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Jim Chambers Jim Chambers is offline
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The first consideration is how wide are your wheels. If you have standard 15" diameter 5.5" wide steel or 6" wide Fuchs I would strongly advise either the stock 165/80 or 195/65 tires. They are nearly the same diameter and will not alter your gearing or speedo accuracy. Since you have the flared LWB fenders the 195's should clear on the outside. They may rub on the inside at full lock but that is not a big problem.

Your car looks a bit lower now because the 205/60's are about 3/4" smaller in diameter from stock. However that would only lower the car by 3/8".

As Scott suggests, this topic has been discussed in great detail on the 912 Help Forum at 912.org. There is much more 912 traffic there than here.

Last edited by Jim Chambers; 04-06-2014 at 08:52 AM..
Old 04-06-2014, 08:49 AM
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