Roswell

Bumping my old thread for updates:

1) As u must know, I was complaining about slight rubbing on the passenger rear over bumps, so I decided to go down from 275/30/19 to 265/30/19 & happy with the decision as I have no more rubbing now. For those who wonders, I'm running 19x9.5 +50mm rear.

Another solution for the rubbing would be to shave 3mm off the back plate of the wheels (making my offset +53mm).. but I'm afraid to affect the structural integrity of the wheels.

2) Now that my rear are flush & rub free.. Can someone tell me if I use 10mm spacers in the front of my HRE 19x8.5 +40mm = +30mm will be rub free? (my front tires are 245/35/19)

So anyone running this set-up can chime in.. 19x8.5 +30mm with 245/35/19?

Girard@ACGautomotive

I would try a 3mm or 5mm first. 10 will more than likely be too aggressive

hyperion667

oh Roswell, that sux you have to use spacers with your HRE's

goodluck brother

Roswell

Thx Tal for ur advice. I don't think it's worth it to buy 3mm spacers.. I have 10-12mm spacers laying around so I just thought it could work. :P

Hyperion, I don't need spacers on my HRE.. I'm just playing with the idea to make the front flusher although they are pretty flush as is. All the pics above are w/o spacers.. Do u think it's flush enough in the front?

hyperion667

roswell I think they look great man!

Roswell

Lol thx bro.. I prefer ur pair of wheels in ur sig! What size are they.. 38D? Looks like they are scraping/rubbing over bumps. Muhaha!

Seriously, I will just leave my front HRE alone instead of spending more on spacers to find out they will rub. Lol

hyperion667

that chick is just insane.........
I don't know if I would know what do do with those things.....couple of things come to mind

was looking at you pix on this thread......very nice looking wheel finish....
I'm waiting on my third set for my Pcar...(with same finish)...waiting waiting waiting.........

Mort

I tried 5mm spacers on my front wheels (Axiom 19x8.5 et +44 or 45 with 245/35/19 PSS) and unfortunately I could not get my wheels to centre on the hub so I had balance issues after the install. Then I tried a 10mm spacer with a hub centric lip and the balance was fine but I had frequent rubbing issues. The tires rubbed a little on the lip so I had the front fenders rolled. I think they still rubbed a bit near the joint of the fender and bumper. The problem still was that the tires really rubbed a lot on the inner fender. Without the spacer my right front still rubs the inner fender on a bump (railroad track) that compresses the right front. That is the only rub I get without spacers and it is not often but I am usually the only one in the car and have no idea what it might be like with more of a load. I would still like to make the front a little more flush but think I am fighting a losing battle.

Roswell

Thx Mort for sharing ur experience. Ur awesome as always when comes the time for wheels help!

So in summary, 19x8.5 + 45mm + 5mm = +40mm = no good cuz 5mm is not hubcentric.
19x8.5 +45mm + 10mm = +35mm = rubbing a bit on the inner fenders?

So my 10mm (+30mm) won't work then.. And buying non-hubcentric 5mm (+35mm) is not good cuz it will cuz vibrations.. Am I correct Mort?

Roswell

Hyperion, if u don't know how.. Send her to me, I'll show u how. Lol

Seriously, what wheels did u ordered for ur Porsche?

MIG

Hello,
I got these wheels

Front -19x8.5 ET45
Rear -19x9.5 ET50
235/35-19 , 265/30-19 is the best option tires?
Thanks.

hyperion667

went with these in 19

hyperion667

they look nice: can we see them on the car too?

Roswell

Are u lowered? If not, u can do 245/35 & 275/30.

Btw, nice design.. They look like the Advan F14. *drool*

Roswell

Hyperion, sick wheels!! Love the SC series.

MIG

ADVAN F15
Weight:
Front 8.9kg
Rear. 9.4kg

MIG

Only in the spring ,winter R18.

Roswell

Wow, Advan F15 are so expensive .. My dream wheels!!

MIG

In Russia ,they are cheaper than the HRE.

Mort

Meng that is what I found. I am not sure if your H&R will center with a 5mm spacer. Look at the hub face of your wheel and see if it has a bevel where it goes over the hub on the car. My Axioms do and so they will not center with the spacer installed because the hub is not high enough at 8.5mm. Also the hub center has a little bevel on the top of it. Just enough that with the 5mm spacer installed the wheel will no longer center on the hub. If you can figure out a way to keep the wheel centered while you tighten the lug nuts you might be good but I got vibrations.

My tires with a 10mm spacer definitely rub on the inner fender. You can see the rub marks plainly. It was rubbing the outer 1/2 - 5/8" of the tread on the inner fender frequently and just rubbing the fender a bit where it meets the bumper and along the edge of the bumper a little.

Going to have a look at it over the winter but I am not too hopeful.

Roswell

Good infos Mort!! Thx again & I totally understand ur scenario. But why H&R doesn't produce hubcentric 5mm spacers like they do for the 10 or 12mm?

And yeah, u saved me an unecessary spending for 5mm spacers that might give me more headache than good. I just got rid of my rear rubbing & certainly don't want to add it to the front. Lol

I guess my 10 & 12mm spacers will only be used on my oem 19's. Hope they will centered well & won't rub.

noodleman

5mm spacers doesn't cover the entire hub, that's why they can't make 5mm hubcentric spacers.

I'm running 5mm spacers in the rear and had no vibration issues. if you get a 3mm spacer you are likely able to reuse your oem bolts and still get enough turns to be safe. I was only 1 or 1.5turns short with oem bolts with my 5mm spacers.

Roswell

Aww, that makes sense on the 5mm spacers Jason... thx for educating me. LOL

Here is a pic of my front wheel... so can you tell me how much roughly am I missing to be flush?

Roswell

I had the feelings snow would be coming soon... so I went to top up the gas last night... Yep, just in time for this morning snow fall! Hibernation mode already.




Here is where my Garage Queen is sitting after 2 years... anyone interested in a slightly used C63? Muhahaha!

noodleman

from the pics Meng, i'd try a 3mm spacer in the front and see if it rubs. Anything more and it looks like it would rub on dips.