cdodkin

After considerable peer pressure from my online buddies (Thanks Dell!), the final straw came when one of my local friends bought an 06 997 with the same wheels as I have on my 996.

I can now see that my front wheels need to be pushed out at least 7mm to get back to a stock look.



So looking online I find a couple of manufacturers, and was wondering if existing users of these spacers have any preferences?

I've seen mainly H&R and Eibach so far.

Any help much appreciated.

Chris.

Pugnacious P

Hey Cdodkin,

I have just bought a set of 997 19's and when I asked about buying 7mm spacers Newport996 advised me, to do as he did, and get 15mm spacers. Check out his car and related posts as he has many pics posted so you can see how it looks. I ordered 15mm H&R spacers and 10 60mm bolts. They will arrive next week.

Good luck

cdodkin

Mmmmmm 15mm eh!

Assume you're throwing away the locking wheel bolts and just going with the new longer standard bolts?

gota911

Either way (7mm or 15mm) do NOT attempt to use the stock bolts. You need to use longer bolts that are proportionate to the thickness of the spacer.

himself

You should consider hubcentric at 7mm. If you gamble on H&R or others, you might end up with a wobble. IIRC, all 15mms are hubcentric, but almost all 7mms are not.

And as mentioned above, don't forget to factor in the cost of new bolts.

-td

Pugnacious P

Yes Chris,

I am going without the lock nut. In fact I am going to remove locknuts from rear to get silver or chrome plastic lug covers as I am sick of looking at the rusty OEM's. Why couldn't Porsche spring for some quality stainless lugs?

Good luck.

cdodkin

Because they are cheapskates!

cdodkin

ok - as suggested (thanks everyone) 15mm H&R spacers are now on order with 10 x 60mm bolts.

Will take pics when they arrive and get fitted.

Chris.

John Henry III - AZ

I have 7mm H&R fitted on my 03 C4S on the front and 14mm on the rear. The fronts have worked out fine (no wobbles and I have gone 125 MPH +) my only complaint is that they do not have the pilot hole that fastens them to the hub to hold them in place while you put the wheel on (like the rears do) and the remaining protruding flange on the hub is allmost nil to "Hang" the wheel on while you put the bolts thu. ( since the spacer does not have its own flange). If you just jack the car up enough to slide the wheel on without having to "lift" it too much the weels go on pretty easy. It would be better if they have the secondary flange. The price is right however.

My 2 cents

cdodkin

The H&R 15mm spacers arrived with the new 60mm bolts.

Car before spacers



Wheel off - hub face clean and ready to take spacer



Spacer fitted - nice locating screw feature lines everything up and keeps the spacer on the hub while you mount the wheel.



As you can see, adds a nice step out for the 997 alloys on the 996



New 60mm longer wheel bolts (essential)



Replace wheel, star pattern torque to 96lb-ft, and voilà!





Spacer visible through the wheel



Handling is great - no wobbles with these hub-centric spacers.

Turn-in is sharper - car feels nice and planted through turns.

TheSpeedDemon

Looks great, much better with the spacers (although I am not a fan of spacers)...now slam it on the ground

Benjamin Choi

spacers are a band-aid solution esp on a street car, but yea it does look better and you'll realize max ROI when u lower that thing.

cdodkin

I could be wrong but I believe Porsche use spacers themselves...

Would probably never have done it without the peer pressure from Dell!

Gotta love this forum

himself

Congrats!

And your pics should give Tim his fix for at least 24 hours - so all you newbie lurkers start your first post today! Hurry!!

-td

Pugnacious P

Chris,

Looks great. Mine arrived a couple hours ago and I am on my way out to the garage now....

Don't forget props to Newport996 for the essential advice to go wiiiide.