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Old Feb 23, 2013 | 05:07 PM
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Old Feb 27, 2013 | 04:02 AM
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Tasteful mods! I think lighting upgrades are in my future too...definitely the smoked side marker lights!

I put on TMS 15mm spacers in the rear. I love how they look, but hate the fact that my tire shop REFUSES to put them back on whenever I go in for a rotation. They say it's a "liability" issue.
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Old Mar 13, 2013 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Dishoom
Tasteful mods! I think lighting upgrades are in my future too...definitely the smoked side marker lights!

I put on TMS 15mm spacers in the rear. I love how they look, but hate the fact that my tire shop REFUSES to put them back on whenever I go in for a rotation. They say it's a "liability" issue.
Thanks man!

Just had my 550 in for service and they notice my tires are completely worn out on both sides on the inside of the tire, BUT it was not like this when i put the spacers on?

Dont make sense, spacers doesn't change the angle anything, just the width.
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Old Mar 16, 2013 | 11:44 AM
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Shame on you for paying for black grills! lol I plasti-dip mine!
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by AWDBoost
Shame on you for paying for black grills! lol I plasti-dip mine!
lol, i wanted to plasti dip my GFs RSX, but she wont let me
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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by AWDBoost
Shame on you for paying for black grills! lol I plasti-dip mine!
I see you are in NC, I'm moving to there this week. Where you plasti-dip in NC?
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Old Mar 25, 2013 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by unoe60
Thanks man!

Just had my 550 in for service and they notice my tires are completely worn out on both sides on the inside of the tire, BUT it was not like this when i put the spacers on?

Dont make sense, spacers doesn't change the angle anything, just the width.
Spacers don't change the angle, true, however they exaggerate the same angle a little.
The rear tires/suspension should have a bit of a negative camber to begin with, then under compression/load, the negative camber increases. With spacers, it pushes the tires out away from the pivot point, so you will actually have a tiny bit more negative camber even parked, and especially under compression.
You can have the rear aligned again (with spacers installed) to match factory camber, which should bring wear issues back to normal.
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