Jamie944

My wife and I went to Tulsa today and stopped at Taco Cabana When we pulled in I notice a 944 in the lot partially hidden behind another car. I pulled up next to it and that thing had 20" wheels. I didn't think that was even possible on this car. I don't know how they got them on there or WHY they wanted them on there. The car looked so stupid it was unreal. I wish I would have had a camera. Have any of you guys in the area seen this car? Red late model 944 big A$$ chrome wheels.

user 8430

what style were they??

Jamie944

They were some sort of funky futuristic design. Looked like Low rider rims. They were not tastefull at all.

Jamie944

Someone needs to show them the light and introduce them to rennlist. If not the next thing you know it will be covered in Neon with a tiger lady painted on it. 5" muffler tip and 3 foot wing.

JoeyMac

I want to see it. A digital camera should always be in your back pocket.

Jamie944

Nice Avatar Joey. Yeah I am going to have to keep my camera with me. I could have sent it in to Riceboy.com

user 8430

HAHA So true!

soundboy4

here's a candidate:


it's a guy that signed my guestbook a while back. so, pimpin rims and neon's have been done on a 944

JoeyMac

dubs and glow

Jamie944

I've seen that car before on cardomains website. YUCK that is fugly.....

Ag951

Maybe he has rotors from a Carerra GT?

Sami951

When I was "experimenting" with 19" wheels I came to the conclusion that you could actually fit 20" in there if you really REALLY wanted to.. the tire profiles would have to be (I think) 30 in front and 25 in rear. 35 and 30 should also go under the wheel arch but just barely, and it'll look weird...

Here's a pic of a 951 with 225/40r19 and 255/35r19 tires - not much space left...

SimonK

Hm, I was told 17 inch is optimum. What would be the point of 18's for street and would the suspension handle it? Anyone?

Graufuchs

Porsche will "Blacklist" your car if the dealer sees it rollin on rims larger than 17's, I forget where but porsche actually put out a news letter that states that the car was not designed to handle the stresses from 18's and above.......so I guess 20's are no good...I like how the 19s look though

-chris

MD951

It's been my experience that anything above 17" affects handling, esp in an autocross situation. I was grinding my Audi's 18's on the ground during hard cornering with 35 series rubber...

I would imagine that is why you never see F1 or cart cars with huge rims.