Fuchs upgrade
 

Bought a set of of 7 & 8 turbo fuchs for my 88 regular body 911. Car is not lowered and not using spacers. Thinking of getting 205/55/16 for front and 245/45/16 for rear.
What is the optimum tire size in this case? Can I use 225/50/16 for rear as well?
Expert suggestions please....Steve

205/55 and 245/45 fit pefectly on a narrow body.

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The problem will be finding tires.

245/45 is becoming hard to find although Tire Rack does have some listed.

225/50 is more available and will work just as well on an 8 inch wheel.

Do not mix brands if at all possible as the result MAY be handling/ride issues

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205/55 front
245/45 rear
Sumitomo HTRz

I use 205/55-16 front and 225/50-16 rear on my 16x7+8 Fuchs.

Ditto.

Fit perfectly... look great, and mine is lowered to Euro height.

We didn't used to call SC's and Carreras "narrow bodies". Those were the up through 77 cars...

Thanks guys for your input...

Do you by any chance know the ET values for these rims? Thanks in advance.

You are correct, Sir. I called his a narrow body as he referenced the wheels coming off a Turbo.

Sorry about that.

225/50/16 is optimum on an 8" Fuchs. 245/45 can be used but it's better on a 9" wheel.

I think I'll go with 225/50/16. I checked with a few local tire stores and they have problem getting 245/45/16 as well.
Thank you all....Steve

From memory, so I'm not positive:

16x8 are ET 10.6

16x7 are ET 23.3

IIRC

No problem, with all the newer p-cars being wider than the old 930's, many call the SC and Carrera narrow bodies.

I just happen to be old enough to remember when the 930's were new (and SC's and the older Carreras). And there were still a fair number of long hoods driving around as daily drivers.

Sorry, WAY off thread topic.