 996 wheels fit under GT flairs????, 18 x 8 & 18 x 10...any experience???? |
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| BKLA |
  Oct 4 2005, 01:10 PM
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Really old member  Group: Members Posts: 1,253 Joined: 14-August 05 From: OR Member No.: 4,590 Region Association: Pacific Northwest 
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A good friend of mine purchased new BBS wheels for his 996 and gave me his turbo twist 18's for my 914 6 GT project. The offsets seem quite large (rear measures 8 1/2" from hub face to interior face of rim) and i don't know if they will fit under the steel flares (not installed yet) even with big spacers.
It seems as if I remember an article a few years ago regarding a silver conversion done by GPR where they put these wheels on a flared car. I think I'd like to use these for street wheels until I fine the right size fuchs to put on the car. Any body have any experience with these wheels on a 914? Any ideas or experience would be helpful! |
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| redshift |
Oct 4 2005, 01:15 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
You will need spacers, for sure... and I think at that point, you also need more outside room..
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| Brad Roberts |
Oct 4 2005, 01:18 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
If they are true Turbo Twist hollow spokes.. sell them and buy a set of Fuchs for it. Seriously. Weigh a front and a rear wheel and tell me what the number is. I'll tell you if you have a gold mine or not. The hollow spokes are VERY sought after.
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| d914 |
Oct 4 2005, 01:26 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,331 Joined: 12-July 03 From: Atlanta, ga Member No.: 904 Region Association: South East States |
I ran late offset 9in rims and had to use 54mm spacers. room was very tight. 10's???
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| BKLA |
 Oct 4 2005, 01:42 PM
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Really old member Group: Members Posts: 1,253 Joined: 14-August 05 From: OR Member No.: 4,590 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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More info:
front part number is: 993.362.134.05 size: 7.5Jx18 - ET50 Can't access rears without moving a bunch of stuff in the garage...bummer! Does that help? ____ Just checked part number and found these for sale: Technology hollow-spokes - $1300 993.362.134.05, 7.5 x 18 ET 50 993.362.140.00, 10 x 18 ET 40 Wow..I guess I should sell them and find a good set of 7's and 9's. Thanks! |
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| SirAndy |
Oct 4 2005, 02:01 PM
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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 |
make that 8" and 9" ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) only problem with 9" in 15 or 16 is that you can't find any decent tires for those anymore. i've been looking for a year now ... 10" under the rear GT is going to be *VERY* difficult. the 9" is already a very tight fit and needs to be spaced out correctly to not rub inside/outside ... but, you could always step up to the 11" rear GT flares. i don't know if anyone makes steel repros, i know you can get them in FG ... might want to contact porsche classic and see if they have a set of original steel rear 11" GT flares on the shelf ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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