....all my threads are longish, I like to write!
Here is why the 81 SC wide body has to go so I can buy any 993, I think.... (I tried starting a couple of threads on this to help avert this situation, but couldn't ever get a comment).
My SC wide body, my first 911 ever, came with what I consider enormous spacers (1" front, 3" rear) to make their 17" cup rims work. With 245s on 9" rims out back, it isn't nearly enough rubber to fill the fenders. Turbo flares without the turbo footprint. Looks good, but not like I want.
I had the opportunity to buy some Kinesis Supercups for a good deal, my 2nd all time favorite set of wheels next to those 3.6 turbo wheels. Problem was, they were coming from CA to me in Detroit and I wasn't quite sure of the fitment. Tried instant-G and all the other usual reference sites, but couldn't figure it out. Did some posts, still couldn't figure it out. So I bought 'em. What the heck, I figure. I have seen pics of SCs with 18" Turbo twists that look good, so there must be a way. I can make spacers at work if they totally aren't wide enough, but at 8x18 and 10x18, they should be better than my cup rims.
After cleaning them up from sitting around for years, I try to mount them. I am like a kid in a candy store. You can imagine the feeling. Get the jack in just the right place with the piece of wood to protect the floorpan, get the cups off, hold them up.... No go. Crushed, I stack them in a corner of the garaage and field comments from the wife every other month about 'what are those tires in our garage doing?'.
So tonight, I was thinking about how I need new rubber for the SC soon, and how the Supercups in the corner have beaucoup tread which leads to thinking what am I going to do with those, and then thought... let's my neighbor? 'Hey, can I borrow your car for an hour?' He has a 95 cabrio 993 (and not a pelican head). Put them on, and
UGH! . Exactly like my fantasies!
So, now that I know what they look like on the someone else's car, that is all I can think about is getting a 993 so I can mount these puppies up! Crazy, cuz I would break the bank getting a 993, and truthfully, I love my SC.
What do YOU think I should do?
Here is neighbor Jim car with
MY Supercups...
