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Originally Posted by octanemaestro
It has 7x16 wheels on the front and 8x16 wheels on the rear. Neither side has spacers currently. But should they have spacers? I do have some extra spacers laying around from the aftermarket BBS wheels that came with the car before I put on these Fuchs.
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there are 2 fundamentally different versions of both 7 & 8 x16 Fuchs
for 7 it's a relatively minor difference between the 911 7 ET23.3 and the 951 7ET23.3, the 951 wheel has more caliper clearance.
for 8 it's a more significant difference. The 911 8x16 has ET 10.6, the 951 8x16 has ET23.3, this means that the 911 8x16 wheel projects 12.7mm more out board than the 951 8x16.
You can see the difference w/o pulling the wheels and reading the backs, the 951 8 has recessed lug nut holes, the 911 wheel has the more usual projecting lugs.
No regular production street 911 ever used spacers w/ stock Fuchs from the factory(exception the 911R, used spacers in back but that wasn't a normal street car), 930 did and some owners have installed spacers to get the wheels closer to the lips w/o purchasing new wider wheels w/ correct ET.