I just love my D90s

 

Well ... I hate to tell you, but it's a 90's car.

cheers

Christian

1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera

 

I think the D90s (is it a coincidence their 90's?) look ok with Cup mirrors and a lowered car.

 

Hey, great timing - do my D90's stay or go?
My front Toyos are getting thin (after 10k miles ) and I have been trying to decide wether to refurb my D90's, put on the Mille Miglia 17's I bought, or look for some OEM cup 17s, and sell the (heavy) MM's.

D90's do look 'right' IMO, but you need to get rid of that ridiculous front fender gap that 964's come with (see posts below for pics) - thank you Herr Eibach.
My brakes don't seem to overheat much. The 964 aerodynamics were designed around that wheel. They are light. I wouldn't want my steering any heavier. I don't get tramlining. I pay £80-90 for my Toyos.

I think the D90's stay..

 

One of the beauties of the D90 (besides their understated, matches-964 styling, of course ). For a change, something on the car that's cheap to replace when damaged/broken.

 

Oh yes, and a modern centre cap and side repeater helps.
Before lowering:
('after' is on post below)

 

..and after

 

Hey Johnny,

Is that a factory side marker? I haven't seen one in that shape before.

 

So Milli Vanilli.

 

I've a set I've been trying to sell for 2 years now and the best offer I've got is 100€

Nobody loves Design 90's
(unless this is reverse logic before selling them..?) [/B][/QUOTE]

944 owners love Design 90's! Try their forum.

I tend to think Porsche engineers knew what they were doing when they specified the wheels for the 964. When you see the amount of time, worry, and expense wheel fetishists go to to make the damn things fit, I would have thought a decent service would be a better use of the money. Anyway, anything bigger than D90'son a 964 doesn't look quite right to my eye.

(Call me old-fashioned, but I like Fuchs 'Cookie-cutters' best! Do they fit an unmodified 964 C2? Any pictures?)

 

Milli Vanilli were fake - remember. D90's are the original.


Christian



1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera

 

The Fuchs offset is totaly incorrect for the 964. The 23.3 mm offset versions will move the wheel out by nearly an inch towards the fender and the 10.6 mm offset versions by over an inch. Plus of course they will not clear the front callipers or the 4-piston rears. I think they may clear the 2-piston rears but do not hold your breath.
Ciao,
Adrian
964C4

 

One thing in general for the D90s is because of their design is that they are not as sensitive to issues of wheel balance like the spoked wheels are. Ice build up on the spoked wheels throws them out of balance and the 964 is almost impossible to drive. Happened to me last winter. This is why I have gone back to D90s for this winter. I never had this problem before.
205/225 tyres are not suitable for hard driving in summer due to the lack of overall traction but for normal driving in winter on the D90s they make for a good safe C4.
Ciao,
Adrian
964C4

 

Surprising that Porsche equipped the car with a tyre diameter that can't handle hard driving.

cheers

Christian

1990 C2
ex. 1984 Carrera

 

Nope, I got them out the back of 911 and Porsche world. The guy that sells them runs a colour ad every month. They are cheap, and correspondingly nasty quality (too light!) but its a nice change from the big slugs of rectangular orange.

Adrian, I thought I had my mind up, dammit! Is a 964 really undertyred on it's stock setup?