ibmiked

I'm curious to know if my ordered GTS will have spacers because I ordered SPASM? I'm getting ready to order some wheels and I need to know whether or not spacers are already going to be on the car.

The front of the factory GTS wheels have an offset of ET51 and the wheels I want are ET61. I had thought that I would need 10mm spacer, but the dealer offers a 15mm (and lug nuts) which would be perfect if I have 5mm already and just remove them.

In the rear, the GTS wheels have an offset of ET52 and the wheels I want are ET50. If SPASM has spacers then I can remove the 5mm and replace it with a Porsche 7mm spacer. It seems that 7mm and 15mm are the only options from the Porsche Parts department and they would be perfect for my needs if the car already comes with 5mm all the way around.

Otherwise, who makes a quality 10mm spacer for the front with lug nuts, and is it worth it to track down a 2mm spacer for the rears?

Thanks in advance.

LexVan

5mm spacers has always been a factory option. Not sure if they are part of the GTS package. 5mm spacers has never been part of the SPASM package.

ibmiked

Good point. Is it possible the 5mm spacers are instead factory installed on all GTS cars?

LexVan

I doubt it. Porsche wants their $500. Check the config. online.

77tony

5 lug or CL's ? T

jimbo1111

If you ordered a 5 lug setup you may have the spacers already installed. The CL wheels are a half inch wider than the S wheels and I would guess that spacers are needed to keep the same telemetry as the CL wheels.

GSIRM3

True, plus pretty sure you can't use spacers on a CL wheel.

ibmiked

The configurator doesn't offer the option for spacers so I suspect that (as mentioned above by another poster) the car does come with them since I ordered 5 lug wheels and they are slightly narrower then C/L wheels. I'm hoping someone who actually has a 5 lug GTS can now confirm that their car came with spacers...

Thanks everyone so far.

77tony

IIRC you cannot run spacers with the CL's. If running the 5 lugs, save some $$ and order the spacers/lug bolts here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/281425725519?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D281425725519%26_rdc%3D1On the 50th, I'm running 7's up front and 15's on the rear. Be sure to order the correct color lug bolts for your rims. T

p987yow

I have 5-lug's Carrera S wheels on my '15 C4GTS and it comes stock with 5mm spacers front and back. As above, spacers and SPASM are not related.

ibmiked

Brilliant, thank you. That is precisely what I was hoping and needed to know.

ibmiked

If I wanted to sell the 5mm spacers and lugs here on the board, what would a fair price be? Naturally they would be as-new since they are coming off the car before delivery.

LexVan

First, become a member, so you can list "for sale" items. You can buy a new set from places like Sunset Porsche for $355....so a price of $255 would seem fair.

I'd suggest you keep them, so you can return the car to "stock" someday when necessary (when selling). Selling them for a couple hundred bucks won't make you or break you. May as well keep them.

ibmiked

Thanks. As I'm moving to another Porsche factory wheel I'm not concerned that an eventual sale (plan on being buried in the car though) will be affected. As a matter of fact I plan to sell the silver 20" Carrera S wheels that come with the car as well. I'll end up listing them here as well once I become a paying member. Like I said, as long as I'm staying with OEM choices I don't think I hurt the potential resale chances of the car. The money I recoup gets subtracted from the cost of the new wheels in what can only be described as a feat of "Porsche Math" which I have perfected to rationalize many purchases over the years.

Jnosol

Just to confirm, the GTS with 5 bolts have the same width/offset as the CL wheels? I wonder why Porsche don't just make the CL wheels with 5mm more aggressive offset since they can't do spacers.

Mine came with spacers.

9Jx20 ET51 (ET46 with spacers)
11.5Jx20 ET48 (ET43 with spacers)