00:00If you lowered your Lexus IS250, slapped on aftermarket wheels, and now the rears tuck a
00:05full inch inside the fender while the front edge is one bump away from kissing the coilover,
00:10stop. You do not need to buy new wheels. And I'll show you the exact spacer setup that fixed this
00:16white 2013 IS250, flush, with zero rub. Before you roll your eyes at brand video, this isn't a
00:24sales pitch. It's a real customer car, installed January 8th. What you're about to see. The three
00:30measurements that decide if spacers are safe on your IS. The thickness formula we used, and the
00:35torque numbers that kept it tight. No guessing. Just data. First, the three numbers. Most spacer
00:42jobs fail because the spacer is lug-centric, or the bore is wrong. So the wheel hangs off the studs
00:47instead of centering on the hub. Your IS250 is 5x114.3, center bore 60.1mm, M12x1.5. Nail those
00:58three, and the wheel centers on the hub, where it's supposed to be. Miss them, and you're balancing
01:03the whole car on five studs. That's the difference between safe and scary. Second, how thick. Don't
01:09guess, measure. Take a straight edge, place it against the outermost part of your tire or rim,
01:15and measure straight up to the fender. That gap is the spacer thickness you're looking for.
01:20Do this for both the front and rear. On this car, the front was tucked 25mm, the rear, 27. That
01:27gave
01:28us 20 up front, 25 out back. Write those numbers down, because the wrong thickness is either still
01:34tucked, or it rubs. Third, why the spacer and not the $40 set? Forged AL6061. T6. One solid billet,
01:44not cast. Hub-centric with a knurled edge, so it can't spin on the hub. Grade 10 nuts. Grade 12
01:51.9
01:51studs. And look at the back, those pedal grooves are active cooling. As the wheel turns they scoop
01:57air through, and pull heat off your brakes. Patented, and it's why we trust them on a daily
02:01driver. Install it like your life depends on it, because cornering does. Jack stand, never just a
02:08floor jack. Clean the hub face. Anti-seize the studs. Spacer nuts to 113Nm in a star pattern.
02:16Wool nuts to 103. Then re-torque on the ground after 50 miles. For corners, same routine. Proof it holds.
02:23The 20mm weighs 1176 grams. The 25mm 1314, that's billet mass, not hollow. Over 75 TUV and SGS reports
02:35cover the studs, nuts, and spacers. So that's the exact setup for this 2013 IS250. The precise kit
02:43and a printable torque sheet for your car are in the description. Tap it. Measure your gap. Don't
02:48guess. And if you're running spacers or thinking about them, hit subscribe. Drop your car and your
02:54thickness in the comments. Next up, a Civic Type R that's one spacer away from perfect. Watch that.
