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Wide body wheels?
Hey anyone know if it is possible to fit wide body wheels (11" rear) on a narrow body 996..? I have a mk1 996 carrera
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07-07-2016, 10:01 PM
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When I bought my 99 C4 it came a set of Champion RG19's mounted with Toyo's. The rear wheels were
rear 11 x 19 offset 68, tires 295/30 ZR19 front 8 x 19 offset 46, tires 235/35ZR19. There are wear and rub marks and holes on the rear inner fender liners, no apparent damage to the tires when I replaced them. Front tires rub on the liners a bit when crossing a slope, like into my side hill drive way. The new tires are Bridgestone Potenza RE050A. We had to go to 285's on the rear the 295 only had about 1/4 inch clearance to line and 1/2 to the front trailing link. Tire flex was letting the tire rub and wear in the sidewalls was showing after 100 miles. Changing to 285's gave us a little more but 11's are wide for 285 tires. The Champions and Potenzas weigh about 11 pounds less per corner than the Tirerack Twists and Blizzaks I have for winter use. 
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07-08-2016, 07:53 PM
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Thanks for the help. What I'm getting from this is they will work if you stretch a 285 around the rim. That sounds good and the pic looks great. I am trying to get the strong stance of a wide body but don't want to do a bunch of suspension work yet.
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07-09-2016, 09:32 AM
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The car has the M030 suspension option and H&R sports springs also.
Find a tire shop that will work with you on tires if there are fit problems. The Firestone shop I use in Lacey, WA has been great.
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07-09-2016, 04:09 PM
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To bad I just bought Cayenne Turbo tires. dang budget
Champion Motorsports RG5B forged monolite 19x8 19x11.5 These would probably be touch to wide.
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07-09-2016, 04:17 PM
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11" All the time...
   
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07-19-2016, 08:41 AM
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A few more example shots....
  
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07-19-2016, 08:44 AM
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BackRoad
she doesn't need one.
Hipps
2005 Porsche Cayenne Turbo
2009 Aston Martin Vanage V8
