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Did Any Porsche Come With 215/45x17 and 245/40x17 tires?
The question is in the thread title. Did any Porsche come (from the factory) with 215/45x17 and 245/40x17 tires?
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Thank you.
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I agree the answer is no, but there were a few 1990s 911 variants that were close, e.g. the 205/50R17 & 255/40R17 combination.
https://tiresize.com/tires/Porsche/911/ The size you are asking about may be an appropriate size for a G-body car retrofitted with 17's from the original 15's or 16's. There are many threads on 17 wheel tire sizing. (Fyi, I have a set of 225/45ZR17 & 255/40ZR17 for my '87 3.2.) |
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The reason I ask is because the tire shop I would prefer to use will only install the factory correct tire size(s). These tires (and wheels for that matter) are not factory stock for my car. I'll just use a different tire shop.
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The car is on jackstands now. I do plan to just take the wheels and tires (or have the tires drop-shipped) to the tire store. However, it sounds like their policy insists on only installing factory-correct tires. I could find some car, any car, that wore those tire sizes....but the wheels are 130x5 Euromeister fake Fuchs. That's just a bit more drama than I want. Easier to just find a tire store with a more permissive policy.
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It sounds like you went to one of the major chain tire stores, one that has corporate-mandated policies.
Better to find an independent garage that has some experience and expertise with older Porsches. I understand there are several good ones in the Olympia area. |
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Don't go to Costco to by tires. AHIK.
Buy the tires you want at TireRack and have them shipped to a near by tire shop that TireRack has listed. If they give you crap (assuming you are only bringing the wheels to them) take your tires to a locally owned shop and pay them cash to mount and balance them. Perhaps someone on this board can make a suggestion for a shop in your area. It is amazing how ignorant some tire store workers can be. I had the assistant manager at a Costco insist that my 7 x 16 fuchs was an 8" wide wheel, even though it was stamped 7 x 16. He refused to mount a 205 tire on that wheel, even though a 205 is approved for a 7" wheel.
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