Rotten Robby

I have a couple of sets of Fuchs 6 and 7 X 16 wheels... One set were take offs when the car had 500 miles on them and had P6s that looked like new but were hard as rocks.
My concern is that the wheels don't seem to really fill out the wheel wells on my '84 Coupe.
I had a chance to talk with Harvey Weidman about this and he said 9 X 16 rears with either 8 or 7 X 16 Front.
Anyone ever done this combo that can comment about fit, rub, change in feel etc would be appreciated. Pics would be even better!

g-50cab

I have 8" 951 fuchs on the front of my car and 9" fuchs on the rear of my 1987 Carrera.

84_Carrera

Rob -
I have wheel spacers / adapters on my '84, to run later-model offsets ('92 C2 5-spokes). With the 6 /7 x 16 Fuchs, the wheels fill the flares with the spacers during the winter (I have snows mounted on the Fuchs).

Not trying to get into the whole 'spacers are the debil' crusade, just saying.



PS - I keep a can of these in the office for when someone used the cliche.

Jay Gratton

I have 7's and 8's on my '85 and they look nice. The 8's are getting hard to find, but the 9's are REALLY hard to find!

arbeitm

I was looking into 8's and 9's a few months ago. Finding them wasn't the problem. Finding them for a reasonable price was another thing. I was typically seeing $ 800 - $ 1,200/wheel for either size.

Daniel Dudley

944 turbo rims come in 7s & 8s, and are the correct offset for your car. 2 nines will cost more than a set of turbo wheels. Some on ebay right now, I think.

arbeitm

Problem is...if he's unhappy with the way the 7's stick into the wheel well, the turbo 8's are going to do the same thing. They are 23.3mm offset which is the same as the 7's on there now. So you would have to put on spacers to push the wheel out.

Daniel Dudley

If offset is from centerline, wouldn't 8s stick out 1/2 inch ? also a run up to 245s and 225s is going to look more substancial.

arbeitm

True. You would get 1/2" more. Still wouldn't fill the wheel well like the 911 8's. I think you would still want at least a 1/4" spacer.

Luus

I just put 7 x 9's on my '88 and am very happy with the look no problems with fitment. i need to get some pics

Porschefile

Looks good! What size front tires are you running? I'm currently running 285/30/18 rears and 245/40/18 fronts under stock Carrera flares. The rears fit perfect and are pretty much as wide as I can go. I really don't want to downsize the fronts but without having much negative camber they stick out around 1/2 cm or so and rub horribly.

g-50cab

225/50/16's on the front -245/45/16 on the rear

ga

Hi.......I never see anyone talking about 15" Fuchs .... I have 7 x 15's on the front with 195/65 Yokohama's & 8 x 15's on the rear with 215/60 Yokohama's on my '86 Carrerra Coupe..seems fine...any reason to go to 16's?

84_Carrera

Lack of performance tire choice in 15", stiffer sidewalls w/ 16" tires.

Edgy01

Personally, I think you may be pushing it on the front with 8x16. 7x16 is far more reasonable. 8 or 9 by 16 is fine for the rear. Depending upon the tire brand and design you will probably have to roll the left front fender,--as a minimum, with 7s,--certainly with 8s.

The most cost effective choice is the 7s in front and 8s in the rear. I never cared for the 6x16 look at all.