I currently have a Beck body on my 914 and I am considering going with gt flares. My question is how wide of a flare would I have to go with to be a good fit for 265 wide rear tires?

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Stock rear GT flares are made for a max. of 9" wheels.

I can get 10" slicks under there with absolutely *no* room to spare. You would need the perfect offset wheel for that (or custom spacers) but it's still not advisable for a street car since any bump will cause the tires to rub on the inside.

10" = 25.4cm = 255 tires

So a 265 is too wide for a stock rear flare ...


Now, you can get extra wide fiberglass GT flares that allow you to run up to 11" wheels. You can also modify the stock metal GT flares and widen them to anything you want.

At the end of the day, the wheel offset, wheel width and tire thread width all determine how much flare you actually need.

maybe this kind of fg flares.

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with Andy. (Almost always) I have stock width GT flares with 9 inch wide wheels, 255/40R/17 tires. With spacers I have about 1/4 inch space between the inside of the tire and the trailing arm. I can just get my finger tips between the out side of the tire and the rim of the fender.

If you are not against a slight modification to the GT flares (which was mentioned) they can easily accommodate more tire. I run 275 with no issues. I've thought about making a similar mod to the front too - need more rubber.

Tony

A little massaging of a steel flare...kind of Cobra-esk.
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^ That looks AWESOME

^^ Wow.

Just curious is there width measurements when fitting flares like I see everywhere for 911s? Meaning from inside chassis to flare?

Widening steel GT flares.

^Proper way to do it.....sorry, Crackers' added lip just doesn't do it....messes up the lines...

We need to drop in an engine that is worthy of those tires.

Certainly different strokes for different folks...don't apologize for a difference if opinion, I certainly don't. Cheers!

PS: Since I have a v8, proper isn't in my vocabulary.

Tony



The inspiration for my teener's "look" is another venerable beast (with a v8 too)! My Cobra.

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FWIW, the PO installed 911SC rear flares which allowed enough room for 8x15 Fuchs and 245-45-15 tires (NLA) and 7" in front.

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Since then, 7 and 9's and 245-45-16.
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I really like those flares...reminds me of Foley's units!

Tony

Be sure and let me know if you ever find one. You know... One that works?

Thanks for the info and different options. I am looking at the 11" flares from Rennspd.com . I hope these will cover the 265's and if they are too wide I guess I can put wider tires on.

I can speak to that first hand...here is my first car, years ago, with the 11" rear flares. I ran 315 out back/275 up front (on 9" front flares, as I recall). JFYI: It would be a good idea to consider asking them to make them extra thick - as delivered to me, they were a little flimsy. I had about 24 man-hours in "fitting" them as you see it in the pic below.

PS: Warning: They are very large...if you have questions, PM me.

Tony




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That looks a little to wide for me. If you fit 315 under the 11" flare then the 265's should be close on rennspeed 9" flares. Almost a 2" difference in tire width. I guess I will order just the backs first and try them instead of ordering backs, fronts and rockers all at once.

After looking at pictures of mine again , the tires don't seem to stick out enough to warrant the use of the 11" flares. I think I should be safe with the 9"Click to view attachment

Sounds like a good plan...

Tony

I have some fiberglass 9" flares we could test fit on your car, if you feel like driving over to the shop (Grand Rapids, MI). I'm here Sun-Thurs and there's still a few weeks before the snow starts.

But I agree that is appears 9" flares will fit fine.

Thanks for the offer but I still have to get the Beck panels off first and I have not even looked at what that is going to take. I just hope that the brackets are still there for bumpers.