 Wheel Recommendations?, 18" x 8" front and 18" x 11" rear |
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| fat73 |
 Apr 30 2008, 07:02 PM
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W9R1  Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 7-May 05 From: tampa,fl Member No.: 4,043 Region Association: South East States  |
I need some guidance from you pros out there who may have experience with larger than normal wheels on 914s. My car is kinda wide, 70" across the front struts outside fender to outside fender, and 74" wide on the rear.
I'm currently running 18x8 on the front with 225/40 and 18x11 with 295/35 on the rears. The problem is that the wheel hubs are way outside, so that I have to run 4" of spacer on the fronts, and 1 3/4" spacers on the rears. The rears probably aren't so bad but that much leverage on the front is really hard on the wheel bearings. So, having said all that, and assuming that I'm really interested in keeping the wheel dimensions I have, and the general design/pattern of the wheels, can anybody make any recommendations on what kind/brand of wheel might be a good solution? Also, it seems that because of the width on the front I'm challenged getting / keeping the camber from being too much in at the top (wears the tires on the inside). Ed aka W9R1   |
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| Dr. Roger |
Apr 30 2008, 07:53 PM
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A bat out of hell. Group: Members Posts: 3,944 Joined: 31-January 05 From: Hercules, California Member No.: 3,533 Region Association: Northern California |
Kinda like these bad boys but alloy, right?
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| fat73 |
Apr 30 2008, 11:01 PM
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W9R1 Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 7-May 05 From: tampa,fl Member No.: 4,043 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Dr. Roger @ Apr 30 2008, 05:53 PM)  Kinda like these bad boys but alloy, right? Yep just prettier. Are you running any spacers on those? What are the width of those and the offset if you know. Ed aka W9R1 |
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| Dr. Roger |
May 15 2008, 03:35 PM
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A bat out of hell. Group: Members Posts: 3,944 Joined: 31-January 05 From: Hercules, California Member No.: 3,533 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(fat73 @ Apr 30 2008, 10:01 PM) QUOTE(Dr. Roger @ Apr 30 2008, 05:53 PM) Kinda like these bad boys but alloy, right? Yep just prettier. Are you running any spacers on those? What are the width of those and the offset if you know. Ed aka W9R1 Those rims are from someone here in "The World". I asked him what they were off of and he said a VW bus or a dune buggy. I think he said he got them off of Samba. Probably really cheap too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) Andy, what did you pay for those wheels? if i may inquire... |
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| SirAndy |
May 15 2008, 03:46 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Dr. Roger @ May 15 2008, 01:35 PM) Andy, what did you pay for those wheels? if i may inquire... don't remember, it's been a while, but i think the whole set with tires was somewhere in the $1200 to $1400 range ... alzheimer kicking in ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Andy |
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| Todd Enlund |
May 15 2008, 03:59 PM
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Resident Photoshop Guru Group: Members Posts: 3,251 Joined: 24-August 07 From: Laurelhurst (Portland), Oregon Member No.: 8,032 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ May 15 2008, 02:46 PM) QUOTE(Dr. Roger @ May 15 2008, 01:35 PM) Andy, what did you pay for those wheels? if i may inquire... don't remember, it's been a while, but i think the whole set with tires was somewhere in the $1200 to $1400 range ... alzheimer kicking in ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Andy Jeezus, man! Each corner is worth that! |
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fat73 Wheel Recommendations? Apr 30 2008, 07:02 PM
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[quote name='fat73' post='1026945' date='Apr 30 2... May 15 2008, 04:28 PM fat73
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