5 lug 6x15 inch fuchs?, wheel fitment on narrow bodied 914s?? Options

[funk]

I found a sent of 5 lug 6 x 15 inch Porsche fuch wheels. Would they fit on a narrow bodied 914? the key word being 5 lug and I am uncertain if they are what you would call deep sixes??I've seen 914s with 7 inch wheels on narrow bodied.no fender rolling and they fit. then I have seen others where smaller sizes used and they rubbed and were no fit. Is there a way to know all the particulars of 914 narrow bodied fits??I couldn't find any blogs here. Although, I know this has been of interest on our site??

[Dave_Darling]

There's no real way to tell ahead of time exactly what fits under a particular 914 without measuring. All of these cars vary a bit, and there is almost always more space inside of one rear fender than the other. (Not always the same side from car to car, either.)

You can measure the space compared to your current wheels and tires, and use the differences in widths and offsets and tire widths and such to approximate the amount of space a different set of wheels and tires would take up, but there are often variations in actual wheel/tire combos from the numbers you calculate.

You should be safe running 195-width tires on 6" Fuchs. You have reasonable odds of 205s on the 6es fitting. You have much worse odds of 205s on 7s fitting.

Note that you may need to fold over the rear fender lip for clearance in some cases, especially early cars. In later cars, the fender lip was smaller.

--DD

[ConeDodger]

There's no real way to tell ahead of time exactly what fits under a particular 914 without measuring. All of these cars vary a bit, and there is almost always more space inside of one rear fender than the other. (Not always the same side from car to car, either.)

You can measure the space compared to your current wheels and tires, and use the differences in widths and offsets and tire widths and such to approximate the amount of space a different set of wheels and tires would take up, but there are often variations in actual wheel/tire combos from the numbers you calculate.

You should be safe running 195-width tires on 6" Fuchs. You have reasonable odds of 205s on the 6es fitting. You have much worse odds of 205s on 7s fitting.

Note that you may need to fold over the rear fender lip for clearance in some cases, especially early cars. In later cars, the fender lip was smaller.

--DD

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