phil136
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YOu will be fine..I have the same tires. Regardless there's no rubbing. I dunno how wide youre goin for wheels though.
The back does look lower?
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Suspension help!
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YOu will be fine..I have the same tires. Regardless there's no rubbing. I dunno how wide youre goin for wheels though.
The back does look lower?
hey_mikey
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if you look at the bottom edge of the car (below the doors), you can see that it's still a little raked with the front lower than the rear. yes, the rear wheel gap looks a hair smaller, but that's not uncommon. for some reason, on a lot of cars the rear wheel opening is slightly smaller than the front, making the rear look lower even if the car was level. a lot of bmws were like this, even my old e46.
for instance, in this photo, the car's front end is lower than the rear (look at the shadows to tell the level of the car), but the wheel gap is larger in front than in the back. that's cuz the wheel opening is larger in front.
for instance, in this photo, the car's front end is lower than the rear (look at the shadows to tell the level of the car), but the wheel gap is larger in front than in the back. that's cuz the wheel opening is larger in front.
phil136
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crap that is dead obvious. Yah I can see that car front end is still lower. Interesting.
Wish I had fenders like that on the civic ... LOL
Probably the tire more compressed up front? top line confirms what you were saying.
Wish I had fenders like that on the civic ... LOL
Probably the tire more compressed up front? top line confirms what you were saying.
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Michael Perez
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phil136 it looks nice! I will still be on the same 17x8 +33 offset just different tires
phil136
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Good offset. I wish i got that. I got stock offset(since i bought em from someone). I would like 10 mm farther out.
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phil136
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GO LAKERS???? 
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Michael Perez
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Just run some spacers. The wheels I have are a +53 but I needed to clear the factory centerbore to run them so I bought 20mm wheels adapters so now they act as a +33 and sit flush 
Nice colors lol. I have the same minus the KONI sports!
Nice colors lol. I have the same minus the KONI sports!
phil136
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Just run some spacers. The wheels I have are a +53 but I needed to clear the factory centerbore to run them so I bought 20mm wheels adapters so now they act as a +33 and sit flush
Nice colors lol. I have the same minus the KONI sports!
Yah I was debating on getting 10 mm spacer.. Still thinking about it. Was looking at the H&R ones. Meaning more wait time..... grr.. just wanna be done.
If you dont have the yellow you cant be in the laker fan club.....lol....paint your bolts.
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Yous guys are crazy! hahaha....
Also: Front wheel well is larger than rear so you can hit bumps with the wheels turned and not hit the fender. Ya?
Also: Front wheel well is larger than rear so you can hit bumps with the wheels turned and not hit the fender. Ya?
phil136
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I assume thats the function behind it. I thought that why H&R other springs have the lower front springs, to compensate?
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****... I'm a Celtics fan. Looks like I'll be returning my GodSpeed camber arms and switching my shocks and springs to Tein...
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Michael Perez
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Remember to have about 8 turns on the lug nuts when using spacers. The civic studs are short be careful. If not press in longer studs.
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Michael Perez
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FB2Chris why are you returning the arms?
phil136
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I usually torque to 85 lbs?
Colors... caues hes a celtics fan. Hahahah
80 ft/lbs. for lug nuts.
I'm just joking lol
The rule of thumb with lug nuts is that you need to engage as many threads as the diameter of the lug nut. I don't know the size of the 12'+ civic off hand but it's probably12mm & Honda thread pitch is 1.5mm per thread.
You'll need 8 turns of the nut to engage 12mm worth of threads.
8 turns x 1.5mm = 12 mm of engagement
7 turns x 1.5mm = 10.5mm
6 turns x 1.5mm = 9mm
5 turns x 1.5mm = 7.5mm
Take one off and put it back on until it's tight and see how many turns you get. If it's only 4-5 till it's tight I think you might be running a little short. 7? You're probably ok. I'd say get extended studs with a 5mm spacer just to be safe but check it out and see what it looks and feels like to you. 3mm spacer is usually the max you can safely run.
phil136
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****... I'm a Celtics fan. Looks like I'll be returning my GodSpeed camber arms and switching my shocks and springs to Tein...
LOL ... celtics would be difficult(white paint?)
^^^why so serious?
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phil136
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This is partly why I dont want spacers. Can you just measure the exposed stud with all nuts tightened but one?
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