Fikse FM10 for 84 Carrera

[NoLift911]

Greetings folks,

I am thinking of getting rid of my Cup II's for some Fikse's. What are the typical sizes of most folks running? Offsets etc? I also have 205 in the front and 255 in the rear and wanted to reuse my tires so I wanted them to fit right. Basically I like the look and stance of my car now and didn't want to muck with it with new wheels. I am not sure of the size that would duplicate the 17 Cup II's 7 & 9.

Also these wheels are for sale, mint not a mark...

-Jeff
nolift911@hotmail.com

[reesestewww]

i had 17x7.7&9's on my Carrera. with 205's and 245's

[ChrisBennet]

I run 8&9x17" with 225f, 255r Kumho V700's. FM10's are a royal pain to keep clean. If I had it to do over again I would get FM5's.
-Chris

[dtfastbear]

I've got 17x8 and 9's on my 86 Carrera with 235 and 255 with no fitment problems. I'll second Chris' statement - they are a real pain in the butt to keep clean, but man do they look great on our cars!

Good luck, post a picture once you've pulled the trigger.

Dean

[NoLift911]

Yeah I hear you on the cleaning part. Cup II's are cake, I can get my whole mitt on the entire wheel/brake assembly and keep it spotless. My car is part garage queen, part track time and good weather driver so I am not sure how much of an issue the cleaning would be.

I don't know if i want to run 235's up front. My fenders are rolled a bit, but nothing crazy. I never had any rubbing issues until I went to the track.

Not sure what to do...anyone get better prices than roughly $600 per wheel on an FM10?

-Jeff
nolift911@hotmail.com

[Bill Verburg]

Ditto on the cleaning comment. I bought Kinesis K5 17x8 & 17x9.5 black powder painted ctr. wil further ease the cleaning chore.

If you don't want to mess with the body for fitment stick w/ 225/45 and 255/40.

Talk w/ the vendor about o/s and fitment, be sure that they will guarantee fit.


235/45 and 275/40 a real pain to fit properly!!

[bento]

bills got it right.
fm-10s in 17x7.5 and 9 in the rear with 225 front and 255 kumho ecsta mxs for my 88 carrera. fm-10s are beautiful, but what a pain to clean. if i were to get them again i'd probably black out the centers and just have the polished lip.

db

[pbs911]

I have the FM10's. I went with 7.5 and 9 x 17. I would go with 8's and 9.5s if I did it again and roll the fenders. Cleaning is not any more difficult that the Polished Fuchs. I use Simple Green and a soft paint brush. Sure it takes 10-15 minutes more each car wash but it is worth it.

[scooter911]

I did the FM10's in 17 X 8 & 17 X 9. Believe there is nomore room to stuff anymore inthere unless I do underside body modifications. I will attempt to uplaod a photo for you.

[JackT]

My Fuchs are very easy to clean and look good too. Porsche knew what they were doing when they put the Fuchs on the 911s. On the other hand I have to spend time and elbow grease to clean my BMW sport wheels. BMW must not have been concerned with keeping the wheels clean.
Keep it simple.