944waystodie

Hi everyone,

My first post! I just got some 15” Fuchs wheels, 7” and 8”. I want to put on 205/55r15 on the front and 225/50r15 on the rear. Only problem is I can’t find anything with the recommended 93 load index. Does anyone have experience, or opinions on going down slightly? I can find 92V for the front and 91H for the rear.

thanks for the help!

V2Rocket

The difference between those load index ratings isn’t enough to make me concerned given how light the car is

but why such tiny tires?

a 225/50 looks like a donut spare tire inside a 944’s big arches, btdt

944waystodie

Thanks V2!

it’s a long story. The tire shop put on 215/60r15 on 7j15 all around. (I bought 4 X 7j15 and 2 X 7j15 Fuchs) They’re rubbing slightly over speed bumps and hard acceleration. I should refresh the suspension, but there are other things I’d like to address first, and I’d like to save up and do a good suspension, just not right away. The 215/60’s look kind of beefy on the car in its current state though, so I thought I could go a little smaller, and I read somewhere else here of people doing the setup I mentioned… I’ll post a photo.

but if you think the rears will look ridiculous would you have any suggestions?

thanks!

944waystodie

the 215/60r15’s on 7j17 all around

931guru

Yeah, you have the wrong offset wheels on your 87 and newer car. Put the right wheels on and the rubbing should go away.

walfreyydo

Or just run a little bit of negative camber. It will tuck your wheels a little bit more and eliminate some of the rubbing. Depending on how negative you go, it will slightly increase inside tire wear. If you adjust camber, it will also change your toe, which WILL wear your tires, so be sure to get your toe corrected after any camber changes.

If thats not an option for you or you are dead set on running stock alignment settings then yes, youll need to switch to late offset wheels. I agree with V2 that going to a 50 series tire on a 15" wheel will look rather strange (but looks are also subjective).

944waystodie

Oh, thanks for pointing this out guys! Somehow I thought this was only the 944S and turbo. Stupid me. Well guess I’d better start looking for some late offset wheels.

V2Rocket

I had 225/50r15 on the front a long time ago and they looked silly even with 1.25” lowering springs. You need to be really slammed to make it look ok.

215/60r15 is the factory size but it does look meaty compared to 16-17s you see on newer cars

944waystodie

So I ordered some phone dials in the correct offset. Maybe I’ll keep the Fuchs for later as they’re in really nice shape. But for now I’ll just swap over the 215/60r15’s and try to return the smaller tires. Problem solved hopefully. I’ll post a pic when all’s said and done.