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| campbellcj |
 Jan 17 2003, 01:44 AM
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I can't Re Member  Group: Members Posts: 4,623 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California 
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Much better selection in high-quality (aftermarket) wheels, and 15-16" race rubber will probably not get any more common in the next couple years either.
I know I've seen race 914s with 17's but most were flared cars running large Kinesis, BBS or Fikse wheels with Hoosiers or slicks. My car is unflared and so I would be looking at 17x7's with 205/40 Hoosiers. This would give me a 1.6% (just about 10mm) taller tire than the 205/50R15's I'm running now. I am thinking that would be a good thing, i.e. I could keep the slightly shorter tires for short-track or autox use and the taller ones for big road courses. I still might end up with 16x7 fuchs due to cost, but the 17" concept is intriguing and there sure are some nice wheels in the 17-18" sizes these days. I don't think the extra weight would be highly significant, because some of the modern forged race wheels are very light and strong. And Hoosiers are very light too. Any thoughts/ideas? |
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| JmuRiz |
Jan 17 2003, 10:22 AM
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Keep us posted on if those rims fit...maybe I could pick up a cheap pair for a 2nd set (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I'm guessing you'd need to mess w/ the fender lip in the rear a bit. They are 17x7, right? What kind of offset would you need/spacers? Thanks
Nathan PS: I see wheel enhancement has sets of 4 17x7 used turbo twists for $800, if all else fails you can do that. |
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campbellcj 17" wheels... Jan 17 2003, 01:44 AM
914Timo When I deamed about 17" wheels I found out that th... Jan 17 2003, 03:37 AM J P Stein Sure, some nice 17 forged wheels.
Have you priced ... Jan 17 2003, 03:55 AM Brad Roberts We recently test fitted 17x9's on the front of... Jan 17 2003, 04:12 AM Jeroen here's some pics from a member of our dutch cl... Jan 17 2003, 08:48 AM Jeroen here's a shot of the rear... Jan 17 2003, 08:48 AM boxstr The Boxster turbo twist 17s are getting to be out ... Jan 17 2003, 09:28 AM bhfast does anyone know how wide you can go on 17's w... Jan 17 2003, 12:39 PM vortrex I had 17" kinesis supercup wheels on my 928, they... Jan 17 2003, 12:53 PM Brad Roberts Jeroen,
That is some very nice paint on th black ... Jan 17 2003, 01:41 PM Mueller It's my understanding that you can easily fit ... Jan 17 2003, 01:42 PM campbellcj Oh yeah, another option is to get some 17's ma... Jan 17 2003, 03:16 PM Jeroen Hey Brad,
The car in the pic is actually midnight... Jan 17 2003, 05:48 PM Gary I saw these 7X17" Revolution RZX wheels on a stock... Jan 17 2003, 10:21 PM Brad Roberts Geeze,
The actually come out and say:
"Revolutio... Jan 17 2003, 10:27 PM
rick 918-S Why don't you guy's buy the style wheel yo... Jan 17 2003, 10:55 PM |
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