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17" or 18" wheels on stock 930 ...
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As I stated in another post, I'm thinking of getting new wheels for my 84 930 (I need new tires, so I figure that's a good excuse to get new wheels, at least that's the logic I'm sticking to  )If I go 17", I'll put 315/35/17 on the rear, with 18" I'll put 285/30/18 on the rear. The fronts will be 225 wide tires, maybe a little wider. Right now the suspension is stock, I may upgrade to stiffer bars and shocks, but since I don't track the car much (at all these days  ), I'm wondering what the car will feel like with the stock suspension.Anyone out there running these widths on a stock suspension? If so, will it rub in the rear? Are the 18" too rough? Any other gotchas? thnx in advance for any help ...
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17-inch wheels look great (in my opinion), and it's hard to do better than the look of Fuchs on a 930. So, 2-piece Fuchs-centered wheels are something you might want to think about.
"81 930" on this board has an awesome-looking 930 with a set: 
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I thought there was a Porsche service bulletin which recommended against 18" wheels as a potential safety issue on pre-993 cars... May want to look into that.
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Jack,
Yup, I'm thinking about Lindsey Wheels as well but at $2300 for a set of welded wheels I was wondering what it would cost to get Fikse 3 piece wheels. Have you had any issues with your wheels after all the track events you've been through? I guess if you bend a rim you had to cut the rim off to repair? (can you even repair them?) bb80sc, I'll look into it on the 18" issue. thnx
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I'm partial to 17's and think they are a better match for 930's. 315 is the way to go matched with 245 fronts for better balance. This is an easy fit regardless of ride height as long as your rim offsets are correct(mine are 5.5). Fikse's will generally be $1K more than 2/3pc fuchs.
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Mike,
did you get your 3pc fuchs from Lindsey? thnx P.S. Nice car ...
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Here's the info from Alldata, don't have the details, but here is the TSB#
49305 APR 93 Wheels - Retrofitting Unapproved 18 Inch Wheels Even tough the TSB was in 1993, it came up under earlier cars...... -B
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