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RandallNeighbour · 08-12-2009, 01:31 PM

One inch spacers (25mm) will probably fit if your fenders are rolled. However, you may not want to do this...

I had 1 inch spacers on the back of my boxster and it looked great, but I noticed that the tiniest bit of wheel imbalance was magnified by 10 times or more. After balancing the wheels twice at different places I swapped them with 7mm spacers (required to clear the ebrake line) and voila! no more vibration issues.

My indy mechanic also saw them on the car and said, "you really do want to help me pay off my wife's new S class MB, don't you!"

When I asked him why he would say that, he said, "Spacers that large on Boxsters always create far more wear and tear on the wheel bearings."

Of course, it's your car and your money and you're time to sort out issues so you decide what you want to do. More power to the people!

08-12-2009, 01:31 PM	#2
RandallNeighbour Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 7,243	One inch spacers (25mm) will probably fit if your fenders are rolled. However, you may not want to do this... I had 1 inch spacers on the back of my boxster and it looked great, but I noticed that the tiniest bit of wheel imbalance was magnified by 10 times or more. After balancing the wheels twice at different places I swapped them with 7mm spacers (required to clear the ebrake line) and voila! no more vibration issues. My indy mechanic also saw them on the car and said, "you really do want to help me pay off my wife's new S class MB, don't you!" When I asked him why he would say that, he said, "Spacers that large on Boxsters always create far more wear and tear on the wheel bearings." Of course, it's your car and your money and you're time to sort out issues so you decide what you want to do. More power to the people!