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| RJMII |
 May 27 2010, 09:23 AM
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Jim McIntosh  Group: Members Posts: 3,125 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Sandy, Utah Member No.: 8,112 Region Association: None  |
What tire sizes are you running with your flares?
What wheels sizes? What offset and spacer combo are you using? How much space between the tire and the inside of the flare? How much space between the tire and the inner fender? What set of flares did you use? |
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| gothspeed |
May 27 2010, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,539 Joined: 3-February 09 From: SoCal Member No.: 10,019 Region Association: None |
I will be using AA steel flares with Fuchs standard offset 7x16 fronts and Fuchs 944 turbo offset 8x16 rears . Tires will be 205/50 fronts and 225/45 rears.
I believe I will need about 1" spacers all the way around but will not buy any untill the flares are installed. I will want about .5" rear tire to flare gap and about 1-1.5" tire to flare gap front. |
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| Dr Evil |
May 27 2010, 10:53 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 22,999 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Poor form, Jim (IMG:style_emoticons/default/jerkit.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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| RJMII |
May 27 2010, 11:30 AM
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Jim McIntosh Group: Members Posts: 3,125 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Sandy, Utah Member No.: 8,112 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Dr Evil @ May 27 2010, 10:53 AM)  Blame it on the percodan/endodan. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) Stupid leg is swollen up again. How would you word it, eh? (see, it's the pain meds, I'm speaking Canadian) |
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| SirAndy |
May 27 2010, 11:49 AM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,641 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(RJMII @ May 27 2010, 08:23 AM) flares, tire widths, offset combos This should be easy, there are only a couple of hundred possible wheel/offset/tire combos out there ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Andy |
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| RJMII |
May 27 2010, 12:38 PM
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Jim McIntosh Group: Members Posts: 3,125 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Sandy, Utah Member No.: 8,112 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(SirAndy @ May 27 2010, 11:49 AM) QUOTE(RJMII @ May 27 2010, 08:23 AM) flares, tire widths, offset combos This should be easy, there are only a couple of hundred possible wheel/offset/tire combos out there ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) Andy I was able to find yours in a search... If I could get another dozen solid answers, with numbers and less rolling eyes and (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)s I could probably set up my algorithm for this little project I'm working on. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I'm pretty sure my questions were pretty straight forward and easy to answer. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| RoninEclipse2G |
May 27 2010, 12:53 PM
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Suby Geek Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 28-April 07 From: Parker, Colorado Member No.: 7,701 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
He didn't ask what he SHOULD run, but rather what EVERYONE ELSE was running.
C'mon guys. It's not that hard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) |
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| jhadler |
May 27 2010, 01:06 PM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
Alright, I'll be the first to actually answer his question...
225/45-15 tires 15x8 custom wheels with 4-7/8" backspace Stock front fenders - slight rub at full lock. Hand rolled and pulled rear fenders - snug, but clears with no rubbing. -Josh2 |
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| Dr Evil |
May 27 2010, 01:42 PM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 22,999 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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Just giving you a hard time, Jim (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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| zig-n-zag |
May 27 2010, 02:15 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 182 Joined: 18-May 06 From: Hawaii Member No.: 6,024 |
I want to use 911 turbo hubs for the front in an effort to eliminate
spacers, but don't know if that is a good thing. Scrub radius issue? Late 911 hub-centric rear hubs might increase the rear track over the early lug-centric ones, 1/4" difference? Ultimate wheel combo for me would be 944T 8x16 fronts, 911 9x16 rear, or 8's all around, but might take the easy way out and go with all 7's. I recall someone said the AA flares can't fit 9's without massaging them, and for the use of 8's up front as well. |
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| mepstein |
May 27 2010, 02:36 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,272 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
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What tire sizes are you running with your flares? 205x55x15 & 225x50x15
What wheels sizes? 7x15 & 8x15 What offset and spacer combo are you using? 5 lug Fuchs, 20mm spacer on front, no spacer on rear How much space between the tire and the inside of the flare? Don't know yet. How much space between the tire and the inner fender? Don't know yet. What set of flares did you use? AA steel flares from the world famous group buy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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| PlaysWithCars |
May 27 2010, 09:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 524 Joined: 9-November 03 From: Southeast of Seattle Member No.: 1,323 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(zig-n-zag @ May 27 2010, 01:15 PM) Ultimate wheel combo for me would be 944T 8x16 fronts, 911 9x16 rear, or 8's all around, but might take the easy way out and go with all 7's. I recall someone said the AA flares can't fit 9's without massaging them, and for the use of 8's up front as well. I borrowed a set of 8s and 9s from a buddy and ran on my car for one autocross. 245s in back and 225s up front. Worked great and looked good too! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) If I could find a set for a reasonable price this is the way I would go. Of course a reasonable price for me now would have to be insanely cheap as I'm still piecing the motor back together after said autocross... |
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| Elliot Cannon |
May 27 2010, 10:55 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None 
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275/40/17 tires. 11 inch wide rims. Zero offset. 5 1/2 inch back space. 8mm spacers.
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| RJMII |
May 29 2010, 05:55 PM
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Jim McIntosh Group: Members Posts: 3,125 Joined: 11-September 07 From: Sandy, Utah Member No.: 8,112 Region Association: None |
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| J P Stein |
May 30 2010, 08:57 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
At some point I've run all kinds of combos.
Presently.....well, you don't want to go there. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) The front end was interesting. At one point I fit a 10 X 16 wheel with a 10 slick. The backspace was 5 1/2 inches. It required the dust cover of the front shock to be removed. I do some testing for clearance.......full compression of the suspension and lock to lock on the steering and adjust the bodywork to suit....no rubbing allowed. The above didn't work out well. The wide wheels gave me around 3 (+?) inches of scrub radius giving an un-curable push....oh well.......but it fit with my hand hammered flares. Now there are 8 inch wheels up there (5 inch backspace) and the push is gone with the scrub radius decreased by 1 inch......who'da thunk it? There's a lesson here for those wanting to run spacers up front. The rear is much more straight forward. Again the 10 X 16 wheels with a 5 inch backspace. The straight side 10 slicks have about 3/4 inch clearance to the inner fender....enough if I keep at least 19 psi in the tires.......I got the big black marks on the inners at 18 psi *once*. Attached thumbnail(s)  
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