Pirctures of 914s with REAR GT flares only? |
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
Pirctures of 914s with REAR GT flares only? |
Mueller |
Jun 23 2006, 03:56 PM
Post
#1
|
914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
Wondering what it'll look like...too odd or okay or???
|
Aaron Cox |
Jun 23 2006, 03:59 PM
Post
#2
|
Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
ive seen it... its an acquired taste....
personally, kinda fugly. and who cant benefit from wider track up front? (you would understeer with big meat in the rear and none in front) |
bob91403 |
Jun 23 2006, 04:17 PM
Post
#3
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 618 Joined: 15-September 04 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 2,763 |
ive seen it... its an acquired taste.... personally, kinda fugly. and who cant benefit from wider track up front? (you would understeer with big meat in the rear and none in front) |
Aaron Cox |
Jun 23 2006, 04:23 PM
Post
#4
|
Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
hey bob...
205/50 in front, 225/50 in back.... spare tire? whats that? LOL. i have a 15x6" fuch with a collapsable spare to get me home if something bad happens. and if im somewhat local, i will go home and grab one of my cookie cutter AX wheels with 205's on em (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) 8" with 225 tires gives you a super nice straight sidewall and a FAT contact patch, becasue it is stretched over such a wide rim. sorry mike for da hijack. Mike - pm "Steve" here, he recently sold his 3.2 car, but it had ONLY rear flares. |
WRX914 |
Jun 23 2006, 04:39 PM
Post
#5
|
2.5 WRX STI hybrid powered beast Group: Members Posts: 782 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 2,771 Region Association: Southwest Region |
My planned spare tire...
Attached image(s) |
Andyrew |
Jun 23 2006, 07:10 PM
Post
#6
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Theres a silver six with them on only the rear... Guy was selling his car last time I looked... guy had a couple hundred posts...
Doesnt look right. If the fronts were a "pulled" flare, with an obvious bulge... then it might work... but thats to many mights... I would just do all 4... or flare it like you did your black car. I dont know of anyone who didnt like that.... |
Aaron Cox |
Jun 23 2006, 09:32 PM
Post
#7
|
Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
Theres a silver six with them on only the rear... Guy was selling his car last time I looked... guy had a couple hundred posts... Doesnt look right. If the fronts were a "pulled" flare, with an obvious bulge... then it might work... but thats to many mights... I would just do all 4... or flare it like you did your black car. I dont know of anyone who didnt like that.... that was my friend STEVE on the board.... mike - show us some black car flared pics! |
Andyrew |
Jun 23 2006, 10:15 PM
Post
#8
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Oh tay...
Heres his pic... The one were you see him section in 2 inches is not there.... Andrew. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-2-1092875903.jpg) 16x8's on there... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-2-1092717352.jpg) Another that I rather like. |
hmeeder |
Jun 23 2006, 10:38 PM
Post
#9
|
Dante's Sportscar Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 21-November 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 3,154 |
I photoshopped some onto the rear of my car just to see.
I'm a bit divided about it. I kind of like it, but then is that just in this 3/4 view? Would it look odd looking straight down the car? Dunno and I hope someone else has some more shots and I'm willing to listen to the flames. Someone said it looked like a duelie pickup. Attached image(s) |
Rand |
Jun 23 2006, 10:43 PM
Post
#10
|
Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
I think the GT flares on just one end look goofy. (Just an opinion of course.) The gentle bulge like Andyrew posted would be subtle enough to work visually. But I wouldn't want to run tires so wide they needed flares on the rear with tires that fit under stock front fenders. How could that make for a good handling balance? I'm not into push and scrub understeer.
|
hmeeder |
Jun 23 2006, 11:09 PM
Post
#11
|
Dante's Sportscar Group: Members Posts: 352 Joined: 21-November 04 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 3,154 |
QUOTE think the GT flares on just one end look goofy. I'm of the same general opinion, as well. The GTs only on the rear don't look visually balanced without the corresponding bulge at the front. As to the argument that you need to have similar sized tires front and rear for handling balance, it's just not true. There are many factors that go into what will work for a particular car. My car puts down a boatlad of torque and even with 225s on the rear and 205s front, I get a good amount of power oversteer anytime I want it and virtually no understeer until I begin to drop the front tire pressures. Remember that Boxters and Caymen (Caymans? Caypersons?) have different size front/rear tires and only suffer understeer when they aren't set up right. Their weight ratio is identical to ours and I'm thinking the Porsche dudes put the bigger meats on the back for a reason. All the new cars have a lot of understeer from the factory as their default set up, but that can be fixed pretty easily. my $.02 on the tire issue. |
PRS914-6 |
Jun 24 2006, 12:27 AM
Post
#12
|
Excellence Magazine Project 914 3.6 Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 20-May 06 From: Central California Member No.: 6,031 Region Association: None |
Hey Mike, don't get cold feet on those flares! Get the grinder out and go to work!
|
Gustl |
Jun 24 2006, 03:41 AM
Post
#13
|
914 enthusiast & historian Group: Members Posts: 11,517 Joined: 16-June 04 From: TIROL / Austria Member No.: 2,212 Region Association: Austria |
here are some pics form a German guy who did it
personally I don't like it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) (IMG:http://www.914freunde.de/914freunde/Oberbayern/bild%202.jpg) (IMG:http://www.914freunde.de/914freunde/Oberbayern/bild%203.jpg) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif) Gustl |
nomore9one4 |
Jun 24 2006, 12:39 PM
Post
#14
|
Member of the Eastcoast Thread Killers Club Group: Members Posts: 2,666 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Pittsburgh,Pa.15237 Member No.: 14 Region Association: None |
Hey Mike, don't get cold feet on those flares! Get the grinder out and go to work! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) You will be glad you did when its done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
nebreitling |
Jun 24 2006, 01:17 PM
Post
#15
|
Member Emeritus Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-March 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 478 |
i wanna put flares just on the front.
|
turboman808 |
Jun 24 2006, 01:25 PM
Post
#16
|
Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,718 Joined: 31-January 06 From: North Jersey Member No.: 5,505 Region Association: North East States |
|
shelby/914 |
Jun 24 2006, 03:00 PM
Post
#17
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 804 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Foxfield, Co Member No.: 4,655 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/hijacked.gif) Not to be a hijacker, but, if someone wants to try this I have the perfect candidate stored for a friend in my barn. It's a completely disassembled,essentially rust free tub. Everything is there including a 1.7 and tail shifter. Front fenders are great rears were cut by DAPO to do HUGE flares for a v8 conversion. Thats as far as he got, and my friend got the car back. $750. Sorry for the hijack but it was too perfect subject
|
Crazyhippy |
Jun 25 2006, 09:55 PM
Post
#18
|
Insert witty comment here... Group: Members Posts: 1,659 Joined: 28-July 05 From: Home of the Coyotes, AZ Member No.: 4,493 Region Association: None |
Here's one...
(IMG:http://www.renegadehybrids.com/914/DougG/2005_1103sema2pics050012.jpg) (IMG:http://www.renegadehybrids.com/914/DougG/2005_1103sema2pics050014.jpg) (IMG:http://www.renegadehybrids.com/914/DougG/2005_1103sema2pics050018.jpg) underneath... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/burnout.gif) (IMG:http://www.renegadehybrids.com/914/DougG/under%20tranny%20shot2.jpg) BJH |
Chris Hamilton |
Jun 25 2006, 10:47 PM
Post
#19
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 611 Joined: 7-March 06 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 5,687 |
I thought the car looked pretty nice until that last picture, just made me cringe. The exhaust is not only going to overheat and melt the boot on the CV joint, its going to overheat that shock and blow the nitrogen bag also.
The 901 transmission is going to take alot of the fun out of having that big engine as well... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I thought renegade was more thorough than that. |
Aaron Cox |
Jun 25 2006, 10:52 PM
Post
#20
|
Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
I thought the car looked pretty nice until that last picture, just made me cringe. The exhaust is not only going to overheat and melt the boot on the CV joint, its going to overheat that shock and blow the nitrogen bag also. The 901 transmission is going to take alot of the fun out of having that big engine as well... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I thought renegade was more thorough than that. and how much closer or farther away were stock heat exchangers? (albeit wrapped in a steel shell) and most aftermarket 4 and 6 headers go right by the CV boots also... it aint a problem. |
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 2nd June 2024 - 07:12 AM |
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002 |
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community! We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ... |