Get some spacers. I just put on 7mm/18mm and what a differnce in appearence. I only wish I did it sooner. What a great cheap mod.

 

Pics?

 

Interesting. I'm using a set of wheels on my C2 that came from a C4. 18 x 11 x 265 in the rear. The rears came with a set of 17mm spacers but I didn't put them on. I wonder if I should give them a try. The current set up looks like it still has plenty of room.

 

yes pics please i have this setup.

 

so just to clarify, turbo wheels will fit a NB if you put on 265s ? Are you lowered too ?

 

Yes, pics please. I have 18 turbo twists with 265 rears. I wanna see this mod.

 

There is a difference between Turbo Twists (which is the style of the wheels) and Turbo wheels (which is a fitment). My car came with Turbo Twist in 8x18 50 mm offset and 10x18 65mm offset. The Turbo wheels have a 51mm offset in the front and a 45mm offset in the rear. The lower the offset the farther out the wheel is from the center of the car. Turbo fitment wheels can be a challenge in a narrow body car. I had issues with a set of 48mm offsets in the rear of my car, had rubbing even with the fenders rolled. It does depend on what size tires you are running. I was running 235/40-18 on the front and 265/40-18 on the rear and the rears rubbed. Might not have been a problem with 265/35-18 or 285/30-18, but I never tried those. I ended up selling the wheels.

17mm spacers on 65 mm wheels give you a 48mm offset. Just be careful as rubbing can be a real bummer. If you do some searching you will find lots of owners that bought Turbo fitment wheels for their NB cars and had issues.

 

oh ok..
i thought the turbo twists fronts are 7.5??

 

14-15mm on the rears is more safe with factory offset wheels, especially if you're running 285mm and above tire size.

 

Yep. Have been for years.

 

I too had the Turbo Twist in 8x18 50 mm offset and 10x18 65mm offset. 265's on the rear but just went with the Innsbruck wheels, 8x18 45 offset and 10x18 50mm offset with a set of H and R Springs and sticking with the 265's

 

Wheel width, tire width, wheel offset, car height and camber. If you know all of these, you'd be surprised at what you can fit. It's just a matter of how aggressive you want it to be.

 

I would love to post some pics but my iPad 2 won't let me. It won't let me choose a file to upload under the attachment option. To bad I just cleaned her up.

 

Here's a couple of pics of the car with the new spacers on.

 

I have the narrow 996 C2 with turbo wheels and the tyres are 285 on the back, from the service history that has always been the case.
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