Tire Size Question for 1.8L 1975 Options

[Aayala]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone could provide some feedback or recommendation on purchasing some tires and wheels for my 1975 1.8L 914.

I wanted to upgrade the wheels on my 914 to a 5 lug conversion to fit some Fuchs on it.

Question is...

1. Is it worth it to convert to the 5 lug and pretty simple to do?

2. I have someone selling their wheels and tires for a good price but the wheel sizes are 15x6 (front) and 15x8 (rear). Will this fit the stock 914 narrow body?? or will I have to for sure add fender flares to fit these?

thank you in advance!

[brant]

after 4 decades of this question.

the 6inch wheels almost always fit
7inch wheels hit or miss... some people are able to fit them... 60% of the time they do not fit stock fenders.

16inch fuchs there is a better chance that 7s will fit as the offset is different from a 15 to a 16

regarding is it worth it?
up to you
it becomes an appearnace thing as both cars can handle well on 4 or 5 bolt..
and stickie-ness of tires makes more difference on handling than the 1/2 inch difference of 5.5 to 6's

so really its about what appearance you want as to whether the 5 bolt upgrade is worth it. Stock 4 bolt brakes with good pads can absolutely brake the car fine .