996 Turbo wheel spacers

[Jay964rs]

Opinions please ladies and gents.
996 Turbo, 2003, just had ruf road springs fitted (slightly firmer/lower than stock but no boneshaker). Considering getting wheel spacers front and rear (7mm front, 30mm rear). Good and bad points please.
Thanks
Jay

[Vixpy1]

30mm rear sounds huge!

I've got 5mm all round coming.. um soon hopefully

[Jay964rs]

There's a kit available from design 911 with all the wheel bolts etc.
That what I was looking at.
Any pics of cars with spacers would be useful.

[Podro]

Hi Jay,
Have a look at this thread where I included photos of the 17mm rears which are recommended from Porsche as the correct fitment ~ I wouldn't go any larger. I went for the 5mm on the fronts, but haven't fitted them yet as it definitely needs them to balance the rears aesthetically.
Cheers,
Podro

[mr pg]

I have 7's (with longer bolts) all round on my turbo. Not heard of anyone going as far as 30 before. Nor sure they'd work, and adds a lot of mass.

[Jay964rs]

Thanks chaps, that's really helpful.
My mistake, the design911 kit is 7mm front and 15mm rears.
The pic of the Turbo S with GT3 wheels looks fantastic!
I'll order the kit and see how I get on with the lower suspension.

[996ttalot]

Unless you specifically need more clearance at the rear e.g. to run different intake piping like we do when we fit a y-pipe, the best spacer kit is the GT3 option upgrade kit which is 5mm all corners, comes supplied with all the longer bolts, locking nuts etc. Retails around £215+VAT but can be had for cheaper.

[EvoSlayer]

30mm Sounds way too wide to me, I'd like to see some before and after pics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqqZ28m8uCo

...As you say, 5mm front, 15mm rear, should be fine

Edited by EvoSlayer on Monday 23 April 20:13

[ZeroH]

Techart spacers 18mm + 15mm do the job perfectly... wouldnt have thought 5mm is enough to make a visual difference or increase track, which is surely the reason to add spacers ?

[Moosh]

Deleted my last reply, said I had 5mm spacers, sorry mine are 15mm all round.