pnbell

Picked up some Twist Replicas; "Cup 3 Made in Italy" for my 87' 944na

Front: 17x7.5 ET 52 205/50R 17
Rear: 17x9 ET 47 255/40R 17

Pretty pleased with the new look, and enjoy having the 10" of rubber in the rear! The wheels came with a nice set of Michelin Apline Snow Tires; But,,, it is no longer Winter here in the DC area! -So new rubber is in order and with wider fronts.

Overall i'm very happy, but (like so many others) I am having an issue with Driverside Rear Tire rubbing on the fender occasionally (speed bumps and hard right turns mainly)... I am goin to roll the fender lip, and I need to replace this car's suspension anyway/ get a rear sway bar... So hopefully I can get rid the Tire Rub. (Note: on the passengerside I can slide me fingers around the tire easily, on the driverside my fingers get stuck...) 'Advice Welcome'

Here is a Comparison of my Dark 15" Phonies to my new 17" Cups:

JohnKoaWood

Adjust the rear ride height to level the car, tire rub will go away!

We need a NoVA / DC / SoMD get together one of these days... plenty of us around, need to get together and go for a fun run!

pnbell

Yea I will be looking into the ride height adjustment this week. It looks like three bolts and seemingly not too difficult...

**If your on facebook we have a Front Engine Porsche Group for the DC Metro Area, that we use to arrange get-togethers; the group is fairly new and we have only had 1-2 outtings,,,, but winter time is quite among car guys. Hopefully we will be more active in the nice weather!

search for the "Porsche 924/44/68 & 28 Club for Northern VA, MD, & DC" group if interested.

alan t

Requested to join!

pnbell

Nice, Gotcha. Please post on the group page; and ideas for gatherings are always welcome!

racer

I run the same wheels with same size tires on my '87 with no rub.. and in looking at your pics, my car doesn't sit as low in the rear.. so I'm guessing thats part of the issue.

Are you selling your 15s?

pnbell

Ha ha, Well to be fair I did have the four 17" Wheels in my hatch when i took that picture... Ha ha

But I will be taking a look at the ride height sometime this week..

I might sell them,,, PM Sent

callen240

If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy the wheels from? How much did you pay?

pnbell

Local Guy sold his 993 and had this set sitting in his garage... $500

mhr

Nice. I have the same wheels on my 91 S2 cab.

wcfrog

I have the same on my 91 Cab as well.
mhr, we have twin cars! appearance wise anyways. I decided to keep stock suspension.

mhr

Cool

I will let you know how it is with the suspension upgrades after I get her out on the road. Should be in the next 3 weeks weather permitting.

pnbell

Just an update: My Rear Driverside wheel was rubbing the fender whenever i would hit bumps, or turn right quickly. And the Gap between the Tire and Fender was noticably different when comparing the Driverside to Passengerside.

By adjusting the 36mm Eccentric Bolt on the Trailing Blade I was able to raise the driverside ride height enough so that the issue no longer exists! Yea!
https://www.paragon-products.com/kb_results.asp?ID=56

It takes a lot of strength to mess with each of these bolts (using only hand tools, and with the car barely raised on a jack); but the hardest part by far was finding a 36mm Wrench! Sears to the rescue (*duh); picked up a large adjustable "Beak Jaw Wrench" which worked great.

Thanks for the Tip JohnKoaWood!
Also put on some Rear Koni Adjustable Shocks. Car is Very Happy now, and looks great

JohnKoaWood

Glad to hear the rub is gone!

We need to do a NoVA / SoMD get together / drive one of these days...

Spent most of my weekend out running the roads... was kinda nice running the beltway with 2 951s yesterday... We drove over to Rockville to see the newest Ideola car... very nice day!

laneskelton

That looks great, it really modernizes the 944.