some fibreglass on the road, than the subframe, or bottom a shock and go flying off the road.