JET951

Hi Guys
we have a customer with an 89 turbo looking to buy these wheels
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380350992457&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:ITwill they fit his car without rubbing. i thought these look like carrera 3 lightweights not carrera 5(what is carrera 5?)
any help would be apprieciated.
Sean

badcoupe

Those should work being he has a late offset car no problem. if you had the offsetr numbers of those wheels then we would know for sure

JET951

the Ebay add says 58 ET front and 47 ET rear. i dont think i have seen carrera 3 in that offset though.

azbanks

Carrera 5 is an ebay seller who doesn't know what he is selling.

thingo

The ET47 at the rear will probably rub, maybe ok with 275. You something like 55-60 on the rear normally. But all 951's are different!

333pg333

This is supposedly the list of Porsche wheels that fit late model 944 cars from Wheel Enhancements. Can't see the offset but this is what they come up with when you put in that model car on their site.
Sean, you can see the Carrera 3 and 5 models. Similar skinny 5 spoke design.

http://www.wheelenhancement.com/inde...s&ijt=car&id=2

Darwantae951

Johnkoawood is currently running those wheels. John! Oh John! Where are you?

Paulyy

busy at the office

JohnKoaWood

I am right here, and those wheels never came in rear offset of 47 as far as I know.. But I could be wrong!

mine are front ET55, rear ET65, fit no problem with stock ride height on my 87 Turbo, with lowered ride height, wide rubber, and some combinations of the two rubbing will occur, more so on cornering depending on suspension setup... the 89 will already have rolled fender lips, but some light masage work of the inner fender liner might be needed to prevent rubbing if lowered stance, or softer suspension setups are used..

As far as tire widths, ride height, and other variables... YMMV..

And FWIW, those are MY02 Carrera wheels (introduced in 2002 on the 996 Carerra, and optional in 03 on teh Boxter S in narrower widths), 8 inch front, 10 inch rear... they were also available on Boxters in 7.5 and 9 inch widths.. have your customer verify the measurements BEFORE he buys them! FWIW, I paid $1200 U.S. for these wheels WITH rubber on them..

get pictures of the valve stems.. the ET and widths WILL be marked on either side of the valve stems.. even on the replicas.. also have the seller send pictures of the back sides of the wheels, to verify them as OE of Replicas... FWIW, reps sell for about half what OE wheels sell for!

333pg333

Still the best OEM design for our cars imho.

333pg333

ps here's a good calculator.

http://www.rimsntires.com/specs.jsp

azbanks

I ever so humbly disagree. I'd say they are the second best design for our cars.

JET951

thanks guys, exactly the info i needed. We have tried 11" rears with a 45 ET and they stuck out a little. Im pretty sure 47ET with a 10 should just fit. i will give it a go and report back

JohnKoaWood

Only problem I have with the twist wheels is they always look like they are backwards on one side of the car to me... one side they are right, the other... not so much..

But then that is just me...

FWIW, I HATE the twist wheels on my N/A, which could be why I am waiting patiently for my BBS Sport Classics to be finished!

JohnKoaWood

Only potential issue I see with an ET47 on an 89 is the 18mm shift outboard...

The outer edge of the rim will be even with or slightly outside the fender.. Here is a front shot of mine, ET65 10 inch rears.. this is with about -1.5deg rear camber.. I had to roll the rear fenders to prevent rubbing on the fender...