RKD in OKC

I think these will work 18x8et57 front and 18x10et58 rear.. The rear has 285s the fronts are 225. Hoping to put some 235 or 245 on front, but the 225 were already on the rims for a great price. The car handles way much better!

Obiigatory, Self-gratifying pictures...





I LOVE Iris Blue Metallic!!!

Marine Blue

Great choice!

Not wasting any time with the mods huh.

Angela R

Sterling knows a thing or two about meat













I love the iris blue metallic too!

Jon B.

HAHA, english isn't my first language either!

Car looks amazing!

RyanPerrella

looks allot better too

and your english is fine, i never proof read anything i post here on this board of messages rennlist it is cool place.

123quattro

Very nice!

RKD in OKC

Well, it handles better than much better, and/or way better, and I feel way much is more than a lot better or even more better itself, but not as much as insanely better.

pcar928fan

^^^^^^
ummmmmmm....YEA WHAT HE SAID!

I REALLY like the looks of those 5 spoke wheels! Always have... I think there is another (older) style that has an even thinner spoke on it and I like that one a touch better than these, but I tell you what, I would take EITHER of them!

Well done! What all is still in place on that car to make it go a bit faster. RR FP I think was one thing and Darin had a CRAZY loud exhaust on it...what else??? Do you know the RWHP on that car?

Thanks and it is looking GREAT!

drnick

ive got the same size/offset front (they are 19"?) and ive mounted a 245 falken onto this - there is contact between the wheel and the guard somewhere when taking roundabouts with gusto.. 235 worked without interference.

RKD in OKC

Thanks Nick, looks like 245 might be a bit much for the fender lip. Having height adjustment and alignment done in two weeks at local dealer, mechanic is great and knows the 928. Just have to see how much room there is after the tweaking.

They do look better...



James, I had the thinner spoked Carrera 5 spoke lightweights on my 944 Turbo. They are so thin and light they have a horrible record for getting bent easily on a 996. My wheel guy wouldn't even consider them on a 928. Mumbled something about the first pot hole causing tirettes.

I understand from a couple of emails with Darin the car had adj FPR running additional .5 bar, racing Fuel Pump, and a special Devek 6 inch exhaust. Said it dynoed just over 400 with that setup. I was told the next owner put stock exhaust back on to pass emissions, but don't know if any tuning or changes to FP and FPR were made.

Oh and the car does have DEVEK suspension setup with adj front bar, non-stock rear bar, Adj Koni's and Hyperco springs.

Dang it, just looked under the car to see if there were any numbers on the springs and the inside of the front rims are rubbing on the end of the swaybars. Also looks like tire had rubbed the paint off the swaybar ends in the past. Turned it lock to lock and looks like at least and inch between the wheel/tire and where the end of the sway bar has the paint rubbed off?

Chuck Schreiber

RKD,

Looks awesome man! My imagination or do they make your car look cleaner????

Where'd you pick them up at? You got me thinkin now.

pcar928fan

Did not know that about the earlier 5 spoke wheels. I still LOVE them, but I guess I will have to go w/ a take off set like those someday! Where is the best place to find them? Any thoughts?

AO

Yep, I have the same style wheels. They're awesome! IMO, you should have gone with the 11" rears then put on 295's or 305's! Still a good choice and a great looking car!

drnick

rkd, just saw that your wheels are 18" so you may have more clearance than i did with 19".

JWise

RKD- On our old 90GT, I bought the larger Devek front swaybar used from DR at 928 Specialists. He warned me the front wheels/tires might rub this bar when turning sharply (that's the main reason he took it off his, IIRC). As your stock GTS wheels have the same widths/offsets as the GT, I wouldnt be surprised to see some previous rub marks on the bar.

Your new wheels, being 1/2 wider combined with slightly less offset, would appear to be likely to rub the Devek bar.

BTW-who's your wheel guy there in OKC? I want to make note of him for future reference. Thanks.