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YOUR RESEARCH18x11 ET 45 Narrow Body Fitment
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It'll never be flush, but you could get the top to tuck if you lowered it and ran a very aggressive negative camber...
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My suggestion is to figure out your stock wheel spec, use the offset calculator from the previous post and see what the new estimated positions would be with the new wheel specs.
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My suggestion is to figure out your stock wheel spec, use the offset calculator from the previous post and see what the new estimated positions would be with the new wheel specs.
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Looking at new wheels for my 99 c2, I found a set that I'm being told will fit my car but I'm a little skeptical. Rears are 18x11 ET 45 with 295 30r18 tires. Seeing mixed messages on some older forum posts, some saying it fits no problem, some saying fenders need to be rolled, some saying add camber, some saying no chance at all. Has anyone run this on their car, and have pictures of how it looks? I haven't rolled fenders before and would prefer to avoid this, but if the fitment looks OK I may be OK with it. Don't want any camber.
Nevermind, I was confused for a bit...these wheels will not fit the narrow body, the narrow body wheels will fit the widebody. with 17mm spacers and longer bolts
I may be thinking of this incorrectly, but if the stock wheels are 63mm offset and I'm going to a 45mm offset doesn't that mean the wheels are sticking out further, and adding spacers would be adding to the issue?
I don't think they will fit, stock is 18x10 et65, these 18x11et45 would be 32.5mm further out, others might have different experiences, but based on the 15mm spacers at the back of my last and current 996 with 18x10 et65, I don't think there is enough room for another 17.5mm.
I have 18x11 wheels with 63mm offset and a 5mm spacer (making the offset 58mm) with 295/30-18 tires on my '02 narrow body, and I don't think I could reduce the offset any more without rubbing on the fenders. My fenders are somewhat rolled and I have -2 degrees of camber in the rear. I would think that you wouldn't be able to fit those wheels without significant rubbing
Nevermind, I was confused for a bit...these wheels will not fit the narrow body, the narrow body wheels will fit the widebody. with 17mm spacers and longer bolts
A higher "positive offset" means the wheels are sitting closer to the center of the car........all Porsche wheels have positive offsets...
That is correct! My stock wheels are et65 rears and et50 front. I added 15mm spacer in the rear & 10mm in the front and the wheels are almost flush with the wheel wells. So technically as they sit today the rear is 50mm & front 40mm. So your et45 will stick out 5 mm more in the rear.
No, it won't fit. It'll be 18mm further out than the commonly accepted reasonable limit for adding a 15mm spacer to the OEM 10" (+65mm offset, effectively 50mm with spacer) wheels.
https://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator
Fitting is relative to your car's set up. Are you lowering it? If so, by how much? What kind of tires are you going to run? Size, section with, and side wall shape all differ among different brand and model tires. My suggestion is to figure out your stock wheel spec, use the offset calculator from the previous post and see what the new estimated positions would be with the new wheel specs. Then go outside to your car, place a straight edge against your rear quarter panel fender lip so the straight edge is pointed downward and then take a measuring tape or ruler and measure how much space you have from your tire/wheel lip to the first straight edge. This will give you a better idea how much room you have and what won't or will work. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Here is a .2 C2 at X74 height and alignment(-1.6deg rear camber) with 18x11 ET63 wheels with 295/30 tires on the back.
The ET45 wheel will stick out 18mm further from this point.
Got the car out of storage. I don�t see how it is possible to get these flush with the body, it�s a long ways off� anyone in the market for some new wide body wheels??
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Those don't look like 18x11 +45. mine sit flush with the fender on my c2 and they are stock c4s wheels. my 295 also dont have nearly that much stretch
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I don't think you specified but that looks like an aftermarket wheel. Is it possible that you were told the incorrect specs? Are there any markings on the backside of the wheels that indicate the size and offset? Usually, the size of the wheel, ie 18x11, and the offset, ie ET45, would be stamped on the backside of the spokes.
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