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Old 09-27-2012, 11:16 AM   #1
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I probably have some that will fit if you can determine what the offset of your wheels are and the thickness of spacers I'll let you have them cheap as I have several sets laying around of both types, in that the thicker ones, 17mm and up have studs and nuts while thin ones require longer bolts
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Pull a front and rear wheel off and look for the size (19X9) and the offset
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Old 09-27-2012, 06:47 PM   #3
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I probably have some that will fit if you can determine what the offset of your wheels are and the thickness of spacers I'll let you have them cheap as I have several sets laying around of both types, in that the thicker ones, 17mm and up have studs and nuts while thin ones require longer bolts
When I had the wheels off a couple weeks ago, I found the front had no spacer and the rear spacer was about 1/4", or 7mm.

H.R. Springs told me that the spacers this thin don't have the lip to hold the wheel on. I think I found them on one other site, but the guy at HR said that lot's of guys buy the thin ones with no lip for the Porsche, without any problems or issues.
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When I had the wheels off a couple weeks ago, I found the front had no spacer and the rear spacer was about 1/4", or 7mm.

H.R. Springs told me that the spacers this thin don't have the lip to hold the wheel on. I think I found them on one other site, but the guy at HR said that lot's of guys buy the thin ones with no lip for the Porsche, without any problems or issues.
The initial assumption was that you were using large spacers on the rear. Therefore, it sounded like the previous owner had used the wrong style of spacers. Now that you have clarified that they're only 7 mm's, it makes sense that they didn't have the hubcentric "collars". Small spacers ranging from 5 mm to 7 mm will still provide enough exposure to the hub that the wheel will "catch".
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