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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Vineland, N.J. USA
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16x7 944 Turbo wheel fit for 914?
Has anyone tried the 7" 944 Turbo frt. wheels on their 914 rear? These wheels look like 6s from the front but are a 7"rim.
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07-11-2000, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 1998
Location: antioch, ca, usa
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I have......
In fact I was running the 8's on the front and the 7's on the rear for about two weeks until I flared the rear fenders to install the 8's in the back. The 7's with 205/55-16's fit nicely in the rear with the fender lips just needing a slight rolling of the inside lip. An added bonus of the 7's is that you can purchase a set of 4 7's much cheaper than a set of 2 7's and 2 8's. BTW, my rims are from a 1986 944 turbo which has the 23mm offset verses the 87's and laters which have a 53mm offset. ------------------ Mike Mueller Antioch, CA 1970 1.8 http://www.pelicanparts.com/MotorCity/mmueller/personal.html http://members.rennlist.com/mueller/rimsOncar.html [This message has been edited by mike mueller (edited 07-12-2000).] |
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07-12-2000, 02:14 PM
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10 yrs already??
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Worland, wyoming usa
Posts: 303
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on the offsets, how do you measure that? is that the backspacing?
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07-12-2000, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 1998
Location: antioch, ca, usa
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TFI,
backspacing is the American way of measureing from the outside edge (back part of the rim on the inside of the car) of the rim to the surface of the mounting plane. offset is the European way, take the distance from the inside lip of the rim (tire mounting area for the bead) divide by two (centerline), the difference of the centerline and the surface of the mounting plane is your offset ------------------ Mike Mueller Antioch, CA 1970 1.8 http://www.pelicanparts.com/MotorCity/mmueller/personal.html |
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