Rear rim/tire clearance question

[RandallNeighbour]

I checked the clearance under "normal" load... no passengers, but I do have a half tank of gas and the car is on the ground (not on a lift). I guess I can get my buddies to sit in the car while I crawl back under to give myself some peace of mind before my road trip this weekend.
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Everyone, these rims are absolutely fabulous looking. I've dreamed of having them since day one of ownership... getting rid of the Camaro ROH's that were on the car when I bought it was one of my first goals, but then every single thing that could go wrong with a Boxster went wrong and I've never had the money to spend before now...

I will take your advice, Jim and put some crayon on the strut and drive it around a little and see if it rubs. If it does, I guess I will buy some 5mm hubcentric spacers for the back and call it a day.

I'll take pix and post them when my colored wheel caps come in. I knocked out the black painted ones before mounting the wheels on the car since they have no pin holes for easy removal when they are on the car, and I won't photograph it without centers because that's just wrong

[insite]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

II will take your advice, Jim and put some crayon on the strut and drive it around a little and see if it rubs. If it does, I guess I will buy some 5mm hubcentric spacers for the back and call it a day.

randall - FYI, i played with different offsets and it looks to me like anything less than 44mm will rub the fender. i have heard of some people using 42mm, but this did not work for me. to achieve 44mm, you'd need 3mm spacers. not sure if they're made? 47mm seems to be the de facto standard for 10" rears on a box, though, so i'd be suprised if you had problems with that.

[RandallNeighbour]

Insite, they are indeed 10 inch rims. I'm feeling more comfortable about taking it for a spin tomorrow to see if it rubs now.

Just new rim owner's jitters, I guess! I'll let you all know what I discover either way.

Ha, I just put mine on and went like hell! I had a horrible ride though, lol, they forgot to send me the hub centric ring adapters so they were off center. But after that they were good.

[RandallNeighbour]

Kronix, thanks for your info as well. I have yet to inspect the fronts because they seemed so good right off the bat.

Boggtown, you crack me up, you wild man. Throwing caution to the wind with one's Boxster is not something I would do. So why did you need spacers anyway?

[insite]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Insite, they are indeed 10 inch rims. I'm feeling more comfortable about taking it for a spin tomorrow to see if it rubs now.

Just new rim owner's jitters, I guess! I'll let you all know what I discover either way.

what size tire? 265/35?

[RandallNeighbour]

yup, 265/35's

[edevlin]

I just got the same set of rims as Randallneighbor with cheaper Falken tires. The rims landed yesterday and like the numbnuts I can sometimes be, I took off my old 17" rims/tires and put on the new 18" rims/tires, torqued the bolts down to 97 ft/lbs, and away I rode....

I just caught up to this thread this morning and sure enough, I do have a cardboard-width clearance between the wheel and struts, but I am rubbing on the drivers-side brake cable housing, rubbed off some of the insulation. I will get a tie to pull back the cable housing a little.

I did have a question about centering the wheels, as the new wheels do not have the centering flange built into the wheel. Is there any trick to centering wheels that lack a flange? I just tried to line up the wheels on the bolt-holes as best I could, then slowly tightened them up.

Finally, because I have a modest clearance from the struts, I assume I do not need spacers, I perfer not to use them if I can avoid it, thanks,

Ed