Lightweight 16" wheels?
05-08-2003 | 05:15 PM
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You have the perfect solution - Fuchs. Forged and yours is the only 951 they will fit
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05-08-2003 | 10:04 PM
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BBS RKs are really light in the 16" size, and fairly cheap as well. You could get SSR Competitions, these are some of the lightest alloy wheels on the market. They are not BBS-style though, it's a six spoke design. They look nice though. Why not 17" Fikses?
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05-08-2003 | 10:56 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by stjobs:
<strong>BBS RKs are really light in the 16" size, and fairly cheap as well. You could get SSR Competitions, these are some of the lightest alloy wheels on the market. They are not BBS-style though, it's a six spoke design. They look nice though. Why not 17" Fikses?
stjobs</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">SSR does not make the comp in porsche fitments....
<strong>BBS RKs are really light in the 16" size, and fairly cheap as well. You could get SSR Competitions, these are some of the lightest alloy wheels on the market. They are not BBS-style though, it's a six spoke design. They look nice though. Why not 17" Fikses?
stjobs</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">SSR does not make the comp in porsche fitments....
06-24-2003 | 07:51 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by stjobs:
<strong>BBS RKs are really light in the 16" size, and fairly cheap as well. You could get SSR Competitions, these are some of the lightest alloy wheels on the market. They are not BBS-style though, it's a six spoke design. They look nice though. Why not 17" Fikses?
stjobs</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">So they make the RK's in 16*7? i want to run 245/45/16 in back and either 205/55 or 225/50's in front, still looking. Tires will be Toyo RA1's so far.
<strong>BBS RKs are really light in the 16" size, and fairly cheap as well. You could get SSR Competitions, these are some of the lightest alloy wheels on the market. They are not BBS-style though, it's a six spoke design. They look nice though. Why not 17" Fikses?
stjobs</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">So they make the RK's in 16*7? i want to run 245/45/16 in back and either 205/55 or 225/50's in front, still looking. Tires will be Toyo RA1's so far.
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06-24-2003 | 10:16 PM
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Curt, I am not sure if they still make them but I have a set of BBS RG in 16x7.5 and 16x8.5 with correct offsets for 86 951. They are forged one piece and I bought them in 1988. They still look good.
06-25-2003 | 04:25 PM
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The HRE 3-piece Fuchs are nice, eh? I doubt they're as light as the real one-piece forged Fuchs though. The nuts & bolts are probably 1.5-lbs. I weighed my stock Fuchs and the 16x7" was 15-lbs and the 16x8" is 16-lbs.
