Just Installed New IForged Wheels - Pic Inside :)

We just finished putting some new IForged Wheels on a customers car. He has a 2002 996 C2. Color is blue, behind the dirt Wheels we did were the IForged Precision Series Essen Wheels in a 19x8.5 and a 19x11 in Gold. Great look on the Blue IMO We ran a Toyo Proxes 4 Tire which is a good street tire. 295/30/19 and 235/35/19, 245/30 could have fitted as well. See Toyo Site here for Tire info - http://www.toyo.com/docs/tires/tires.asp?lpid=18970&name=Proxes%204�&category=spo rt As always, we sell these Contact me with questions. Here are some pics. Enjoy!

My 996 C2 calles for 265/35-18 on the rear. Proxes 4 do not come in this size. Can you install the Proxes 4 275/35/18 on the OEM Rims, or is this pushing the rim to tire too much?

Those are really nice. I think the wheels/tires might be a little big. He's gonna rub against the fender if he goes lower or if he hit's a bump/compresses the suspension no?

Cost on the wheels for a 02 cab ? Thanks

What are the offsets of those wheels?

These wheels have been discussed here before. The offsets are wrong for a Narrow Body 996.

Agreed, especially the rear wheel offset.

So what are the offsets? I did a search and couldn't find the answer. I'm assuming you already know based on your reply. If the rear offset is off, which from one of the pics it looks like it might be, it can't be off by my than 5-10mm. Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback. First I can check into the tire selection for you. email me at [email removed] and I will get you a quote. No rubbing, we ripped around the curves here at work. Stiff as a board with the JIC Cross suspension. Next. Those are NOT the wrong offsets. IForged makes the 19x8.5 and 19x11 wheel for the C2/GT3 in the correct offset for a flush fit. If you think these are the wrong sizes, your wrong. Iforged does not give out the offsets, though if you email me or PM me I can get them for you. A set of IForged is $3600 for the Precision Series and $3400 for the Formula series. www.iforged.com Anything else, just pm me!

Come on Dan. What is that crap? They don't give out the offsets??? You are selling wheels that are in fact the WRONG offests unless, and that is a very important unless, you also have a suspension that is stiff as a board like the JIC suspension whcih prohibits the travel that EVERYBODY without the JIC suspension will infact suffer from and, yes you guessed it, RUB! You need to be up front with people here. For you, or a vendor to NOT publish the info for potential customers is a load of crap and will do nothing but push people away. If you are going to peddle your wheels here you need to simply state the wheel you have for sale, the size, offset, and the price. Simple as that. But your tactics are not sitting well with others her and it has been discussed many a times, both in threads as well as in PM's. Take this as you wish but it is meant as constructive criticism as a way to improve and not come across as you do so often.

Not to mention the GT3 is a wide body car not like the C2.

Jake, You mean the GT2 correct?

If you can share the offsets by email or PM why wouldn't you be able to post them up?

These wheels are very similar to those made by Cargraphics, except that they do publish the offsets : For a narrowbodies 996 there recommendations are as follows: Fronts 8.5x19 ET40 9X19 ET 46 Rears 10.5x19 ET 52 11x19 ET58 These are custom made split rims with TUV approval. They even have 12"x19 for those GT2 out there. For more info www.cargraphic.de Hope this helps. Andy

I talked to a tire/wheel guy the other day who gave me the answer that the offsets was a "trade secret". Couldn't believe it.. But he refused. TRADE SECRET??? WTF!!

Yes that was correct I mis read the posts before and had a typo.

Thanks for posting this. All I can say, without trying to add to the fire, is that someone who can't provide wheel offsets probably doesn't know them. I don't know what IForged has to protect. Aren't they HRE knock-offs anyways? From Andy's post regarding the Cargraphics recommendation, it sound like a 2002-up narrowbody C2 can run the following compared to the stock 8 inch fronts (et50) and the stock 10 inch rears (et65): an additional 16mm towards the front fender an additional 19mm towards the rear fender My guess is many pcar owners upgrade their wheels so this is definitely good to know. .25 inch comes out to a little more than 6mm, so if you get a wheel that is .5 inches wider, it is 6mm more wheel outward towards the fender and 6mm more wheel inward towards the car.

Yep those are my wheels! I got them installed last saturday. As for the rubbing issues, the fronts are fine, but the rears if i go over a big bump they would rub. I'm gonna raise the rears probably 1/4 inch to solve the issue. Besides that i love the wheels!! These offsets were recommended by Iforged, so i don't know what they are. All i know is that i freaking love the wheels and totaly happy with the purchase and the price. Thanks Dan! Bao

Thanks for posting your thoughts Bao (yung911). Your rubbing issue is what EVERYBODY has been saying about the rears that iforge "reccomends" for the car. Well, you, as well as many others that have witnessed it or experienced it first hand, have confirmed that iforge has NO idea what they are talking about when it comes to providing a correct offset for the rear wheel. Sounds like stubborness on iforged's part which may explain their excuse of "proprietary offsets used" to refuse divulging the offset of the wheel. That alone would prevent most from buying it. You should NOT have to adjust your car to prevent rubbing if the wheel was the correct offset to begin with. FYI....changing the geometry of your car to accomodate an incorrect wheel will affect the handling of your car. If you plan on using these stricly as bling then you should be just fine. But if you take your car to the track I would reconsider the suspension change to accomodate a street wheel.

Thanks for the input LV, but these are just for the *BLING* factor. I don't intend on taking these wheels to the track. I have a seperate set of wheels for the tracks, so i'm good to go. Maybe if iforged reads this thread and others with gripes about the offsets, they would change it. But all in all i'm happy with them. If need be i can send them back and change the rears to 19x10.5's if they start to rub too much. I'll post some pics tomorrow of the car washed, instead of dirty for you all to see.

Sounds great! Post up that pic of the clean car......we love our pics around here

This is just plain stupid on their part (Iforge). Someone should really tell them that their secret offset are out of wack!! I remember the other guy who was convinced he had the right offset but then again, had to use a narrower tire and stretch it in order to clear the fender. I would rather have a company be straight forward and tell me it's not the perfect offset but could use a spacer to fix the problem, then an ignorant bastard trying to convince me otherwise and leave the shop grinding the tires at the first bump.

Spacers will only help when they are too far in, not out. This problem requires a less agressive offset or grinding down the inside of the new wheel.

Yes I know but what I meant was; I would rather have a company tell me the truth and use a spacer than a company telling me BS and get stuck with a set of wheels giving me no options..... but to grind. I rather like working with a slightly higher offset than a slightly lower one. One is an easy fix but not the other!!

Isn't that the truth! Good point.

Dan, What are the offsets of those wheels? This should be a simple question for a re-seller...

Stock Carrera offsets are 50 Front and 65 Rear

If we're talking rims, I've got a question for y'all. I've got it down to two choices for Betty ('99 C4 coupe) and want to get some opinions. Should she be shod with the 19" Carrera S wheel or the less common 19" Carrera Sport Design? I've found decent deals on both and can't choose. These aren't for the track, just to add some shine. I've got the base 17" wheels currently.

I never have warmed up to the Carrera S (lobster fork) wheels, so between those two wheels, my choice would be the Carrera Sport Design.

Yes. I have OEM wheels that came with 265s but I run 275s (Falken Azenis) on the street and track with no problem at all. k