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02-11-2019, 05:36 PM
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Sorry I can’t post photos from my phone but I’ll try.
I went with 15mm front and 5mm rear on my type II C4S. I also added a 315 R888R to rear and I still could have gone out 5mm more but am near perfect where I’m at on my Sport Chronology wheels. The fronts needed more than 15mm but plan to try to get a 265 up front if I can find something other than a Hoosier. Over all it looks dramatically better especially since adding the Eibach Sorings. I do wish the ride was maybe 5mm lower but like the handling results from eibach and techart and hr feedback did not sound good so happy with the choice.
spacers and bolts are black and also found security locks that work from FVD or something from Germany.
03-03-2019, 02:54 AM
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Front and rear have 1/4” of poke
Front 15mm spacer T6061 from Amazon
Front stance
Rear stance wouldn’t change the specs of the spacers for street use and will add PPF to front and rear fenders.
I went with 15mm front and 7mm rear on my 2019 T to give more track width and hopefully dial out some understeer and fill the wheel wells. Fronts were hiding by what seemed like an inch or so and 15mm was perfect for my OE 20x8.5 and 20x11.5 Carrera S style wheels. Downside is the tires will throw nice rooster tails and gravel if driving in the wet.
I would like to add that for for those wanting to keep the rears without spacers (as I had contemplated) I would have only added 10mm or 12mm spacers up front to fill the fenders and called it a day. I was trying to keep the factory engineered stagger within 10mm (front to rear spacer delta) to preserve the original handling characteristics. I know that Porsche engineers are smarter than me and when I track the car I will only use the 7mm spacers up front and remove the rear spacers. Tracking with spacers just means lots of checking of wheels and wheel bolt torque values, etc.
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03-05-2019, 12:19 PM
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Front and rear have 1/4” of poke
Front 15mm spacer T6061 from Amazon
Front stance
Rear stance wouldn’t change the specs of the spacers for street use and will add PPF to front and rear fenders.
I went with 15mm front and 7mm rear on my 2019 T to give more track width and hopefully dial out some understeer and fill the wheel wells. Fronts were hiding by what seemed like an inch or so and 15mm was perfect for my OE 20x8.5 and 20x11.5 Carrera S style wheels. Downside is the tires will throw nice rooster tails and gravel if driving in the wet.
I would like to add that for for those wanting to keep the rears without spacers (as I had contemplated) I would have only added 10mm or 12mm spacers up front to fill the fenders and called it a day. I was trying to keep the factory engineered stagger within 10mm (front to rear spacer delta) to preserve the original handling characteristics. I know that Porsche engineers are smarter than me and when I track the car I will only use the 7mm spacers up front and remove the rear spacers. Tracking with spacers just means lots of checking of wheels and wheel bolt torque values, etc.
03-24-2019, 10:27 PM
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What kind of spacer bolts do I need, conical or ball seat? And I assume I should get the hubcentrics? I am looking for two pair of 7mms, black bolts, that I need to get ASAP so I can put them on when my PCCBs are installed.
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03-24-2019, 10:36 PM
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If you look at the picture is post #44, looks like Ball
03-24-2019, 11:20 PM
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Keep in mind two things:
1) adding spacers to stock wheels changes the suspension geometry and tire wear absent a new alignment.
2) unequal spacers between front and rear alters the handling characteristics engineered by the Porsche engineers, sometimes quite significantly.
1) adding spacers to stock wheels changes the suspension geometry and tire wear absent a new alignment.
2) unequal spacers between front and rear alters the handling characteristics engineered by the Porsche engineers, sometimes quite significantly.
03-25-2019, 12:49 PM
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think you could say the same then if fitting wheels that are sometimes .5"-1" wider no?
03-25-2019, 01:23 PM
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I'll be fine with 7mm spacers front & rear, which allows me to retain the staggered look and not enough to affect the alignment. Now I just need to find a couple pair in Black with ball type Black bolts...lots of choices.
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10-21-2019, 01:40 PM
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For the rear-its almost perfect in my opinion-I would like to add a 5mm rear spacer but I want to keep the stock bolts/locks however I think they are too short to use with a 5mm spacer. I think the only way to retain the stock wheel bolts/locks is to go with something like a 3mm (which I may end up doing). The reason I want to keep the stock bolts/locks are because most wheel spacer kits I see dont have a wheel lock (such as my front kit). I would like to at least keep the locks on the back-my thought is that thieves would be put off by having to deal with a wheel lock on the rear wheels and would not attempt to just take the front wheels (not the best reasoning I know, but you never know-something is better than nothing)!!!
10-21-2019, 02:01 PM
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For the rear-its almost perfect in my opinion-I would like to add a 5mm rear spacer but I want to keep the stock bolts/locks however I think they are too short to use with a 5mm spacer. I think the only way to retain the stock wheel bolts/locks is to go with something like a 3mm (which I may end up doing). The reason I want to keep the stock bolts/locks are because most wheel spacer kits I see dont have a wheel lock (such as my front kit). I would like to at least keep the locks on the back-my thought is that thieves would be put off by having to deal with a wheel lock on the rear wheels and would not attempt to just take the front wheels (not the best reasoning I know, but you never know-something is better than nothing)!!!
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10-21-2019, 02:14 PM
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Is crime such as wheel theft a problem in Jupiter? The last time I heard of wheels getting stolen was in TV commercial for an insurance company.
10-22-2019, 06:46 PM
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No sir-not an issue that I know of but I dont want to take the chance if I can avoid it. Some kids are dumb now a days-I know that further down south and in Central Florida the OEM 19 inch wheels on the new Honda Accords get stolen like no tomorrow! My car stays in the garage but in the odd chance its outside overnight I dont want to take a chance. I also have family in Orlando-so if I drive the car up for a weekend it will be outside.