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15" tire conundrum |
mb911 |
Jun 18 2018, 08:33 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,213 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
When I started this project of 914-6 conversion my 1st parts were a set of nice 15x7 and 15x8 fuchs with brand new p6000s on them. They had no miles on them. I dropped off a few tires and wheels to get mounted up and they called that the new zero mile tires had a 3 inch cut on one and a chunk missing from the other. How is this possible 1st of all . They removed the tires so the wheels could be refinished and also remounted them.. Seems like a sales job to me..
Either way p 6000s are 260 each. So now wondering what to do. Could I use 205 50 and 225 50s on the wheels. I can almost get the brand new tires (4) for the "2" bad tires? Thoughts? |
mb911 |
Jun 18 2018, 02:57 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,213 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Well tire shop just called and the other 2 are junk as well. What a shame 1k worth of tires with almost no miles on them are junk..
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mepstein |
Jun 18 2018, 03:19 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,578 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Well tire shop just called and the other 2 are junk as well. What a shame 1k worth of tires with almost no miles on them are junk.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Did you pay for the tires or were they “thrown in” with the wheels. |
mb911 |
Jun 18 2018, 03:35 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,213 Joined: 2-January 09 From: Burlington wi Member No.: 9,892 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Well tire shop just called and the other 2 are junk as well. What a shame 1k worth of tires with almost no miles on them are junk.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Did you pay for the tires or were they “thrown in” with the wheels. Well long story short. Bought an 87 911 and these tires were on the wheels on the car. Had just put the tires on and drove to my place. The guy decided he didn't want to pay for all the fixes the car needed so I bought it. Then sold the car to a guy who didn't want the wheels so I kept them for my project. Then late last year the guy contacted me about buying the wheels so he had the date matched wheels I said no way. Then relented and he traded the same Fuchs for mine so had to have the perfectly good tires off. And that's where everything went sideways. |
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