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They look pretty good to me. Scored them with better than 50% tires for cheap too! Pretty decent condition - no curbs, and just a few minor scratches here and there.
The rears are 19x11 with 295 P Zero Rosso tires. ET67
They barely hit part of the inner fender, which I trimmed for clearance.
The drivers side is sitting very close to this support beam looking thing. No problems with control arm - plenty of room there. I will probably put on 7mm spacers front and rear to push them out just a bit. But they would probably work OK as is.
I wouldn't say you need to add spacers for appearance sake on the rear though.
If it helps you clear suspension components, that would be a valid reason.
Be careful of further fender/tire clearance problems though, particularly when the suspension compresses.
I wouldn't say you need to add spacers for appearance sake on the rear though.
If it helps you clear suspension components, that would be a valid reason.
Be careful of further fender/tire clearance problems though, particularly when the suspension compresses.
yes - agreed, looks pretty flush in the rear already, and pushing out only makes it more likely to rub on the fender. Plenty of clearance to the suspension, the only thing it's close to is a fixed bar - looks like some kind of engine support or bracing. The inner fender plastic goes over this bar too and there was very mild rubbing - not enough to tear the plastic, just enough to polish it up a little
And I took it up a windy mountain road and pushed it hard. So it may be OK as is. I will drive it for a week and keep watching that and see how it's doing. For sure with 285/30/19s it would clear and not need spacers. Depending on what tire I go with when these wear out, I will probably go that route just to free up some space in there. I think Pilot SS come in that size, which is my go-to tire.
Fronts could easily take a 7mm spacer to make the stance / track just right, but it's not bad the way it is. And nothing comes close to hitting anything on the front either - not even at full lock going over the edge of a mountain road - tested that out when turning around
They look nice, BTW. You might want to consider rolling your fenders. You can DIY, just search for posts on the topic. You'll just need a heat source. The very top of my fenders are rolled for clearance as my car was lowered by the previous owner.
Forks folks, not claws. Lobster "forks". They look nice, BTW. You might want to consider rolling your fenders. You can DIY, just search for posts on the topic. You'll just need a heat source. The very top of my fenders are rolled for clearance as my car was lowered by the previous owner.
Ya wouldn't hurt to do that. Looks like no danger of hitting right now but if I do add small spacers that may change. In normal driving I haven't seen running on the inside either even without spacers.
TBH I wasn't a fan of the claws... until now - those look sharp!
Forks. But ya me too. I wasn't sure about these as I think there are better looking wheels on the 997 cars. But they were cheap so I figured hey why not give it a try. And it looks way better than I imagined on my lowly 996.1 C2!!
11-19-2014 | 09:01 PM
just installed 997.1 lobsters on 996.1 C2
