Jason DeWilde

Just a question about the offsets and use of wheel spacers on my 2009 Carrera S. OEM wheel offsets are stamped 57 front, 67 rear. Factory wheel spacers are 5mm all around. New wheels say offset of 52 rear/45 front and were installed with the factory 5mm spacers. The look is great and I do not rub however should there not be ANY wheel spacers with the new wheels/offsets? Or are the OEM 5mm ones ok?

Petza914

If the wheels are the same width, your 67 with 5mm spacer was essentially a 62. The new wheel at a 52 is already 10mm further out without the spacer. IMO both the front at 42 and the rear at 52 are both too far out to look good, but people these days seem to like the poked out look so maybe that's what you're going for. In any case, no way you'll need the rear spacer with the new wheels and they were probably WB offsets you're mounting on a NB car - again, not a great fit visually for me.

These pictures are of
Front 19x8.5 with 42mm offset
Rear 19x11 with 52mm offset

on my 997 C2S.











Car was twitchy and they never looked right to me - had custom Forgelines made that are perfect in
Front - 19" x 8.5" et 50mm
Rear - 19" x 12" et 74mm

If you're looking for something with a better fit, I have polished, forged Champion RS171s for sale in the Marketplace

https://rennlist.com/forums/parts-ma...ls-for-nb.html

in a
Front - 19" x 8.5" with 53mm offset
Rear - 19" x 11.5" with 62mm offset