BBS wheel fitment question

[creempuf]

I have just purchased these Huge 16" BBS 3 piece wheels for a 930. The rears are 11.5 inches wide. 6" outers and 5.5" inners. the back spacing measures 5 inches. apparently they were run on a 930 previously but I don't know if the fenders were rolled or not. Being 16", I'm aware of being limited to running Hoosier TD's in a 275 which I know would be stretching a bit. Will these rub? and will the car look like a low rider sticking outside the fender well?

[wildcat077]

There are plenty of people on this forum who have a s***load of wheel parts for every imaginable combination and offset you will need to make those nice looking wheels fit perfectly on your car... I believe Thatcher is the wheel king,sure he will chime in to help you !

Cheers !
Phil

[dfink]

I think the 5" backspace is for a standard SC - Carrera. Might have been on a converted body. The true turbos and widebodies have wider rear control arms and so take a deeper backspace. I have 11" BBS with a 4.5" backspace and they fit great. The 11.5" with a 5" backspace would fit the same as mine only be a .5" wider to the inside. There is plenty of room on mine to use a 5" backspace.
Did you also get some 9" fronts. Someone mentioned in another thread that you can still get perelli P zero in a 335 35 15. That might be a bit wide however.

If they don't work out for you due to backspace let me know....

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I'm not concerned about the 5.5" back space(don't need the turbo spacer) being too deep as I have a set of 15 inch wheels that have 6 inch back space(includes the 1 inch turbo spacer) and they fit. the concern is the outer rim half sticking out too far. Yes, the fronts are 9 inch, no issues. These wheels are for track use, intend to use an R compound track tire so street tires are out of the equation. By the way, those 15 inch rears had 345's on them!