Macca

Hi All,

Thought this may be of interest to the 964 community.

As far as I know I may be the only one on the board that has gone this route.

Ive always liked the look of the RH 3.6 alloys. However I have read on rennlist that these wheels are heavy, prone to bending (soft) and can leak (sealing issues between the 3 pieces). A number of posts suggested that Kerscher in Germany makes a superior vrsion of these design - although I have yet to identify a 993 owner who has these wheels....

I contacted Emmi (Managing director) E.Kerscher@kerscher-tuning.de of Kerscher by email and I must say her help was invaluable, her english excellent and like most Germans she was precise, efficent and knowledgeable in the product and application. I have always liked how the RH 3.6 have such an aggressive offset and stance - making a NB 993 look like a Turbo or GT2 in appearance. I thus went for her recommendation in offset. I specified a custom coloured centre in P61W the official Porsche colour Stahlgrau which was used on factory GT2 wheel centres and C2S Vesuvious anniversary. The build time was six weeks as these are totally custom built. The price was very fair - 2100 euro for the wheels, 200 euro for the custom coloured centres and 200 euro to have them shipped by DHL half way around the world!


I have yet to recieve the wheels but have recieved the pictures below taken before they were shipped afew days back. The pictures werent taken in natural light but I think youll get the idea - they can only look even better in the flesh I suspect. I intend to have them fitted in Feb along with some other modifications and will post pictures then.

The specifics are as follows:

Kerscher KRS style 18” rims for 1994 Porsche 993 Coupe
HIGH WHEEL CENTRE custom coloured P61W
SILVER LIP POLISHED
Front 8Jx18 offset 48mm - weight 9.75kg each
Rear 10,5Jx18 offset 54mm - weight 10.75kg each

These wheels will be fitted on HD Bilstein/MO30 running 10mm above RS specs with solid shims and adjustable RS sway bars. Tyres are the new Bridgestone RE11 225/265. There is a fair chance we will need some camber and to roll the rear fenders to get these sitting comfortably without rubbing. I dont want to turn this thread into a debate about fitment - Ive done alot of my own research (the RH3.6 run similar rear offset) and Emmi is confident in her recommendations - Ive run agressive offset on the vehicle at RS+15-20mm with no issue in the past few years. Well give them a try and made adjustments as necessary - if they just dont work ill let you all know.....

In the meantime enjoy the pics and if you contact Emmi at Kerscher just let her know the Kiwi guy sent you - it would be nice for her to know the power of this board for her small bespoke european company which by the looks has been making fantastic tuning products for German cars for over 20 years!

Enjoy :-)

ThomasC2

Looks really good! And I agree, that was a good price for that quality compared to BBS or real speedlines.

Thomas

Macca

Thanks for your comments Thomas. Appreciated. I understand CD on this forum has them on his signal green 964. I must admit I didnt find his posts until last night but was pleasantly suprised by his comments on weight and strength and quality. Cant wait to fit them....Cheers

Slantnose!

Nice...!

elbeee964

1 EUR = 1.43 USD

f1ava

any pics , on car ?

Ken D

From 6 years ago? The post is from 2009.

Spyder34

Maybe the OP checks his threads every now and then-- I'd certainly be interested in pics and an update. Let's see if he's checking...

908/3fan

Looks really good.

ilko

Do a search on Macca's threads in the 993 forum. He has pics of the wheels on the car. They look very nice. Quality reproduction but not close enough. Check out Tramont Wheels from France, they also have some good reps.

clinchy993

I think one of my sets is the same wheel

Mikke_Possu

I'm using KRS too:

PASHN8

Hi guys,

Does anyone know of flush fitment sizes for a 964 C2 in 18" utilising the Kerscher KRS 'Speedline' style?

18" x 8.5" front, ET ??
18" x 10.0" rear ET ??

Would a 10" fit ok in the rear pending the right offset?