Serge944

Now, what did your mother tell you about being greedy?

DDP

2tight, ive got a set of bbs if you would like to trade. sorry for the highjack.

KuHL 951

You're as generous as Eyal but I think I'll pass

evil 944t

2tight,
I'm heading outside to test fit the wheels. I got your pics, they are nice. I was on a dial up last night at my GF's house aaahhh! I wanted to shoot myself waiting for the pics to download. Got them this morning..highspeed, nice!
I'll get back to you. I'll get some pic's too.

KuHL 951

I'm not sure this is going to work out. The widest 16" tire I can find so far other than a track tire is 245-45 which is way too narrow for a 10" rim. They would work well on the 8" rim. Where did all the 16" tire choices go? I haven't had to buy 16's since new tires on my Q45 18 months ago. I'll keep looking but those 10" rear wheels would require a 265 or 275 to seat the bead right. Let me know if you have any ideas other than some custom tire I'll never be able to replace. This sucks because I love those BBS.

Steve

Matt H

Steve they came with 245/45R16 GY Eagle ZR45s (commonly known as Gatorbacks), IIRC, orginally. There are no good commercially available wider tires than that at this point. You could grab a set of 255/50R16s that were orginally for Corvettes but they look like balloons. The last option is a 265/45R16 in one of the Kumho variants (700/710).

Tire sizing is one reason the 16" and now 17" markets are dead/dying. FWIW, I have seen the tires on the wheels and they fit just fine though the recommended rim width does not go to 10".
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tifosiman

I assume those are proper offset for your 86 951? No rub issues in the front or rear? What price are you looking to get for them?

evil 944t

Here are some pics. Remember these are 911 sizes tires! You need lower and wider. these are 205/245.

Matt H

You need to leave those on, I never thought they would look that good on there!
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evil 944t

Matt, How about this nice deep dish shot.

Matt H

I thought they would look really out of place but they dont. Dump those original GYs and you would be ready to go. We can grab some S-03s tonight!

BTW, you have PM.
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evil 944t

I check. Sounds Good! Glad to here your making progress but, I think you need to use all 4 bolts/3 nuts..sorry for the bad news..

KuHL 951

Thanks for the photos. The way the lip extends on the rears is "exactly what I have to avoid". When the tire section width is smaller (9.8") than the rim + another inch for the rolled lip every curb becomes a problem. My wife needs to park downtown sometimes; high curbs + bad parallel parking=seriously pissed husband. Unless a decent 16" tire wider than 245 shows up to fill those rear wheels out I would be better off with the 17's and 275-40 Fuzions I was planning to get through Matt. There really isn't an option other than Victoracers or Hoosiers and that's out for sure. Those BBS are just too pretty for track use but that might be where they end up. I'll keep looking for tire info.

God, those look so good on your car too.
Steve

Matt H

Steve, you could go with a tire measured in flotation 28X10X16 for instance. I just dont think you are going to find a good street tire.

What is incredibly ironic is that the "look" no one wants is best for performance. Everyone wants the tires to be super wide on the wheel which is not good for handling. I know, it doesnt look that great (though I actually like it alot), but since when do looks matter. If I wanted a pretty car, I would have built a bug!
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evil 944t

A pretty bug? hee hee, With BBS 8 and 10's, thats hot