'67 912 - Wheel Sizes and Offsets?

[Ivory 912]

Hey ! it's been a (very long) while

But yep, that's what happened.

Cut, and a steel strip welded to get them wider. (you can see this very well on the interior of my rim - the exterior was TIG welded and finished on a Lathe, so nothing visible, no filler required, a perfect and low cost job : 60$/rim, the guy also needed to reshape the embossed area where the valve goes)

Mine have been fitted with their tires, I'm happy to say that despite the

Originally Posted by Etarga

6.5 in the rear?? Good luck fitting those

comment, they actually fit really well, nice and flush in the back, I'll be lowering the car just 1 inch at the back, then enough at the front to level it out (probably 1 1/2 inch) by the looks of it.

The car is still ripped apart at the moment, but it's getting a deeper makeover than expected (well, rather, deeper than hoped, but hey it's a 60s 901 body, so what was I thinking ? ), but it's getting there

should be on the road early next year/for the spring... can't wait !

[912s]

I run 15x6 aftermarket rims I found years ago, don't remember the offset. Tires are 205/60-15's all around. I did need to roll the lip on the center of the front fenders to avoid the occasional rub.

[nazir_the_ie]

Ivory 912- do you have pics of those 6.5" rims on your car?

[Ivory 912]

6,5s fit on the back of mine

Tires are 165, they're just stretched enough, the outer edge of the rim itself is just under flush with the fender edge

[Ivory 912]

And yep, ride height needs to be lowered slightly, thats on the to do list