Pics would be helpful. Thanks

 

I cant imagine it making a differance since its MM. I would like to see a pic before and after if anyone has

 

Having the spacers is like having a freshly washed, waxed and detailed car. The car seems to be so much faster and more fun to drive.


I personally like the spaced out look. The only drawback is the extra flinging of dirt hitting the side of the car -- dirt flinged by the outward movement of the tires.

Yes, I know but 1/4 is 1/4".


Btw, IMO most Car enthusiasts can immediately visually tell subtle changes such as spacers.

 

Experience with spacers on Porsche jaguar and Audi lead to one conclusion. Its about image.
Spacers may give marginally better stability especially when cornering, however, you`ll find that the 'feel' at the steering wheel, the response, the cars balance, and the turn in... suffer.
What it comes down to is Street cred Ego Vs mediocrity.
But then what Porsche is actually 'mediocre'

 

If you're going to do it, then 7mm and 15mm combo so it actually looks like something different. Personal opinion is the car could easily use more on the front and still look good and on an non-lowered car maybe even a little less on the rear. I may try 10mm front and rear sometime. That said, IF you're going to do it, get hubcentric spacers for the front...or you will NEVER eliminate the vibration you'll have from the wheels not being perfectly centered. Been there, done that, returned the spacers. Search...lot's of info. Now with a 3mm front as ESC suggested, then you might be able to get enough of the front wheel on the hub to have it self center. (FYI the rears are hubcetric already in most brands)

 

To me the spacers mean more chipped paint with the fender edges.

 

here is one pic.
those are wheels from a 997.1 turbo (so WB)

 

took some in the garage for you :-)

 

I added spacers to my car after I changed the rims and it looks much, much better than it did before. The wheels now line up with the body for a cleaner more "stock" look. Highly recommended.

I used 7mm in the front and 15mm in the back.

Larry

 

personally ive never seen chipped paint on any porsche fenders regardless of what rims or what spacers they are running, im running aftermarket rims on both of my porsches that are flush with the fenders and neither have any chips at all, 20k miles on them, and i live in boston, the roads suck

 

i like that, those are 20" rims right? So with the wide body rims you don't have to add spacers, how does it handle?

 

Look like 19s.

 

Those are the factory 19's for the Turbo model.

 

yes factory wheels for a turbo 997.1 (19's)
no spacer
those are WB wheels on my NB car

havent seen any difference in handeling... just a much better look compared to the lobster wheels :-)

 

Here are the best shots I have that fairly show the difference when viewed from behind. You can see from the temp tags that it was one of the very first things I did (I had removed them from my trade-in and put them right back on the new car).

To me, the inset on the first photo just appears wrong to me now that I've gotten so used to the more offset look. I don't think the offset looks radical at all, just better.