Anybody running 7R x 15 fuchs with ET47?, ?? will it fit without pulling fender Options

[jim dorociak]

Guys I am thinking of having a 6 x 15 fuchs turned into a 7 x 15 ET 47 sometimes called the 7R wheel. 216/60 x 15 for the rear and does it fit without pulling the fender? I assume I have to add a spacer in the rear say 12mm and the rest of the wider wheel goes to the inside???? Anybody run this size and et rears wheel with that size tire?

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Jim

[jim dorociak]

You guys are great. I personally like the look of the 15 x 6 flat face fuchs on 914-6 over the 6 x 16 fuchs I ran on my last six. It has to do with the look of the wheel/tire just looking "right". I am trying to run factory size tires and staying at the 25.1" height so fronts will be 185/70 or now it appears more available 195/65. time period rears would have been on 7's running 215/60. Thought was put spacer to move the wheel out towards fender lip and let the rest go on the inside. Now that new real fuchs are available again it is hard to over pay to get a 54 year old wheels worth the cost to buy and then to have restore and in the end they are beat up and tired. Fuchs are forged and all the other replica wheels are cast. There appears to still be a market for both. I have been collecting single 5 x 6 wheels and sometimes after $400 plus just to get a wheel you look closely and they are not great candidates to make a visual great restored fuchs, so I am looking for (1) rough but serviceable 15/6 fuchs to use as a donor inner wheel.

My other thought was a set of EMPI gasser wheels 5.5 x 15 and possibly making rear 6.5 x 15 to use that 215/60 tire either as the primary wheel set of 2nd option to change the look of the car.

Since they are going to get welded anyway I could have them make less than 7" to help fitment and still get a larger rear wheel.

Again thanks to all the replies. Jim