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speed metal army
8x15's to be exact.. I know guys seem to use the 7 and 8 combo, but have to space the fronts. confused24.gif Why not 8&8?
VegasRacer
16 x 8 on all four corners works for me. biggrin.gif
speed metal army
QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Sep 23 2013, 09:28 PM) *

16 x 8 on all four corners works for me. biggrin.gif

Ill say! Nice car. No issues in front? Running any spacer in rear?
pete000
15 x 8s work front and rear with flares. Still will need a spacer on the front. Mine did.
speed metal army
QUOTE(pete000 @ Sep 23 2013, 10:06 PM) *

15 x 8s work front and rear with flares. Still will need a spacer on the front. Mine did.

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rick 918-S
I had 15X8's all around several years ago. I ran 215/60's front and 235/60' rears.

Up graded to 16X8 front and 16X9 rears when I had trouble getting a matched set of staggered tires.

Here's the 16's. Can't remember the front tire size but I have 255/50 rears

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carr914
The only car I ran 8's (16 Diameter) all around was a 944 - it was nice to be able to rotate tires

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JoeSharp
The spacer is directly related to the wheel. Not even all fuchs have the same backset. With 1 inch spacers I ran 16 inch Bosters all around and had them on an unflaired car with 205 50's. The 8's fit better on the front than they did on the rear, no spacer. One of the problems you will run into as mentioned by Rick is the tires. You can't get all the sizes in 15's that you can get in 16's. The wheels that I'm now running on the race car are 8 x 16 Panasports with 1 inch spacer in the front and 1.25 inch in the rear on 225 x 50's. It's much deeper than just a wheel size.
Matt Romanowski
We run 8s all around on our track car. The front could probably use some spacers, but we don't worry about it. We run 225/34 R15 but it's on a track only car.
pcar916
I have 8's (225-50/16) in the front and 9's (245-45/16) in the rear, both with spacers. My spacer depth depends on the offsets between the BBS and Fuchs wheels, and whether they're on the front or the rear.

I've always heard that metal flares are a bit tighter... can't say from personal experience.

Good luck
rick 918-S
QUOTE(Joe Sharp @ Sep 24 2013, 04:58 AM) *

The spacer is directly related to the wheel. Not even all fuchs have the same backset.


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My 8's were copies. I ran 1" spacers front and rear. I now have 16's from Performance Products. I have 1" front and 1/4" rear.
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