View Poll Results: 8" vs. 9" front wheels 17" Cup II on an '82
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8' vs. 9" fronts
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Have you found 9" wheels in your budget with a working offset?
Might want to do that first. I do not know of any "budget" wheels with a 9" front & a 928 friendly offset. When I say "budget" I mean take-off OEM or reproduction.
If you plan is a custom set of Fikse's, go for the 9's.
EDIT -
I see the one option for the 19" Moda's on The Tire Rack have an 8.5" front with et54. That might work depending on the year.
Might want to do that first. I do not know of any "budget" wheels with a 9" front & a 928 friendly offset. When I say "budget" I mean take-off OEM or reproduction.
If you plan is a custom set of Fikse's, go for the 9's.
EDIT -
I see the one option for the 19" Moda's on The Tire Rack have an 8.5" front with et54. That might work depending on the year.
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When you find the holy grail front 928 wheel, let me know. That would be an 18x9, ET68 - ET70, 5x130 pattern that looks good for $250 or less per wheel.
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Have you found 9" wheels in your budget with a working offset?
Might want to do that first. I do not know of any "budget" wheels with a 9" front & a 928 friendly offset. When I say "budget" I mean take-off OEM or reproduction.
If you plan is a custom set of Fikse's, go for the 9's.
EDIT -
I see the one option for the 19" Moda's on The Tire Rack have an 8.5" front with et54. That might work depending on the year.
Might want to do that first. I do not know of any "budget" wheels with a 9" front & a 928 friendly offset. When I say "budget" I mean take-off OEM or reproduction.
If you plan is a custom set of Fikse's, go for the 9's.
EDIT -
I see the one option for the 19" Moda's on The Tire Rack have an 8.5" front with et54. That might work depending on the year.
Wondering if I should just do the 9" to run equal size all the way around but I was wanting to do 275 on the rear and that won't work on the front. Hence the poll.
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Dan
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Sorry don't want to spoil it as he has only 1 set. I'm still trying to confirm they are 100% correct on what they have. No 10" from what I know.
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I am running 18x8 ET50 with 255/40R18s on the front. They stick out a little past the fenders, but only the rub under full compression of the front suspension. I've had them on the car for a year and have only heard them rub 3x. I drive the car pretty hard and the nose is about at stock ride height. Lowered would be a problem though.
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265??? I was under the understanding that 245 was as big as I could go up front.
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