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Apologies if this has been asked a thousand times but I can't seem to find a definitive answer.

Car is a 2012 coupe with 19's. I have the option of spacers ( 12mm front and 10 mm rear ) or getting some after market wheels.

What I need to know please is what size wheels front and back do I need to get the same look but without spacers. Car is standard height at the moment. Plan is to fit H&R springs but not for a while yet.

Thanks in advance.

Durban

Posted this in the official picture thread but figured I would throw it in here too and see if it got any more love.

Durban

Im running 10.5s, its a close fit close thats for sure. If i didnt have a little stretch on the rear tires they would definitely rub a lot (if you're lowered)

fejjsan

BC FORGED RS43 R18

Saguaro

Nice!

OC6.3AMG

As I'm selling my 507 coupe to a friend shortly, I will pick up a W204 sedan (until the W205 coupe comes out of course) and this is the look I'll be going for. Simply stunning.

Durban

I appreciate that man

Hans Grenade

Forgestar CF5V Gloss Gunmetal on a white sedan. Stock height. Camera phone pics but you get the idea.

MikeC63BS

Love those wheels on the 507 man!

kb24forlife24

Do you have any more pictures? They look awesome!

EDIT: Just saw your other pictures in your purchase thread. Congratulations man!

Girard@ACGautomotive

Forgestars look great dude! Thank you again!

Hans Grenade

Yep. Couldn't be happier. These are great looking wheels for the price.

JeffDL

I lied 19x9.5 +45 rubs but not nearly as much as my fronts which are 19x8.5 +40 with a 245/35. really should have gone 235/35 and 255/30.

rolled my front fenders which helped a little. Paint cracked like crazy though did re-painted them. They are aluminum so they won't rust, going to work on them some more this weekend. as I really don't want to buy new tires again. but tires are cheaper than fenders.

what i don't understand is my 09 sedan i was running 19x8.5 +35 with a 245/35 and never had any rubbing.

Roswell

Weird to hear Jeff, I'm running 19x9 +40 with 245/30/19 pss on my pre-FL car & no rubbing.

JeffDL

yeah i have no idea. the coupe has less room in the front? it's the only conclusion i can come up with. Doing some more work on the front fenders this weekend. The rear i can live with the front on the other hand is pretty bad. so more rolling, hammering, cutting, grinding. i refuse to put the stock springs back in i've already gone too far screwing things up.

haven't really got any good pictures of it yet because i've been pretty pissed off with it. (i know it's my fault but it's really not my 09 had a more aggressive setup with no rubbing). but here is one with it covered in filth and salt. it doesn't look like it should rub?

amanuuh

Your car is so clean. What size tires are you running?

Roswell

Ur front tires looks the same as mine, so I don't know why u are rubbing. Very strange.

JeffDL

did some more grinding, cutting, and bending today seems much better. i'm not putting the stock springs back in it should be good to go now. all i can think is coupes are different somehow.

Roswell

Dang, stop molesting ur fenders lol

Mort

I had the same problem with my 2010. Haven't messed with the 2012 yet...LOL.

I found when the car is lowered it pushes the lower control arm out. This in turn causes the lower link to pull the strut forward. This means the tire is more likely to rub on the joint between the bumper and fender. I think some cars are more affected than others and the passengers side seems to be worse in this area than the driver's side. My passenger side tire rubbed on the fender/bumper joint and the driver's side tire rubbed on the fender liner behind the headlight when turning. I had to go back to 235s with a 5mm spacer and mine was pretty good. Still a snick now and then. I also hammered my fender lip as much as possible and trimmed the bumper lip and the joint between the fender/bumper. The end result for me was that the two tabs broke off the bumper and I could never get the fender/bumper to line up correctly again after that. I hope your car fares better as it got pretty frustrating for me.

JeffDL

that's exactly what it seems to be Mort. I found a bracket that attaches the bumper to the fender (i believe) it was hard like structural steel which I think is where my rub was coming from as it sounded horrible. Was able to cut the ends off both sides of this steel piece. went for a good drive today and it seemed to be fine I'll give it another week or so and take the wheels off and see if any of the fresh paint I put in there is missing.

Durban

Thanks man, love hearing that.
Im running a 19x9.5 (could be 9 ) up front and 19x10.5 in back. I believe that its 245/30/19 in front and I know its 275/30/19 in back. Not positive about the front width but I'll check when I'm home on Friday. I went through wheels boutique and they knew exactly what would fit and shipped them to me perfect and ready to bolt on.

Hedges

Nice rims!

Kriston

Killervette

Niche targa m129, Sizes are 275/30/19 and 245/35/19. I have h&r springs with the 17mm rear spring pad.