Hi, bit of detailed post follows, looking for some :help: please.
I am in the market for a new set of wheels as I have an out of round issue that cannot be balanced out. The current wheels are 19" 8j ET57 front and 11j ET67 rear, shod with 'standard' 235/35 and 295/30 tyres respectively (car is narrow body - gen 1 C2S).
I have 15mm spacers rear and 9mm front.
I fancy the fuchs style (not original as too expensive
) - car is black so should look like the example below . Design 911 have them at £1134 (inc VAT) and the same (as far as I can see) are on ebay at £1035 and £590, (the latter state as made in China). All of these three are 8.5j ET55 front and 11j ET55 rear. Some pictures below.
A bit of research on offsets and some sketching has led me to conclude that the fronts, being a wider rim and less offset, and with no spacer fitted, will be 0.6mm narrower on the car than mine are today - so fine. The rears will need a 3mm spacer to be exactly the same (and as it happens I already have 3mm spacers from a previous experiment).
So far so good. . . .
The fronts can take my 235/35 (so wall height = 70.5mm) but being 8.5j can also take 245/30 (so wall height = 73.5mm).
So, my questions are:
1) will the 235 look ok on the wider rim or should I go 245/30 assuming that a 3.5mm ride height increase (when new) is negligible?
2) The wider fronts will be 4.5mm wider in the wheel arch (towards the car centre line) - I am assuming this is negligible (catching on full lock?).
3) £590 has my "too good to be true" alarm bells ringing - although they ship from Basildon?
Any views appreciated - especially if my maths is wrong
:eh!:
thanks
I am in the market for a new set of wheels as I have an out of round issue that cannot be balanced out. The current wheels are 19" 8j ET57 front and 11j ET67 rear, shod with 'standard' 235/35 and 295/30 tyres respectively (car is narrow body - gen 1 C2S).
I have 15mm spacers rear and 9mm front.
I fancy the fuchs style (not original as too expensive
) - car is black so should look like the example below . Design 911 have them at £1134 (inc VAT) and the same (as far as I can see) are on ebay at £1035 and £590, (the latter state as made in China). All of these three are 8.5j ET55 front and 11j ET55 rear. Some pictures below.A bit of research on offsets and some sketching has led me to conclude that the fronts, being a wider rim and less offset, and with no spacer fitted, will be 0.6mm narrower on the car than mine are today - so fine. The rears will need a 3mm spacer to be exactly the same (and as it happens I already have 3mm spacers from a previous experiment).
So far so good. . . .
The fronts can take my 235/35 (so wall height = 70.5mm) but being 8.5j can also take 245/30 (so wall height = 73.5mm).
So, my questions are:
1) will the 235 look ok on the wider rim or should I go 245/30 assuming that a 3.5mm ride height increase (when new) is negligible?
2) The wider fronts will be 4.5mm wider in the wheel arch (towards the car centre line) - I am assuming this is negligible (catching on full lock?).
3) £590 has my "too good to be true" alarm bells ringing - although they ship from Basildon?
Any views appreciated - especially if my maths is wrong
:eh!:
thanks
