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[Ramos0513]

Originally Posted by jsceash

Your going to have a hard time with 11" wheels on the rear they will hit inside un-spaced. When you space them out probably need 20MM they will rub under the fender unless you roll the bead of the fender all but flat. The front 8" wheel you'll need about 15MM spacer to not rub the inside. This is how I run my front wheels with that size tire. Really suggest you ditch the 11" wheel for 10" wheels and 7 to 10MM spacers.

9 1/2" wheels fit nice on the rear with the 275 tire

You think so? I haven't noticed any problems on the rear that I know off. No rubbing either.
spacers should give me more clearance ? And stop the rubbing ?
That's my last resort . I really like the wheels I'm hoping I can find a way to make it work.

[Ian c]

Bear in mind not all spacers are the same .
I'll only ever use top quality spacers from ruf h&r genuine porsche
They must be quality and hubcentric or you'll suffer from no end of wheel wobble problems .
I have plenty of sets and will only use these 3 makes on my p-cars

Going by memory (some are already fitted on my cars and the others are in a box somewhere in my garage) ....
The genuine porsche 5mm and h&r and ruf 7mm are not Hub enteric but are small enough to use the existing hub and have a hole to fix using the existing counter-sunk screw .

The next size up is 14mm hubcentric h&r , 15mm hubcentric ruf , 17mm hubcentric porsche . And these are really "adapters" rather than "spacers" as they bolt on and have studs to mount the wheel to .
Anything I have bigger than that us not suitable in a "normal" 986 scenario .

Note there is nothing around 10mm as around this measurement you're in the grey area between having enough of the existing hub to hold the wheel center and having enough spacer to add a "new" hub .
Although I recall having a set of ruf 10mm hubcentric spacers in my box ..

If I have time on Sunday I'll go hunting in the black hole that is my garage and post pics and confirm everything I've just written from memory

[Ramos0513]

Originally Posted by Ian c

Bear in mind not all spacers are the same .
I'll only ever use top quality spacers from ruf h&r genuine porsche
They must be quality and hubcentric or you'll suffer from no end of wheel wobble problems .
I have plenty of sets and will only use these 3 makes on my p-cars

Going by memory (some are already fitted on my cars and the others are in a box somewhere in my garage) ....
The genuine porsche 5mm and h&r and ruf 7mm are not Hub enteric but are small enough to use the existing hub and have a hole to fix using the existing counter-sunk screw .

The next size up is 14mm hubcentric h&r , 15mm hubcentric ruf , 17mm hubcentric porsche . And these are really "adapters" rather than "spacers" as they bolt on and have studs to mount the wheel to .
Anything I have bigger than that us not suitable in a "normal" 986 scenario .

Note there is nothing around 10mm as around this measurement you're in the grey area between having enough of the existing hub to hold the wheel center and having enough spacer to add a "new" hub .
Although I recall having a set of ruf 10mm hubcentric spacers in my box ..

If I have time on Sunday I'll go hunting in the black hole that is my garage and post pics and confirm everything I've just written from memory

Sad to say but I am now in the look for some new wheels. I haven't had a chance to order any spacers or anything that could fix my rubbing problem, I wish there were a shop near me where I could try them without having to wait a week or so to get them in the mail so I can try them out. I guess the 19" won't be happening for me... Have to go back to 18" wheels..

[Ian c]

Did you have the time to take a wheel off ?
All you need to do is find the right info and you can find out what needs to be done

[Ramos0513]

Originally Posted by Ian c

Did you have the time to take a wheel off ?
All you need to do is find the right info and you can find out what needs to be done

I did not. My work schedule isn't looking too good right now. Not to mention I'm 20 years old and my class schedule isn't either. I may get some measurements when I remove them this weekend to put in the stock ones for now. What exact measurements do I need? Sorry for the ignorance, I'm new to this.

[Ian c]

They should have markings for width in inches and et in millimeters .
It's one of them crazy things us Europeans do