Cheap wheel / tire package, to make around-town driving barable? Options

[adamfl]

I bought my (2nd) 914 last summer for many reasons, one of which was the suspension and brakes had been gone through and had been roughly setup for autoxing (bilsteins and (very) stiff springs), which I want to get into this year. The car also has 16" rims and low-pro tires. So the question is am I crazy in thinking getting a stock set of rims and tires will soften up the ride a bit when I'm not killing cones? If I'm not crazy, whats the most economical route to pick up some (decent) rims and tires? Thanks.

Adam

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[Dave_Darling]

Four-bolt or five?

Four-bolt steelies in the original 5.5x15 size are very cheap. Make sure you get 914 wheels, not Bug wheels, or you'll be limited to very very narrow tires! You have a 72, so you can use the early style (".00") Pedrinis, or any regular 914 four-bolt alloy wheel. The Pedrinis can often be had for relatively little money.

Cheap (-ish) five-bolts probably mean cookie cutters. You should be able to find them for $300/set for 6" wide wheels. You may be able to find other 911 wheels in 5.5" width for less; I'm not really sure on that.

Some 195/65-15 tires on any of the above should be pretty nice.

--SS