Tire fitment for 8" Fuchs, yeah another tire thread.. Options

[Olympic 914]

I have had these wheels for a while now but had not tried fitting them to the car before. they were buried in the front of the storage locker I rent to keep the rest of the cars parts. So today I moved everything and brought them home to try fitting them.



I already had a good idea of the tire sizes I wanted to run. my original thought was to go with 245 / 50 /16 on the 8" Fuchs on the rear and 225/ 50 16 on the 7"s for the front.

Good thing I didn't buy the tires...........

Even though the fenders were flared with the intention of using these size wheels it seem that the space under the fenders is not as cavernous as I thought.

After trying the 8s on the rear I am not even sure 225s will fit.





With a straight edge on the outer lip of the wheels I have 3/16s on the pass side and only 1/16 on the driver side, that in addition to the 5/16s thickness of the outer lip on the wheel equals 8 3/4 total possible tire width.
The specs on the 225 /50 tires are based on a 7" wheel and show a 8.1 in tread and a 9.2 sectional width. so the tread will fit under the fender but I don't know if the sidewall will rub.

The GFs car has 225 45s on 7.5in rims and the sidewall is almost straight up from the wheel.

Really want to use the 8" wheels but I would hate to ruin the new paint job.

probably go with 205 / 50 s on the front 7" wheels

The wheels do look nice.





How much space do you need to fit the 225's under the fenders?

I was looking at the BF Goodrich G-force Comp2 A/S they are available in the sizes I need. (would like)

[DRPHIL914]

these 16x7" were rubbing and blistered my paint - i had 205/55 on them (Potenza)
so i also had Tangerine work the fenders to give more room, they also had to replace the lips, but man they are still very tight on the back corner where the fender starts to cut back in. I have a set of 6's to put on rear and i might consider selling the pair of 7's on there now- my local shop that's going to prep the car for paint has a metal guy that has done some amazing work on some local 911's i just saw this week, so as he preps my car for paint he has to smooth out those dimples that were left from the tangerine work- if he can carefully work another 1/4 or so there and they will clear carefully i may try and keep the 7's but i don't want to ruin, like you, a nice new paint job --
So my advice is you can fit some nice 7" rims in there be happy with that and get some 7's and sell the 8's. - if you cant find any i know someone who has lots of them and can finish them just how you want---

Beautiful car by the way!!

Phil