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Posted by: thomasotten May 21 2004, 11:16 PM

While hunting for 15 X 6 deep Fuchs wheels, it seems that 16 X 6 are easier to come by. Do the 16" ones also come in two types? Deep Dish or Pan? Or are all the 16" the deep style?

Does anyone have a pic of their 914 with 16 X 6 wheels? I don't want anything that looks monster like or too macho.

Thomas

Posted by: campbellcj May 22 2004, 12:42 AM

Zois has had at least one or two sixes with sixes recently. I'm sure there are pics but not sure where.

The 16x6 Fuchs only came in one basic style/offset, I believe. Compared to the 15x6's they would be the "shallow" type.

They do fit nicely and look great...

Posted by: 736conver May 22 2004, 05:31 AM

Here's a link from the bird board that I had bookmarked awhile ago. It shows the transformation to 16's.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79984

Posted by: ArtechnikA May 22 2004, 05:33 AM

here a http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/914-6/PWHEELS/pwheel.html of Porsche wheel specs. weights, ET's, part numbers - all that.

good thing to have bookmarked ...

Posted by: scottb May 22 2004, 05:57 AM

here's a pic of mine with 16x6's. i think they fill up the wheel well nicely....

Posted by: James Adams May 22 2004, 07:23 AM

There is only one type of 16x6 Fuchs. They run about $100 each for nice looking ones.

The really nice thing about them is that you can use 205/55/16 tires which are very close to the same diameter as the original 914 tires. This size is used on a bunch of newer cars, so a large selection of modern tires are available.

You can also run 205/50 or 205/45 if you want to gear it down a little.

Posted by: Demick May 22 2004, 08:41 AM

Here's mine. 6x16 with 205/55-16

Maintains stock overall diameter which sure is nice on the freeway.

Demick


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Posted by: thomasotten May 22 2004, 02:38 PM

Demick:

Looks awesome. Can you recommend a tire brand/model that looks sporty yet not too pricey?

Posted by: ein 6er May 22 2004, 03:46 PM

there are early and late 16 in. fuchs, but they both have the same part #. the differences are subtle. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=95993&highlight=911+361+020 is a link to a post on PP. the guy documents the differences.

this is mine with 16x6, with, i think, 205/55. the rears don't fit my stock fenders. they were scraping the lips.

Posted by: Mueller May 22 2004, 03:51 PM

looks sporty?????

tirerack.com, type in the size tire and you can do some comparisons....don't buy tires on "looks" alone, there are some really cheap tires out there that are making "sporty look'n" tires, but are crap.........

Kuhmo 712's are a decent tire for the price, I'm looking at getting my 3rd set (running these on the family Volvo and the 911 right now)

Posted by: RAR May 22 2004, 07:06 PM

So the 16x6's do fit with a low profile tire. Always thought they would. Socked away five brand new ones many years ago. Thanks for the info.