i was not happy with the 7mm front spacers, left way to much room up front to push the wheels out farther. I really like the OEM look of the (flush to fender wheels) GT3 and GT3 RS, so that is what I was going for. I was not in the market for new wheels, so I had some custom hub-centric spacers made up. The 15mm rear were perfect, so I duplicated that size, but on the advice of the wheel shop that made the spacers, I went 13mm up front. Given my OEM "S" ride height, plenty of room up front. I bet at OEM "S" height you could even run 15mm up front.

These spacers went on with factory 997 S lobster fork wheels, so the numbers play out like so:

Front = 19 x 8 ET 55, with 13mm spacer ET 42

Rear = 19 x 11 ET 67, with 15mm spacer ET 52

Spacers fit great and the lug bolts that were provided were quality looking units. If anyone is looking for some custom hub-centric spacers (or i guess normal spacers too) i can happily recommend Rotiform out in southern california. I worked with Jason on these. I have some larger format pictures if you want something with more detail. Made in the USA and great pricing.

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Cool Deal. I've seen 15s on the rear before, but never anything greater than 7s on the front. My 09 C2S had 7/14 and I thought it made all the difference in the aggressive stance. Can you show us some pictures of the entire car so that we can get a better idea of how it sits from a distance?

This is the only thing I really don't like about my CLs on the GTS...no ability to push the wheels out without buying a new set of custom rims.

 

I also have 7/14 on my S with lobster fork wheels & H&R Springs. Have not seen 13 front. Like to see more side pics too.

 

what difference did it make to the drive?

 

As for driving feel,not really much difference in how the car drives. I did it mostly to push the wheels out to the fenders so there was less of that sunken in look on the wheels (more like how the GT3s look).

 

As everybody would say... it needs a drop soon

 

yeah it could stand to be lower. even though the front spoiler scrapes all over the place in Denver, it does need to be lower. i guess the front spoiler is replaceable, so...

 

Thats some good graffitti, btw.

 

Looks really good. I'm looking for a set of spacers for the 18" series I have which are all season tires. For next spring+ I plan on 19", spacers with at least an H&R drop on springs. I loved KWv2 on my M3 E46 but that's a goner.

 

Looks good. I also think the style of wheel makes it "look" more sunken in. I have 5 mm OEM spacers on a C2s 997.2 with PASM, rides 10mm shorter, has Turbo wheels, and my wheels looked pushed out as much as yours with the added spacers. I think that is because the concave wheels trick the eyes. The lobster forks do the opposite, make the wheels look sunken in.

 

looks good!

 

how dark is the tint on your car?

 

I'd love to see a picture from behind with the whole care. Any rubbing in the front?

 

tint is whatever CA maximum legal is, not sure the % number.

 

no rubbing front or rear, and i think I could possibly even go a few more MM up front. We are due for new tires, so we'll see if changing brands (RE-11 to Michelin P SS) has any impact.