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Old 06-14-2016, 04:43 AM
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Old 06-14-2016, 04:44 AM
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Upload pictures without tires.. what do you guys think?
Old 06-14-2016, 11:01 PM
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Hard to gauge without a tire or straight edge but from what I can tell looks great!

Love those wheels. Would you mind sharing your contact/supplier? Thanks.
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i love those LMs, looks very good.
Old 06-15-2016, 04:27 PM
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Once you have tires on and the suspension is loaded, we will have a much better gauge and this depends on your camber too. Although I'm inclined to think 18x11 et 56 will require possibly a spacer.
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I am picking up my Polar Silver C4S tomorrow, and I have the same size and offset wheels (18x8.5 and 18x11 ET56). Mine are reverse mounted (all four wheels) and no spacers were required.

I can put up a couple more photos when I have my car back but here are a couple from the shop.





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The reverse mounting makes the offset around 44
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stupid question guys...

what happens if i dont reverse mount nor put a spacer?

just looks funny or wont be able to fit it?
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@991.2 what tire size did you use?
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I'm pretty sure it should fit, on the rears the clearance problem usually isn't inboard. It probably won't look bad either, just wheel arches not filled out optimally. Mainly a cosmetic thing and rarely a mechanical problem unless the offsets are really off causing stress on components.
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Originally Posted by simonheo
@991.2 what tire size did you use?
235/40 fronts
295/30 rears
Old 09-02-2016, 11:35 PM
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@Basel Skull, i have decided to add some h&r spacer since i am not going to reverse mount it.

Would a 1/4 spacer be ok?
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