new wheels/tires don't fit cuz of protruding IC piping :(
#17
I had the same tires as you on my 996TT, and rubbed as well. I rolled my fenders in my garage, installed 21mm RUF spacers and the rubbing completely disappeared.
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#19
That is a good call. That's what another guy told me to try first today and that will be our first attempt at finding the shortest distance between A and B! and for the least amount of $!
#20
Dave, I think I have some spacers that are bigger than 5mm. if you want to try them I can ship them to you to try before you buy anything, you ill have to roll fenders like scott said most likely. I can measure them to see what they are. But they are definitely more than 5mm. They are to offset the stock wheels to look like GT2 fitment. I am guessing 13mm or so.
#21
IIRC, yes. I had this issue on my 996TT.
#22
Dave, I think I have some spacers that are bigger than 5mm. if you want to try them I can ship them to you to try before you buy anything, you ill have to roll fenders like scott said most likely. I can measure them to see what they are. But they are definitely more than 5mm. They are to offset the stock wheels to look like GT2 fitment. I am guessing 13mm or so.
But I assume you ran custom bent hard pipe from your IC to turbos?
#24
Pic is not very good as it was very difficult to shoot well in the dark. But there really is plenty of clearance there.
#25
Flash - yes AP IC.
On the spacers... what offset and width are those rims?
#26
18x8.5 ET53
18x12 ET51
I just ordered fitment for 996TT after seeing them on Graham's car (a GT2).
#27
Cant imagine why? Are your wheels 18s or 19s?
#28
To be honest a little worried about rolling but might have to because of the non aggressive offset . I'm also going to the custom hard pipe.
#30
Stock 7.3" I 3.7"
New 8" I 4"
The new rim only is only 0.7" closer to the inner wheel well wall. The 315 tires are about 0.4" wider on each side over stock. I believe diameter increased as well (30 over 315 vs 30 over 295). So together that's 1.1" decreased clearance, diameter increase not factored in.
Put the car down, gauge how much further outwards (away from car), the wheel can be shifted with out causing issues on the fender side. That should indicate max. spacer size. The additional increase from both offset and width (both wheel/tire) is net 1.1" and thus from crude back of envelope calculations, would require a roughly 28mm spacer to line back as stock. Note, the new rim/tire is already 0.7" closer to outside fender.
Just did these calculations quickly so please just use as additional info only and check it.
FYI just in case that hasnt been factored in. i believe the front/rear over all diameter ratio has to be with in a certain range for the AWD to function properly. I can't remember what that range is.
Last edited by Mad Ness; 03-10-2010 at 10:48 PM.