996 MBA CFA

Thanks for posting this. All I can say, without trying to add to the fire, is that someone who can't provide wheel offsets probably doesn't know them. I don't know what IForged has to protect. Aren't they HRE knock-offs anyways?

From Andy's post regarding the Cargraphics recommendation, it sound like a 2002-up narrowbody C2 can run the following compared to the stock 8 inch fronts (et50) and the stock 10 inch rears (et65):

an additional 16mm towards the front fender
an additional 19mm towards the rear fender

My guess is many pcar owners upgrade their wheels so this is definitely good to know.

.25 inch comes out to a little more than 6mm, so if you get a wheel that is .5 inches wider, it is 6mm more wheel outward towards the fender and 6mm more wheel inward towards the car.

yung911

Yep those are my wheels! I got them installed last saturday. As for the rubbing issues, the fronts are fine, but the rears if i go over a big bump they would rub. I'm gonna raise the rears probably 1/4 inch to solve the issue. Besides that i love the wheels!!

These offsets were recommended by Iforged, so i don't know what they are. All i know is that i freaking love the wheels and totaly happy with the purchase and the price.

Thanks Dan!

Bao

LVDell

Thanks for posting your thoughts Bao (yung911). Your rubbing issue is what EVERYBODY has been saying about the rears that iforge "reccomends" for the car. Well, you, as well as many others that have witnessed it or experienced it first hand, have confirmed that iforge has NO idea what they are talking about when it comes to providing a correct offset for the rear wheel. Sounds like stubborness on iforged's part which may explain their excuse of "proprietary offsets used" to refuse divulging the offset of the wheel. That alone would prevent most from buying it. You should NOT have to adjust your car to prevent rubbing if the wheel was the correct offset to begin with.

FYI....changing the geometry of your car to accomodate an incorrect wheel will affect the handling of your car. If you plan on using these stricly as bling then you should be just fine. But if you take your car to the track I would reconsider the suspension change to accomodate a street wheel.

yung911

Thanks for the input LV, but these are just for the *BLING* factor. I don't intend on taking these wheels to the track. I have a seperate set of wheels for the tracks, so i'm good to go.

Maybe if iforged reads this thread and others with gripes about the offsets, they would change it. But all in all i'm happy with them. If need be i can send them back and change the rears to 19x10.5's if they start to rub too much.

I'll post some pics tomorrow of the car washed, instead of dirty for you all to see.

LVDell

Sounds great! Post up that pic of the clean car......we love our pics around here

CWay27

This is just plain stupid on their part (Iforge). Someone should really tell them that their secret offset are out of wack!! I remember the other guy who was convinced he had the right offset but then again, had to use a narrower tire and stretch it in order to clear the fender.

I would rather have a company be straight forward and tell me it's not the perfect offset but could use a spacer to fix the problem, then an ignorant bastard trying to convince me otherwise and leave the shop grinding the tires at the first bump.

LVDell

Spacers will only help when they are too far in, not out. This problem requires a less agressive offset or grinding down the inside of the new wheel.

CWay27

Yes I know but what I meant was; I would rather have a company tell me the truth and use a spacer than a company telling me BS and get stuck with a set of wheels giving me no options..... but to grind.

I rather like working with a slightly higher offset than a slightly lower one. One is an easy fix but not the other!!

LVDell

Isn't that the truth! Good point.

Ray S

Dan,

What are the offsets of those wheels? This should be a simple question for a re-seller...

Ray S

Stock Carrera offsets are 50 Front and 65 Rear

teutoniclove

If we're talking rims, I've got a question for y'all. I've got it down to two choices for Betty ('99 C4 coupe) and want to get some opinions. Should she be shod with the 19" Carrera S wheel or the less common 19" Carrera Sport Design? I've found decent deals on both and can't choose.

These aren't for the track, just to add some shine. I've got the base 17" wheels currently.

gota911

I never have warmed up to the Carrera S (lobster fork) wheels, so between those two wheels, my choice would be the Carrera Sport Design.

kc996

Yes. I have OEM wheels that came with 265s but I run 275s (Falken Azenis) on the street and track with no problem at all.
k