Wheel spacers?
#2
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I have 10mm on front with 8" ET57 Turbo II wheels. You can def go with 12 or 15mm. Rennlister MYW has exactly same wheels with 15mm on front.
MYW's car:
https://rennlist.com/g/album/7296714
MYW's car:
https://rennlist.com/g/album/7296714
#3
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#4
RL Community Team
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In my opinion, an 8.5" wheel with an et 50 is the optimal 997 front setup or whatever width and spacer is the equivalent if running a narrower or wider wheel. Anything further out is beyond the fender line
Here's what that looks like
I had some 8.5 et 42 wheels on the car at one time and they looked bad and negariveley effected the handling, making the car darty at high speed instead of dead straight and stable - same alignment, same pressure, same tires.
Those looked like this
Here's what that looks like
I had some 8.5 et 42 wheels on the car at one time and they looked bad and negariveley effected the handling, making the car darty at high speed instead of dead straight and stable - same alignment, same pressure, same tires.
Those looked like this
#5
RL Community Team
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And then for the OP’s reference, here’s the common offsets...
The standard 19” wheel size for the narrow body Carreras are:
Fronts 19x8 ET57
Rears 19x11 ET67
Non-Turbo widebody Carreras (e.g. C4S):
Fronts 19x8 ET57
Rears 19x11 ET51
Actual Turbos run:
Fronts 19x8.5 ET56
Rears 19x11 ET51
Now personally I do run spacers on my NB car. 10mm in front, and 15mm in the rear...
Karl.
Last edited by wjk_glynn; 10-14-2018 at 10:55 AM.
#6
Nordschleife Master
if you have the 8 inch (c4s option wheels) leave the rears as is and you can max out 15mm spacers for the front. do 12mm if you want to play it safe... 7mm is too mild imo.
with that said keep in mind re petza's findings as while the wheel face may be flush to the fender, the new wider tire designs with protective tire lip will protrude beyond the fender.
if you have the 8.5 inch fronts (off of a turbo). you can do 5-7mm spacer in the front. 7mm if you want to get flush to the rears, but 5mm to be safe.
there was actually steal recently on ebay re oem turbo II wheels (from a genuine turbo rare 8.5inch front) for 650 shipped. they had rashes but would have been fantastic for those who want to do a color change (ie. to have the oem black wheel option which looks stellar).
#7
If anybody is interested I have a pair of 15mm RSS spacers in black with bolts. Trial mounted only on one side, never turned a wheel. $150 plus shipping. Email me at “morefun24@me.com” if interested. I’ll post these on Parts FS next week.
Last edited by morefun; 02-17-2018 at 01:14 PM.