Hello everyone,

May be my eyes are playing tricks on me but my it looks like my passenger side wheels/tires are protruding more than the driver side - perhaps about 5 to 7mm. This became more prominent when I installed front (7mm) and rear wheel (15mm) spacers. It's a very small difference but I am curious if there is something wrong with the car. I am pretty sure that I installed the spacers correctly and that they are same size per axle.

When I measure from the rotor to the end of the wheel, they are all the same per axle so I am thinking there is variance with where the fender lie as to the wheels/tires.

Thank you

 

You may want to check the camber on each wheel. I had the same thing happen and having the car aligned fixed it.

 

Check the spacers! First, make sure they are the same size. Second, good spacers are hub centric so make sure the hub lip on the spacer is facing out and not in, which would make it stand out a bit further.

 

Thanks so much. I double checked the spacers (RSS) and they appear to be the exact same size. I believe the grooves on the spacers were facing the wheel (out).

I may also inquire of alignment. Dealer supposedly recently did a four wheel alignment after installing new tie rods...

 

spacers cause greater axle stress...

 

That seems like a real stretch. How did you figure that?

 

How did I figure that? Through youth experience.

increased torsional stress..premature wheel bearing failure...lug stress...not worth it for the little increase in track widening IMHO. Hubcentric or not..can't change law of physics.

Information and opinions widely available .. do a search. make educated decisions.

 

OK, I'll bite. How young were you?

Spacers have been used for a long time in many applications including racing and I haven't heard anyone, until you, mention any possible or probable problems using spacers. Especially with P cars.

Lug stress? Not if the proper length bolts are used and they are torqued properly.

Wheel bearing failure? No idea how you can actually calculate that. Do you figure spacers are going to completely unbalance the rotating mass?

What torsional stress? Did you forget about the rest of the suspension?

Everything you have mentioned, even if true to some degree, would be infinitesimally so small as to not make any practical difference. And no, you can't change the laws of physics but physics isn't really the issue here. Metallurgy, design, and common sense are the real trumps in this case.

 

you're better off with a wider wheel if its what you really want... whatever.

 

Porsche didn't design their offsets correctly..you need a wider track. what you need is a bugatti veyron...there ya go.

 

I remember seeing a C2S at a dealership with the same problem but it ws cause somebody had one widebody wheel on the rear..