amfp

For you guys running 16" wheels on the 924S .....

1) What is your 4 wheel width .... 6" ?

2) Do 16" wheels with a 7" width fit for all four wheels without spacers or modifications ?

TIA.

924RACR

My 931 with stock 16's are 6" wide stock (the forged trashcan lids).

Realist D.

I have run 928 "Flats" on my 924S which are 16x7 and 16x8 with no body modification at all. Correct spacers are required to fit.

rwsams

I run 928 "Flats" (offset 65mm) in 16x7 front and rear. With spacers, they are fine. Without, 205/55x16 in the front are very very close. The rears have more clearance.

Bob S.

Dennis Wilson

The 16X7 with 53mm offset and 205x50 tires clear the strut springs by .5". The 65mm offsets should give you about 1" (better) clearance.

dgz924s

16"/ 7 and 8" ET49mm and no spacers. 205/225...had 225/245 but rubbed a bit.

Jay Gratton

D90's 16x7's all around but I just got 16x8's with spacers that will fit too!

amfp

Jay, Realist, and others,

When you reference "with spacers" ... does that mean I need to buy spacers ? Or does it mean I need to find wheels that have 65mm offset ? I am looking for no modification for 924S that is 100% stock.

Thanks much for all your prior feedback.

Manning

16x7 with 52.3mm offset fit all the way around, even with big fat tires. Well, there are some issues with spring clearance on the front, but running adjustable ride height with smaller diameter springs mitigates that issue. Right now I am running 16x7 front and 16x8 rear with 225/50 tires on all four corners with no issues. I used 16x6 and 16x8 D90s before this with 205/55 front and 225/50 rear with no issues.

If the wheels have a higher offset number, like 65mm, they will sit inboard further and you may run into clearance issues with the inner fender well or front springs which can possibly be resolved with spacers.

If wheels have a lower offset number, like 23.3 or 11 they will stick outboard further and you may run into issues with rubbing the fender lip.

Keep in mind the obvious issue that an 8" wide wheel with 52.3mm offset will sit the entire inch further outboard than a 7" wide wheel with 52.3mm offset because offset is measure from the inboard wheel lip. This can be an issue if you plan on running 8" wide wheels on the front as the entire extra inch of width over a 7" wide wheel will be on the outboard side and may interfere with the fender lip.

racer

Does anyone have a composite list of the wheel sizes and offsets that (typically) fit in the 924/44 series fenders?

Manning

OK, here is an update on this regarding my setup. I took the car in to get a somewhat more appropriate street alignment and as expected got into the fender a little bit on the front, but what really surprised me is that now I am getting into the fender lip on the rear as well.

52.3 offset 16x 8 phonedials for a 951 on the rear. I used to run 16 x 8 D90s with 225/50 16 Hoosier Street Radial RS's (now discontinued) with no clearance issue whatsoever, but the Avons Tech M500s just barely get into the lip.

So, how much can you grind off the rear fender inner lip before you get into trouble? Do you get into spot welds between the outer fender and inner liner pretty quickly? I don't need to take off much but while I'm in there what not go to town.

Moral of the story is, different brand or model of tires can be very different dimensionally, so keep that in mind