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> Boxster 16's do fit, (everyone already knew that)
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post Mar 11 2006, 05:57 PM
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Finally mounted the new (to me) autocross tires on the
Boxster 16x7's. Pics attached.

The Kumho Ecsta V700 in 205/45/16 fits easily.

Unfortunately, I doubt any other 'fast' tire will, since almost nobody makes
anything in that size. The new Hoosiers section width of the 205/16 is
10.1"!. Not going to fly without some mod to the fenders.

It looks a bit ugly, like too much area around the tire is showing. Other
people's cars with these looked better with street tires.

Anyhoo, I didn't get these for looks. It was all about getting better
wheels on a budget, and having tires that won't wear out driving to
the events 100 miles a day.

If I ever get spendy, it will be back to good offset 15" race wheels to
save more weight.


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post Mar 11 2006, 05:59 PM
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post Mar 11 2006, 06:00 PM
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Good room on the outside, maybe only 3/8" on the inside. Oh yeah,
2' camber.


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post Mar 11 2006, 06:06 PM
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2 foot camber?


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post Mar 11 2006, 06:30 PM
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No spacers?
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post Mar 11 2006, 06:31 PM
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looks good!

those wheels are relatively cheap too!
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post Mar 11 2006, 07:02 PM
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QUOTE ("*" @ Mar 11 2006, 07:30 PM)
No spacers?

No spacer in back. I've always had 1/4" spacers on front, probably would
work and look better with more.

2' => 2 degrees. Bad thoughts and bad typing. That would mean 2 minutes.
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Oh yeah, they are ALL 4 16x7. 6" would be pointless since the offset
is wrong and you can get cheap wheels all day in 15x6 with the right offset.
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post Mar 11 2006, 07:18 PM
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do you think there is room for 225's under there?
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QUOTE (Eric Taylor @ Mar 11 2006, 06:18 PM)
do you think there is room for 225's under there?

joe Obrien fit 225's under stockers on turtlegirl'z car
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post Mar 11 2006, 07:21 PM
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right- but that's without any weight on it, time will tell I guess.
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post Mar 11 2006, 10:18 PM
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QUOTE (Eric Taylor @ Mar 11 2006, 08:18 PM)
do you think there is room for 225's under there?

Talking DOT race tires, very unlikely. I'm sure there's street tires that
are not significantly wider than these, but are called '225's.

I made up a chart of the usual suspects. Don't want to format it for here
and bore you. My tire as you see in the pic has a section width of 8.1".
The smallest competition 225 is Pilot Sport Cup 225/50/16, section width
9.0". Not going to work on my car anyway.

The only other possibility is 215/40/16 Ecsta V710 at section width 8.6".
I don't want to buy those because I drive so far to get to the events,
though.
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post Mar 11 2006, 10:35 PM
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What did the rims cost and how much do they weigh, if I might ask?
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post Mar 12 2006, 08:38 AM
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I got them for $410 shipped, but then a UPS damage (long story) got me
$150 back. I'm on the east coast so I'm sure some of you warm climate
people can do better.

They seem to weigh in at 19 pounds.
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post Mar 12 2006, 07:13 PM
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Mark,

Those look good. It'll be interesting to see how much better those are than your 15x6's. Looking forward to seeing you this spring.

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post Mar 12 2006, 07:57 PM
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Thanks Kelly, hope to go up against you other than at Zone 1.

Unfortunately first event is during Hershey swap (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) I'm going to
be waiting a while to try them out.
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6x16's with skinny little 195/55's. No spacers, no problem, stock fenders.


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