FRporscheman

The OP asked if they would fit, not how if it would affect the handling characteristics. But it is a valid point!

I realized I was thinking about it backwards, I got confused and subtracted the width of the wheel from the "poke" instead of adding it. I don't think the 10" 40mm would fit then. But on the front the 8.5 with 45mm would probably just fit. I can try my 8.5 48mm rears on my front just to confirm that. First post edited...

Darwantae951

I don't care what style it is. It's hideous. That and having that much stretch just looks like you're asking for trouble.

959Lover

How can you own a watercooled dub and think that's hideous?

Legoland951

I think a newer 911 is much more of a water cooled dub than a 944. The 356 with a VW engine along with VW rear engine configuration is the basis of all subsequent 911s. I find it amazing how one calls a front engined rear drive car a VW. Name a few VWs with that configuration. Think hard.

Darwantae951

I think he was referring to my Fox. I don't care what car it's on, that "style" looks like $h!t. It could be on a chevy, nissan, toyota, bmw, it doesn't matter.

Tom R.

you sure he didnt say "work". The boxster crabs fit the back of my 944, but with 255s they didnt "work" on the left side all that well.

Z-man

The 911E/911T/911S, the 911SC, the 964, and the 993 were all rear engined, air cooled V-dubs.

-Z-man.

PS: Most modern VW's are front engined, front wheel drivers, not RWD. ( 'cept for the 4Motion variants, of course!)

FRporscheman

I understood the word 'work' to mean 'fit'. How 'well' it works would be how it affects the handling. My apologies if this is wrong.

959Lover

OKAY! Enough with semantics! How bout a simple answer? Yes or no?

Darwantae951

Once again the comment was in reference to my Fox, not my 944.

Rich Sandor

You can fit WAY more wheel on that 968 than you think.

I've seen 285's all around on a 951 (requires 2.25" inch springs) and -3deg camber front and -2+ rear.

I've run 295's on 18" 993TT twists on the rear of the 968 and it fit fine.

I've autocrossed a 951S with 285's in back and 275's up front.

There's LOTS more room back there than you'd think. You might need a bit of negative camber, but otherwise you should try it.

SpeedBump

I'm running 18x8 52mm and 18x10 54mm and without running a ton more neg camber I would not want to have them stick out any farther.

Z-man

Ok - I know.... but my post was to dis the 911 line of VW's....


Yeah, you need negative camber, and a proper offset that will allow the wheel to clear the fender wheels, and not bind up against the caliper.

-Z

Litespeeds

I am assuming the 968 has the same wheel fitment as a 1988 944. I have installed just about every size wheel on my car. Everything from the 18x7.5 +50mm and 18x10 +65mm turbo twist wheels, 17x7 and 17x9 cup wheels, 16x7 and 16x8 early and late offset phone dial wheels, 15x7 early phone dial and cookie cutter wheels and all of these fit without any rubbing except for the 16x8 early PD's with a 225/50/16 rear tire did rub a little due to its overall diameter. If you run a 225/45/16 tire, you should have no problems.

I also tried the Fuchs 15x7 and 15x8 and those did not fit because the 15x8's stuck out too far in the rears. The 15x7 early PD's and Cookie Cutter wheels have 225/50/15 tires and do not rub and fit perfectly under the wheel wells. That wheels have a 23.2mm offset and my stock wheel has a 53.2mm offset. The reason why it clears is because the car is lowered about 2" from stock and also has -3.5 negative camber front and -2.5 negative camber rear. I do track my car and also autox it from time to time.

Now in the case of your wheels, the fronts will fit if you have at least -2.5 degrees front camber with a tight fitting tire like a 225/40/18 but the rear wheels will not fit as it will stick out past the wheel wells by at least 1/2". The rear wheel if you want to run a 18x10, must have an offset of at least +55mm in order to fit under the wheel well. Hope this answers your question.

I would recommend staying with a smaller wheel because the performance, acceleration, braking is much better.