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Looks like it...I have the same (painted Satin Black), except my spoiler is down when parked.
$10 roll of tint did the tail lights, rear reflectors and third brake light. Still unsure on the tail lights but it’s a different look for now.. agree tho Bob, I’m beginning to like the spoiler down more, just has a clean look to it!
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)!!!
Update here-I did end up adding a 5mm spacer to the rear-fills it up just right. I ended up using the factory bolts-got 4.5 full turns and then torqued them down to 120lb ft. So far so good-put about 700 miles on them with no signs of loosening or backing off. Yes, I know its not advisable-however it seems to be working just fine.
Started with 8mm front and 12mm rear, then 8/15, and ended up with 12/15 on my .1 GTS with spasm. Zero issues. ECS Tuning is great to work with and high quality.
I'm running a narrow body SPASM with 295's and 15mm spacers in the rear and 8mm up front on my 991.1. I think the setup looks perfect and would not want to get any more aggressive in the rear. With your 305's I think 12mm would be perfect.
PORSCHE 5MM SPACERS - 2019 991.2 NB 20" SPORT CLASSIC
Originally Posted by stout
^ This is really something for 991.2 owners to consider.
I recently ran into this while trying to fit a set of aftermarket wheels to my 2018 Carrera. I was very happy with the stock wheels + 5mm spacers front and rear (didn't even really need the rears for the reason stated above), but what the Tire Rack and others said would fit ended up having unacceptable "poke" with N-spec Michelins (I'd be worried about the rear fenders...) and looked only a bit better with the "weaker" fall-away sidewalls of the N-spec Pirellis. Looking at Tire Rack's site and toggling between the same wheel for 991.1 and 991.2, it looks like most of the wheel industry missed the offset change. Rear wheels offered for the 991.1 and 991.2 are listed with the same offset. In my car's case, the stock rear wheel's rear offset is ET76 while the aftermarket wheels said to fit the car were ET62. That's like adding a 14mm spacer to a wheel and tire that already fills the fender rather nicely in the 991.2.
So what's good for the 991.1 is not necessarily gonna work on the 991.2. Several folks swore the ET62 wheel of the same size would work, and that others are running them on 991.2s—and I believe them, as there's a car in Europe that is, and is being tracked—but it looked a bit juvenile to me real life and, in technical terms, +14mm makes me uncomfortable in this application. Much as I like the design and technical advantages of the wheel, I decided to stick with the factory Carrera S 20s for now. Custom wheel makers can of course account for the 991.2 offset change, but it may affect wheel design (which is why the factory 991.2 NB rear wheels are so flat-faced). My hope is that wheel makers will introduce proper rear wheels for the 991.2 with an ET of 72-74~ mm—as they already have the fronts. Otherwise, they're missing the other "half~" of the 991 market...and all Carrera T customers.
So...be sure to look at the offset of any wheels you consider, and remember that the spacer setups that work for a 991.1 may not work with a 991.2. I view 5mm as the max for the 991.2 NB rear, and have run the factory 5mm spacers all around. Visually, the front would look better with 7-10mm or even 12-14mm spacers, but I'd have to get comfortable with the technical impact of that before moving up from the factory 5mm spacers or maybe aftermarket 7mm spacers up front.
The quoted post is at the essence of my current dilemma: to remove or not remove the OEM 5mm spacers installed by the dealer at purchase in Feb 2020. (and get reimbursed or get compensation for value)
I just purchased a brand new 2019 991.2 base model that came with the 20" Sport Classic wheels, ie. Michelins' with 305 mm on the rear. I negotiated the 5mm spacers as part of the deal but did not realize nor was I ever advised that these spacers, although very thin, are not compatible with the 991.2 with 20" Sport Classic wheels. The non-compatibility statement appears many places on the internet including on many Porsche authorized part sellers. Obviously, my dealer was not aware.
It seems like the 991.2 had the rear wheel offset changed from the 991.1 and that coupled with a 305mm and a narrow body Carrera seems to leave little "wiggle" room in preventing a tire to wheel well frame contact.
Has anyone experienced the tire contact with the rear frame and should I remove the <¼" spacers from my brand new night blue metallic Carrera?
My T has the same size tires/wheels as my .2 GT3, even though the GT3 has a wider body, meaning the T's wheel wells are stuffed more than the GT3's. That also mean GT3 owners can go wider wheels and tires by changing the offset slightly to run maybe 265 and 325/335 tires F/R.
One thing to note, my narrow body S has 5mm spacers and the amount of pitting at the edge of the wheel arch (likely from small rocks, stones, etc) is noticeable. Car has about 45k miles on it. I'd assume that maybe stock cars with no spacers deflect rocks inside of the wheel well a bit more, protecting the paint along the edge.
02-10-2020, 02:39 PM
