Dubbin'

Hey guys,

I am having trouble finding shops around here that have demo 5x130 spacers that I can try out for fitment. Can anyone provide insight on what size spacers should/could fit?

Car is lowered on Bilstein PASM coilovers. The rear is set pretty much at the lowest. The car also has adjustable toe-links.

Pictures are just to give an idea of the current height.

Thanks,
Mark

drockzcity

Usually 7 front 15 rear is about standard depending on how aggressive you want it you can go up from there. H&R, Adaptec, and Elephant Racing, etc should all work out fine.

Dubbin'

Thanks! For info I'd like to go as aggressive as possible without rubbing and don't want to roll the fenders.

thanks,
mark

mike.baa

I'm lowered on KWV3s. All the way at the back, 1 inch on the front. I have 14mm all around. Fit great.

Dubbin'

are you running the same wheels as I am (Carrera Sport) or the Lobster forks?

thanks,
mark

platinum997

Try ecs tuning. They have a kit you can rent with various sizes to determine what you want.

Harry Da Hamster

Some words of advise.

Make sure your alignment is spot on to your liking before getting spacers. More negative camber will kick in the wheels more. My front rims were perfect at factory alignment settings for my 997.1 Turbo, but factory wheel alignment settings is garbage with around -.5 degree neg camber. I kicked it in to -1.5 degrees and i needed 7mm spacers to get it flushed up again.

You can measure the desired spacer sizing yourself by using a piece of thin string tied to a washer (or taped to a quarter) to use like a plumb bob. Hang the string from the top of the fender and measure distance from outside fender lip to the wheel. I usually round up 1 or 2mm in addition to the measurement. Your wheel lip will sit flush with the fender with the tire inside the fender.

Spacers help tremendously with the overall exterior appearance. Obviously they're not ideal, but i'm sure they're fine for a regular road car. Your baby will look perfect with the spacers

Petza914

You can't determine spacer size without knowing width and offset of the wheels.

if you have this info from someone's setup that you like, you can plug this into www.willtheyfit.com and enter your wheel specs and it will show you how much further out you need to push the wheels with spacers to equal the same amount of poke.

In my opinion, this is the optimal 997 NB setup
Front - 19" x 8.5" et 50mm
Rear - 19" x 12" et 74mm
and just ordered my new wheels this way, but I don't like them out as far as some others and the car doesn't drive as well if you widen the front track too much.

Wolfk

Where are you located? If anywhere near St.Louis I have several spacers you can experiment with, 5,7,10mm. If your running the Carrara Sport wheels, then you are already 1/2 inch wider than the standard wheels and the "standard" spacer fitment will be too aggressive.

Dubbin'

Thanks guys! Unfortunetly I'm in Canada thus making it difficult to borrow spacers from other members or ECS Tuning :-(.

I guess the only way is to measure. I was hoping to find someone that had a similar setup and the Carrera Sport wheels. I'm pretty sure I could fit 15mm out back.

Thanks,
Mark

killacam

on stock wheels, 10mm front and 15mm rear.

Comanche_699

I had 7 front 15 rear on Carrera S (Narrow body) wheels. I was lowered to the floor on Bilstein B16 PASM set up, but I did roll the fenders.

I loved the look, but the ride height made the TPC DSC box much less effective with so little travel.

It's never buzzed or rubbed. I use stock widths 295 out back and 235 or 45 up front I forget which.

mike.baa

I'm on OZ wheels, but they are OEM specs.

Harry Da Hamster

Don't you think it's difficult to showcase wheel spacer fitment with a picture of the vehicles side?

Dubbin'

Thanks guys for the input,

The Carrera Sport wheels are .5' wider in the rear and run 305 tires. Here are the specs:

Fronts - 8.5 x 19 ET 55 - 235/35/19 Michelion Pilot Sport

Rears - 11.5 x 19 ET 67 - 305/30/19 Michelin Pilot Sport

I'll try measuring to see what I can make work. With the negative camber I can probably fit at least 10mm.

Thanks,
Mark