HotLap

For those of you who have experience with the wheel spacers, I'd appreciate your feedback per my questions below:

1) No doubt they improve the look, but do you notice any difference in driving dynamics with the wheel spacers installed?

2) I'm assuming the wheels/tires are sticking out further so will this increase "road rash" from sand/rocks thrown up by the tires (both front and rear)?

3) Anything else you have noticed with the wheel spacers (pros/cons)?

rijowysock

i have 20mm all around on lowered vehicle, looks great... dynamics? it drives the same imo... i dont notice the toss up yet but im sure it does... pro=looks good, con=make sure and use the wheel sticks (dealer can sell to you) to align everything properly... otherwise they will wobble at high speed...

wheel sticks are these rods you insert into the hub and then can slide wheel/spacer onto car w/ ease... they are in the manual but our cars dont come w/ them because our cars dont come w/ crap.

HotLap

LOL, sure they come with stuff, dealer handed me the infamous two quarts of Mobil 1 when I took delivery I'm like really, still... Does seem humorous that you purchase a $100K + vehicle and they hand you motor oil...life with Porsche and we love it

chuckbdc

Mind came with spacers and PASM Sport and the turn in and general steering and handling are off the charts great. I don't have any seat time in a 991 without them so have no way to compare. It is claimed that the wider track makes for better turn in.

In the latest Excellence there is a test of a tuner car and it is suggested that lowering the 991 "returns" a lot of the steering feel that hydraulic steering cars used to have. Unless you get someone really qualified to test various setups back to back, I can't imagine getting a real answer to the questions.

c4-toy

I'm interested in adding spacers to my 991 w carerra classic wheels and asked dealer about it he gave me quote for 5mm for the rear only, he tells me the front is already wide and porsche don't recommend it. Is he full of Cr@p? Also 5mm, less than a 1/4 inch, seems very subtle not sure its worth it. What you all think? where can i order them? Also any downsides to having them on the car? Thx

Rocket_boy

Dealer is full of it, Porsche offers the 5mm spacers as a factory option on the 991.

I had them on my 997.2 and will have them on the 991. Yes, very subtle difference in look, but not much in feel. I'm really not a fan of putting anything non-factory on my Porsches so I won't go more than the 5mm option. To me it looks like the wheel/tire combo sticks out too much then and the suspension geometry starts getting messed with.

The factory spacers are typical Porsche,...expensive, but top notch quality as you get longer lugs, security socket, rotor set screws, etc. Worthwhile option, definitely not necessary.

chuckbdc

Mine came wit 5 mm spacers and PASM Sport. The difference is visible when next to a car without them. Fills the wheel wells nicely.

Rfong

If you look on Ebay, there are dozens of wheel spacers all claiming to fit 911's.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...ries&_osacat=0

Let us know which one is the correct fit for a 991 with 19" wheels.

rijowysock

i bought adaptec spacers, hub centric and came w/ proper size lugs.

HotLap

Great info and you're probably right, would you know if adding spacers means an alignment is necessary? I don't think so but curious

rijowysock

how would spacers change alignment?

SMLaker

Can any of you with the 5mm spacers post some pics? I am also debating adding them.

chuckbdc

Here is a Sport PASM- 20mm lower than standard with 5 mm spacers all around.

fester

Hmm, will have to compare with other photos of cars without spaces. I'm debating as well for my 4S since I got few more weeks to go before config lock.

Thoughts on getting spaces on wider body 4S???

BMo

I just added spacers to my 996 turbo. I got them from Adaptec. 12mm back, 15mm front. Car is lowered w/ PSS9 coil overs. The car looks SO much better, can't believe I didn't do it years ago! Plus, the guys at Adaptec were great, high quality product, a lot cheaper than elsewhere! Seems to handle about the same.