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I have 15mm spacers at all four corners and I'm lowered to the top of the tire with no wheel gap. Aligned to factory specs. No rubbing, and the car handles great.
I have 15mm spacers at all four corners and I'm lowered to the top of the tire with no wheel gap. Aligned to factory specs. No rubbing, and the car handles great.
Originally Posted by Breakthru
I have 15mm on rears, no issues. Drive great.
Originally Posted by dporto
I’ve 15mm ECS spacers front and rear. No problems with either set of wheels (summers or winters)...
Originally Posted by tsaint117
For my NB C2, I decided on 7mm front and 10mm rears. Has an OEM+ look to it that I was looking for.
This is with winter wheels/tires (Pirelli Soto-zero II) they are not the correct/stock sizes (taller side walls and a little wider - sorry not sure of the sizes off hand), but no problems with rubbing. KW V3 suspension.
Nobody mentioned the biggest downside of all: vibration! Crappy spacers that don’t fit perfectly and precisely can easily cause a vibration while driving. Many people have posted about this, only to have to remove and scrap their spacers altogether. Really poorly constructed spacers can break, and if you don’t use the proper bolts, your wheel could fall off, lol.
Come on over to the dark side… women are better looking, beer is colder and grass is greener.
Well, I'm here to report that the dark side is looking very bright. I ordered a pair of 15mm spacers. Instead of putting them on one axle, I installed one on the front and the other on the rear so I could evaluate whether to use 15mm all around. I just took a test drove -- drives the same, but looks a LOT better. I didn't realize how much the inset wheels affect the overall look of the car. I am very happy with the decision and just ordered a 2nd pair of 15mm's for the driver's side.
I used Venom spacers and the quality is very high. The gloss black aluminum spacer is made in the US, and the bolts that come with them are made in Germany. I measured the weight of the extended lug nuts, and all of them weigh exactly 128 grams. The (15mm shorter) original lug bolts weigh 101 grams. That's about the weight difference you'd expect for the length difference, so I think they are made of the same metal (or at least very close). The 15mm spacer itself weighed 765 grams. The total weight difference per wheel is 5 x 27 grams for the lug bolts + 765 grams for the spacer, so a total of 900 grams or 1.98 lbs per wheel. I normally hate adding to wheel weight, but because all of the added weight is centered at the hub, I don't think it changes driving feel at all.
Can't wait for the other pair to arrive so I can do the other side.
Well, I'm here to report that the dark side is looking very bright. I ordered a pair of 15mm spacers. Instead of putting them on one axle, I installed one on the front and the other on the rear so I could evaluate whether to use 15mm all around. I just took a test drove -- drives the same, but looks a LOT better. I didn't realize how much the inset wheels affect the overall look of the car. I am very happy with the decision and just ordered a 2nd pair of 15mm's for the driver's side.
I used Venom spacers and the quality is very high. The gloss black aluminum spacer is made in the US, and the bolts that come with them are made in Germany. I measured the weight of the extended lug nuts, and all of them weigh exactly 128 grams. The (15mm shorter) original lug bolts weigh 101 grams. That's about the weight difference you'd expect for the length difference, so I think they are made of the same metal (or at least very close). The 15mm spacer itself weighed 765 grams. The total weight difference per wheel is 5 x 27 grams for the lug bolts + 765 grams for the spacer, so a total of 900 grams or 1.98 lbs per wheel. I normally hate adding to wheel weight, but because all of the added weight is centered at the hub, I don't think it changes driving feel at all.
Can't wait for the other pair to arrive so I can do the other side.
Insert Darth Vader laugh HERE...
Nice to hear you dig it, I believe the original set I used were the Venom ones off Amazon - I sold them with the original wheels but like you, was happy with the quality.
I think the ECS are a notch above, but only went with them on the current setup due to needing a specific size in a hurry and they were the only option.
Look forward to seeing some pics when you get them all sorted - 911's on 17's are cool.
spacer = new wheel with different offset ,, If the spacer is inner and outer hub centric.. if you go over 15 you should absolutely switch to studs, and upsize IMHO..
Wow, 765 grams per wheel (1.69 lbs) seems non-trivial.
I think if the weight was distributed on the outside of the wheel, you'd feel it. Since all the weight is on the hub, you don't feel it at all (at least I don't).
08-11-2021, 11:20 PM
