Possible 17" alternative wheel?
 

Can someone photoshop these onto a hotrod 911? Oh, and please get rid of the horse :)

Also, any thoughts on how difficult/impossible it would be to fit a set of these to a 911? I know it would be probably be cheaper and easier to do a set of 9&10x17 Fuchs, but I’m curious if anyone thinks these can be fit to our cars without major modification. I dont know how much they weigh, but they are fairly inexpensive and they dont look half bad. Im curious what they would look like on a 911.

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I don’t know anything about these wheels. They do have similar hotrod look of the American racing and keystone wheels though. This is just a Photoshop request and a thought I’m throwing out there, it’s not something I’m trying anytime soon.

They come in 8/9/10.5 x 17. 24mm offset on th 9", 29mm offset on the 8", and 27mm on the 10.5". Will a 10.5" wheel with a 27mm offset fit under a 9" flare? Probably a little wide, but the 9" should work right?

Lug pattern is 5x4.5" -> 5x114.3mm. I know the lug pattern for a 911 is 5x130, so fitting them on the front would require different hubs if its possible. I'm stuck on how they could be fit on the rear at all.

TIA

There is atleast 1 pelican that has these. I think its a green early coupe. They are very heavy but also different. Go with repro minilites instead.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1077994186.jpg

Cornpanzer has them do a search for "american mags"

I thought Cornpanzer has real american racing wheels for a 5x130 911 lug pattern. These are 17" stock wheels from a Mustang Bullit

Also just found a 10.5" wheel and that the offset info is incorrect. Im fixing it in the original post

Its hard enough to fit a 9.5 or 10 w/ perfect o/s.


To use the 9" 24mm offset on the back you will also need an ~9mm spacer. There is also the question of bolt pattern to deal w/.

To use the 8" 29mm offset on the front you will need an ~0 - 5mm spacer and, of course, there is the bolt pattern issue to deal w/

bumping an old thread because it looks like someone pulled it off.

Pics from German Auto Fest, details on the 2rd page of this thread from the Early S Forum.

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Im pretty excited about this. I checked out the American Racing website and it looks like they are offerring these wheels in 16" and 17" sizes with 5x5" (real close to the Porsche 5x130mm pattern) lug patterns

Looks like the solution was to re-drill/re-shape the lug holes?

Kinda like elongating the holes on the caliper to make a quick&dirty 911 ---> 944T brake upgrade? :confused:

Not sure that's the route i'd take. Just my 2 cents.

Yah looks like he elongated them and made a spacer piece to fill. Seems pretty safe actually.... depending on how the machine work was done. Any body know this guy? maybe he just puts them on for shows?

I love the look! IF it can be done safely for the street I will do it.

It look's so nice
I love it!

Oops. My fault. I didn't pick up on the spacer installation. Looked to me like the bright spot was where the wheel was machined/reshaped to make the hole bigger, and left unfilled.

Good catch!

I have heard of people welding up the hole and redrilling a new pattern? I wonder if this affects the "temper" or heat treat or what ever.

If I were going to such trouble to adapt non specific rims, I would like some light weight Volk Racing Te37's for our early cars.

The Volks are huge money though - actually they would be easy, they make them for the 964/993 I believe so you could adapt with spacers.

Actually they may only be available in 18" so it might be a problem??

Yeah, and the spacers kind of kill the weight advantage that you are paying for in the start. 18" would make for some scary sidewall protection for pot holes.

There is an outfit in Torrance, CA that can give you EXACTLY what you want. PS Engineering, Inc. is a vintage wheel manufacturing specialist company. Phil Schmidt builds some of the highest quality wheels I have ever seen. I have purchased wheels from him before, and they are spectacular! He does cobra wheels, kidney bean wheels, GT-40 wheels, trans-am, and grand sport wheels. He can even do them with a knock-off adaptor! He builds a 17" Trans-Am style 5-spoke (looks like the 5-spoke American crows-foot) that can be done to my knowledge with any bolt pattern or offset you want. Lots of different finish options too. He is always tough to reach by phone, but keep trying or leave a message.
I don't know what he gets for this style but the polished halibrand style was appx. $1500 for a set of 4 about 3 years ago. I'd guess the 5-spokes might be cheaper. They are top-quality. Phone is (310)534-4477. Address is 2675 Skypark Dr., #102 Torrance, CA 90505

Some one in Torrance needs to visit PS Engineering and report back to us!!

While not recommended for high-perf driving, the old uni-lug wheel solution could be done too. I had a set of Cragar SS wheels that had a radial slot for both a Ford (4.5") and Chevy (4.75") pattern for each lug. A counterbored slot was machined into the outer face of the wheel. Hardened offset-hole oval shaped washers are then used in the slots to give the desired bolt pattern. The offset hole and the radial slot were large enough to use long-shank mag-style lug nuts (not a taper seat).

Might be cheap to machine up a Mustang Bullitt wheel (the 17"s at the top of this post) with the slot/counterbored slot and offset-hole washers for some long-shank lug nuts (not sure if you could find them in metric thread though).

I'll try and get by there but it won't be until Thursday or Friday.
Any specific questions you want asked, such as widths, etc.?

Might start with 17 inch 8's and 9's in the Bullit style with 5X130 bolt patterns, Rick. The 8's would be the 951 offset (23.3mm) and the 9's with 911 offset (15mm).

widths, ETs, bolt pattern, colors and price.
thank you for your time