4 lug spacers, Yea, or nay Options

[ChrisReale]

I have room up front to push out my wheels about one inch. Where can I get 4 lug spacers? If I played my cards better, when I got my Panasports I would have had two made with a different backspacing to allow for the more room up front, but I was not wise. Are spacers generally considered ok for this? I know I would have to have longer lug bolts, or have longer studs put in. Anything else?

[SirAndy]

I personally think that Porsche used oversized bearings that can handle more load than we are giving them credit for.

exactly my point. no car (well, at least the german engineered ones) would even be ABLE to hit the road as a production car (read: non race car) without plenty of safety margins.
does anyone really think porsche would have used a wheel-bearing size that was bound to fail if you increased the load on it by just using a small spacer, different wheel (different offset) or wider tires?

the cars came with 165 tires originally. most people these days run 195 or 205.

205 - 165 = 40mm = 1.57" so, if we assume that was on a wheel that had the same relative offset than stock, that would be a whooping 0.79" wider track.

that is more than the 1/2" spacer in question !!!!

Andy