Malibu310

These are Porsche "knock-off" in the rear - we had to do extensive sheet metal work flaring the rear fenders out 1 1/2 inch for these to fit... the fronts are 18" no mods were needed.

Rick H

drnick

jhaverly, i have the twin turbo hollow spokes with 315s on the rear and a 7mm spacer, but i have GTS arches on my 86.

edit - i see you are fitting these to a GTS! i think the front is only an 8 or 8.5" though, definitely not a 9". ive put some 10" rims on the front now with the same style but they are not hollow spoke and are heavy.

PorKen

Thanks for the calculator Andrew! I used it in haste as a last check before I picked up some 993 rimz off Craigslist, today.

I wasn't really set on twists, and was thinking about 17s, but I'm starting to like these. Mostly, what I wanted was something to show off the brakes.

No fitment problems, except I had to pull the drivers side fender out ever so slightly, just with my hands. Stock 21mm spacers still on.

18x7.5 50ET 225/40 993.362.134.06
18x9.0 52ET 265/35 993.362.138.01

Eventually, I think I'd like a set of 235s on the front, if they'd fit.


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Shane

Lookin' good Ken!!

How do you like the added traction?

hacker-pschorr

Here is my lowered 79 with factory 997 18" wheels. the front suspension is not settled on this car in these pictures.

Front 8x18 - 235/40-18 et 57
Frear 10x18 - 265/40-18 et 58

If I'm taking a somewhat sharp turn and hit a bump, these will hit the fender. So I have to make sure my wheels are straight when pulling into any driveway.

These are Conti Sport 2 tires



Front:





Rear:

hacker-pschorr

Same car as above (still with suspension un-settled) with different wheels:

Front 8x17 - 225/45-17 et 52
Frear 9x17 - 255/40-17 et 52

I damaged my fenders pulling into a driveway with these wheels / tires

Sab

Just put 16x9 70mm ET with 265/45's al the way around on the track car.
Works fine, but fronts rub on sharp turns on the inside.

hacker-pschorr

16x9?

Sab

yes, 16x9 70mm ET Porsche OEM 911 wheel ('95 - '98)
great fir for the front, needs big spacers in the rear...

Hacker, someone mentioned you have a 5speed tranny for sale?

hacker-pschorr

Wow, 265/45 tire on a 9" wheel. I didn't think any Porsche still had 16" wheels by 1995.

5-speed? No, I have a 2.65 auto I'm not sure what I'm going to do with.

ACG

Ken,

The wheels look very nice on your car! I got your voice mail a couple of days ago. I hope you are recovering well from the cold.

ACG

Erik,

I have the same 997 18" wheels (front 57 ET / rear 58 ET).

The rear 265/40 Bridgestone Expedia tire set-up works well.

However, I face the same problem with the front 235/40 Michelin Sports hitting the fender when turning my wheels to the extreme.

PorKen

I still bark 'em off, and second gear still goes sideways - just not as far!

More understeer in the corners, which is OK, I guess. The wheels seem to take more effort to change direction at speed. Because of the extra weight?

I hope the extra weight doesn't take away too much of my dyno queen numbers!


Andrew,

Thanks! Exactly one week to get over this nasty cold/flu. I'm just feeling totally OK, today.

It looks like 235s might be a problem. I might stick with the 225s, which at least will be wider on the new 7.5" rims, versus my old 7" rims.

hacker-pschorr

Us pre-86.5 owners do not have the outside clearance the other guys do.

Reason why I'm going to install S4 upper control arms on the 79.

No_Substitute

ugh i am so confused

could I add a ~10mm spacer to 18x8 et50 to get it closer to et65, or is that going the opposite direction?