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what is the widest wheel i can run without spacers? **bonus**show off your wheels!!

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Old 09-11-2008, 03:51 PM
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IMO 18s are too much for the car. 19s would be out of the question. Also, do you want to keep the handling reasonable? Keep in mind your car will understeer with a staggered setup unless your suspension is changed to accomodate. You wont notice such a difference with 7/8 or 8/9 front/rear but if youd do something like 8/11 it would be very noticeable. The other thing to consider is that it's foolish to have such a massive rear tire on an n/a car unless you have a v8 or some nasty motor. Big wheels and tires are expensive, and heavy. Although, it definitely looks badass to have wide wheels on the back.

Edit: To answer your original question, you don't need spacers to run an 11" wide rear wheel as long as the offset is correct. One of the reasons for spacers is because the offset of a given wheel is too high.

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Old 09-11-2008, 06:26 PM
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thank you all very much!

i really do appreciate it... so, i need camber plates...huh?

also, to those of you with 18's... are you guys running stock height suspension? or lowered? if lowered.. how much?

thanks again!
Old 09-11-2008, 06:32 PM
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you don't need camber plates, its updated castor blocks.
Old 09-11-2008, 08:05 PM
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im sorry,

thank you alex!

any hints on where or what to look for?
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2002 Carrera Wheels, 18*8 and 18*10's with 245's and 295's.

No rubbing or scrubbing on my 88 951.









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Are those really only 10" and 8" wide?



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