jkb

awesome, thank you so much!! really looking forward to it.

btw, do you watch Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night? They had a hilarious coverage of how main stream press was covering queen visit.

LVDell

Magic

cdodkin

Ok here you go

Rear Left view and Right view:



Front Left and Right View



Top down view of Rear Wheel



Does that give you what you need?

newport996

Alignment and ride height.....Mine are the same offset as these and they are farther inside on mine....

jkb

yup, thank you so much. your offset is 67, right? my new BBS wheels would be 60 and from the pictures it looks like there is no 7mm to spare, you are at the max as it is.

*sob* now i dont know what to get.

cdodkin

67 offset Yes

Maybe this is a better view for you?

mxdave74

wow your fronts are REALLY tucked in! what offset are you running on the front? can you say front spacers?

cdodkin

Yeh, I know - Dell keeps giving me a hard time about it

I'm 7mm too far in from spec on each side, due to the std offset on the 997 wheel.

I'm thinking of bumping each side out 10mm or even 15mm - due to peer pressure!

Anyone got good recommendations for quality spacers?

LVDell

Go with the OEM spacers that the wide bodies use for the sport technos. They are 17mm. That would give you the equivalent of a 10mm spacer form stock which would like BAD ***!!!!

About $250 a set and come with a set of nuts for the new bolts as well.

17mm Spacer KitSet of two 17mm spacers with installed studs & 10 wheel nuts. 000-044-500-10

The other spacers pictured are the OEM 5mm ones.

jkb

darn optical illusion now it look like there is space for extra 7mm

cdodkin

You want me to go outside to the garage and measure - don't you!

cdodkin

ok, here we go - not super scientific, but hey, it's been a long day!

So I put a straight edge against the bead on the Toyo tire, and this intersects with the wheel arch @ top dead center, right on the inside of the arch.



Now the Toyo tire bead is quite prominent, so I measured the bead to tire shoulder distance, which is the possible area that could be in contact with the wheel arch.



This distance is between 10mm-12mm.

So I appear to have 10mm-12mm of space to the lip of the wheel arch.

You need to look inside and see if there are any clearance issues inside your arch.

I have standard suspension fitted, so I then measured the distance from the inside TDC of the wheel arch to the tire shoulder.



This appears to be 50mm-60mm

So as you have EU spec suspension, you need to factor in that you have less clearance from TDC to shoulder.

As you can see - I have zero rubbing issues with this set up.

Hope that helps!

jkb

thanks all... to be honest, my head is about to explode from all the various offset combinations and wheel sizes. i am just so afraid the wheel will stick out and make my car look like this:

cdodkin

Well, I'm no ex-spurt but..

If you run a 25 profile rear tire, you keep the rear wheel diameter to spec @ 25", thus reducing your risk of rubbing on the insides of the rear wheel arch.

30 profile makes the tire/wheel diameter a whole inch larger!

If your wheels have just 7mm more offset outwards than mine, it looks like you should be in-bounds, without sticking out like a *******' wagon.

Now of course you need to find a suitable 25 profile 19" tire for the rear.

I use the Toyo T1R at 315 width - cause it sticks like glue and looks 'badass' as Prof Dell would say.

So I think there's a good probability that it will all fit, look good, and give you those extra inches on the manhood that only 19" delivers (should you need it!)

Of course, I defer to others in respect to my complete lack of any tire related certifications.

Anyone?

jkb

maybe i should just get 18" and get it over with. why plan so far ahead? who knows, maybe i'll start hating porsche and everything associated with it (took me 10 year to recover after 924 ownershiop in high school)

what do people think about Volk wheels?