I was looking for a slightly more filled out look to my C2S after installing m033 springs + Porsche Classic Green shocks. I had 5mm spacers installed yesterday and I have to say the car looks perfect now. It looked a little too tucked previously. Now it actually looks more “factory”. The wheels don’t stick out really but they just look more aggressive. Highly recommend this upgrade if you’re looking for a subtle but worthy improvement to your stance.

Pics are not apples to apples but hopefully you can see the before/after difference.



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After

After

After

 

Looks great. The spacers do help quite a lot.

 

Pics look good!
Which spacers did you use and did you need to extend the wheel bolts?
did you find any rubbing against the fenders?

 

Wheels are funny like that. In reality, 5mm is such a minuscule distance and yet when it comes to stance and ride height, it can be a make or break kind of thing.

 

Nothing extra was needed and haven’t noticed any rubbing thus far. I bought the ones from FD Motorsports.

 

Is there a safety concern adding these 5mm spacers without bolts? Less thread to torque down the wheels?

 

Looks great. Enjoy it.

 

You can go 7mm in the rear if you like. I usually put 5mm in the front and 7mm in the rear when I have the turbo twists on.

 

I have 7mm in front, not for looks, but they mitigated understeer a tad on tight corners on our mountain roads. Looks weren’t a big concern, but I guess they look good.

 

No not with 5mm. OE is fine.

 

I’ve also noticed less understeer with 5mm all around, but wasn’t expecting it. It was a nice surprise.

 

Went with 7MM spacers on my 993 cab, front and rear. No issues with stock bolts/lugs, torqued appropriately. Subtle improvement aesthetically, and zero negatives ride/handling wise.

 

Did you use longer bolts with 7mm, or both 7mm and 5mm seem fine with oem bolts?

 

Both are fine with OEM bolts. Literally one post above yours.

 

I realized that the needed bolt lengths depends on the rim you use.
On OEM holospokes no issues with standard bolts on 5mm spacer (no idea about 7mm), on OZ or BBS you need longer bolts, there the nut will cover just half of its thread, which seems a little scant.
If you buy eg. KW 5mm spacer, they come with 5mm longer bolts.