I bought the P1SC 8lb HO Kit when it first became available and managed to get caught up in the whole "surging" tune headache with my setup. But through it all Adrian at MAK performance and the good folks at procharger never gave up on me. (I'm a pain in the butt when things don't go smooth...
I already had 1/4" spacers laying around but you can get them from AM. As long as you don't go beyond 1/4" you can still run your stock lug nuts safely and still catch plenty of thread. If you run thicker spacers you should replace your studs for longer ones.
Anytime you run a wider tire up...
Unfortunately I don't have anymore pics but I can tell you that we couldn't see a difference in appearance. I even pulled out a ruler to measure the depth from the inside of the rear fender to the edge of the 9" and it was the same as the 9.5". However on the inside of the wheel, the gap from...
The 9's fit in the back no problem, as a matter of fact the offset actually pushes them out to the same location as the 9.5's. If you look at the other GT in the driveway in the last pic, it has my front 9's in the rear. No spacers and they fit perfectly.
I'm running OE PP 19x9.5 on all 4 corners. Had to throw a 5mm spacer to keep them from rubbing on the strut up front. Now I'm running 1" spacers on all 4 corners simply because I like the way it looks. Perfect fit with no rubbing on a 1" drop.
Adrian @ Makperformance hooked me up. Not under $5k, but best price I was able to find at the time. Send him a PM I'm sure he can provide you with a solid quote.