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Old 2010-05-03, 01:09 PM   #7
sperry
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Originally Posted by cody View Post
I'll trade some rear Porterfield R4-S pads for MY04+ (and some MY03) WRX's for some Rays lugs.

Should I use steel lugs if I'm going to use 3mm spacers? Seems like they'd be stronger.

Any reason I shouldn't run 3mm spacers in the front, but none in the rear? I can't imagine it would cause any problems.
A slightly wider front track should help counter understeer a little. Not sure that 6mm wider total trackwidth will be noticeable though, but IIRC the STi does have a little wider track up front vs. the WRX specifically for that reason, so there should be some merit to doing it.

I'd just run some open-ended steel lugs. They're strong, cheap, unobtrusive looking, and you can see the thread depth you're getting with the spacers in there.

Also, if you want some extended lugs, I've got the set that came with the wheel spacers I'm running on the SVX. I wasn't super happy with them compared to the ARPs I have on the WRX, so I just went with the ARPs for the SVX too, leaving me with a set of +15mm lugs. They're yours for nothin' if you need 'em.
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