Do I have 8's & 9's?

[ianc]

Hi Folks,

I knew the PO of my car had upgraded my wheels (although the refinishing job was a big time downgrade), but I always assumed they were 7's & 8's. I saw a photo of a 9 here recently and it set me to thinking. I put a tape measure on my rims as you see below. Does this mean that these wheels are actually 8's & 9's? I'm placing the inside edge of the tape on the top lip; the abrupt 90 bend as it heads down toward the (lower) inner lip. What do you think (yes I know I need to do something with my wheels)?

The rears:



The Fronts:



ianc

Edit: I don't understand the lower reflection. Bizarre...

Edit Edit: God forbid that I should just pull the wheel and check the part #...

[edward993]

I don't have 9s so can't tell you definitively. But to my eye, those look like 7s and 8s (as they look just like mine).

Edward

[ianc]

Measure up Edward!

ianc

[ChrisBennet]

The 9's will have deep holes for the lug nuts. If the 8's are from a 944 Turbo (951 part # on back) they will also have the deep holes.
-Chris

[ubiquity0]

Do you have an overall photo of the rims?

[89911]

Easiest way without description is to pull a few wheels and get the part numbers. We'll be able to tell exactly after that.

[Bill Verburg]

Like Mike said, pull the wheels

The back of an 8 that will fit on the front looks like this


The back of a 9 looks like this


As Chris said they both have recessed lugs, but unless you know what you are looking for that may not be immediately apparent