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Aaron Cox
Ive heard arguments from both sides...

"it will fit, but will rub at full turn/lock"

"not even close to fitting"


which is it?

these will be on 15x7" fuchs and 15x7" cookies
Joe Bob
Buy um and tryum beeeyotch.....

225s on MY flaired 914 had no problem.....if yer worried about inside rubing.....no problem with 16x7 Fuchs....at least in MY experience.....but whatdafuck do I know...I'm limited to 205s in my current class....like "I" have any class....
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (SEEMORE BUTZ @ Jul 24 2005, 08:13 PM)
Buy um and tryum beeeyotch.....

225s on MY flaired 914 had no problem.....if yer worried about inside rubing.....no problem with 16x7 Fuchs....at least in MY experience.....but whatdafuck do I know...I'm limited to 205s in my current class....like "I" have any class....

got 4 of dem....

rear is taken care of.....


front... will they rub? im gonna need a 1/4" spacer im told....

baseball bat roll?
Aaron Cox
BTW - i have ~4" to the donuts...
Joe Bob
RUB?????

Baseball bat takes care of the OUTSIDE.....

"I" never had to use spacers for the inside.....

I ran 245s on the rear.....
TimT
QUOTE
front... will they rub? im gonna need a 1/4" spacer im told....


big effin deal if they rub a bit.. I havbe 225's on my 914 up front, they rub only when turned at maximum lock..and they only rub on the inner fender.....

you will not apply that much wheel on the track... or finding your way around some cones

usually



Aaron Cox
QUOTE (TimT @ Jul 24 2005, 08:23 PM)
QUOTE
front... will they rub? im gonna need a 1/4" spacer im told....


big effin deal if they rub a bit.. I havbe 225's on my 914 up front, they rub only when turned at maximum lock..and they only rub on the inner fender.....

you will not apply that much wheel on the track... or finding your way around some cones

usually

roger - these are my street wheels....

got me 205 schtickies for the AX
Andyrew
I'd say give it a little flare.... You dont want it to rub on your street wheels.

Or run it with a baseball bat roll for a while, see if it rubs....


then flare as needed!

lol

good luck
john rogers
My race car has had the 9x23x15 slicks on 15x7 wheels since 1978. The fronts fit fine with no flares or rubbing and the rears had the fenders stretched by the slicing method. I finally sent with the GT style flare so I could run some spacers front and rear to widen the track an inch and a half. The vintage 2L 914s all run 225s up front w/o problems as far as I know.
pete-stevers
Aaron I've got 225x40s all the way 'round, on 16x7s all the way 'round
I did a bit of a flare on the rears, but the front no mods at all
the tires rub very minimally, a dolly and a hammer and a bit 'o paint for the rear quarters, depending on your level of perfection
i like the set up!
pete-stevers
here is a pic before the 16x7s where put on the front
Aaron Cox
QUOTE (pete-stevers @ Jul 24 2005, 09:09 PM)
Aaron I've got 225x40s all the way 'round, on 16x7s all the way 'round
I did a bit of a flare on the rears, but the front no mods at all
the tires rub very minimally, a dolly and a hammer and a bit 'o paint for the rear quarters, depending on your level of perfection
i like the set up!

cool deal....

BUT - whats your ride height/camber look like?

im at ~4" donuts and ~-1.5 degrees camber
pete-stevers
That is a a good question....it is set up for road application, the Scarlot Harlot is going in for an alignment soon, due to one of my stuts being bent dry.gif
Aaron Cox
looks like ill give it a try... worts case.... use a bat and roll the lip/stretch the fender a tad...

AA
Joe Bob
Just like on the street corner....stretch it till eet feets..... mueba.gif
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