jeff996tt

I have a 996tt with eibach springs (lowered 1.5" from stock). I was thinking about putting 19" rims on the car and was wondering if they would fit without rubbing? I would be buying the rims off ebay and so I can't test them out ahead of time. Does anyone have a similar setup and does it work well.

Thanks

maxwell

at 1.5" you'll probably have to roll the rear fenders. The front come rolled from the factory. At 1.25", you will be fine.

amerlemans

Wow! Do the Eibachs lower a 996TT 1.5"? I have a CaymanS with H&R's that lower the car a little over 1".

I have the CaymanS for sale and will be purchasing a 2001 or 2002 996TT and plan on lowering it and putting 19's on. Does anybody know how much the H&R's lower a 996TT?

tkerrmd

may be ok if offsets are correct.

wanna911

I have 19's with H&R Springs and Techarts and it may rub if I bottom out but that's it.

GreggT

As Tom said.......it's offset you might want to pay attention to.......lots of us have low cars, with 19s. You can have 'rubbing' on 17s if the offset's too low. Also....if all you are doing is springs (ie not significantly tightening things up) then you allow for more suspension travel than otherwise.

Oak

if you purchase your wheels from a reputable mfgr you should have no rubbing issues. contrary to what people have said you have less chance of fender rubbing on the rears if you have a lowered suspension.

maxwell

true, but if you get wheels with an agressive offset, like techarts, and you lower the car 1.5 inches, you are risking the rear wheels hitting the fenders when the suspension compresses.

Oak

the way the rear suspension articulates and the limitation of compensating for neg camber on the stock setup the techarts are designed to mounted to a lowered suspension. techarts will rub if stock or even just slightly lowered, guys that have lowered 1" plus should not have any problem with rubbing the fender lips. if they do you can simply roll the fenders with the fender rolling tool.

Oak

here's a shot of my turbo w my old set of 19" hre's agressive off sets no fender prep. suspension is around than GT2 specs. H&R coil overs.

sharkster

I remember that set of pix Oak. The glory days!!!

cpu77

What model spec wheels are those? They look great!

Oak

cpu77, thanks for the compliments those are my old HRE 843's in 19" brush center. new member LGaucho has taken them off my hands. I miss those wheels. Pics really don't do justice to those wheels. The rare 11 spoke layout.

Oak

cpu77, how the fender rolling tool? have you used it?

Woodster

You are more likely to have front rubbing problems than rear.

sometimes the fronts can rub slightly on the radiator hoses, etc.

My 245 front Hoosiers run slightly with stock wheels.

Rears: My buddy Steve Beddor has his RUF CTR2 Sport lowered so much you can
pinch a penny between fender and rear slick and it DOES NOT RUB (it is that OAKY
rear suspension articulation thingy at work!)

MK