Hey thanks for the info on speedy 's setup, I appreciate the help!

 

These look awesome.

Second car - Zuffenhaus/Fikse or new Fuchs?

Take care!

 

Zuff/Fikse.

 

Steve-- Glad to help ^^ Good luck!
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18" Fuchs + YELLOW

 

^ would you have anymore pictures of FUCHS and Yellow?

I ask because I have a signal yellow 97 TT that I think the 18" Fuchs would be a nice alternative set of shoes to put on my baby

 

Steve ^^ Perfect opportunity to post pics of your rare ride...
then offer a 12-pack of these to any PhotoShop expert who puts Fuchs on your Turbo

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Cheers --Jäger

 

See below...

 

Proper new Fuchs 17x8 front and 17x9 rear. 72mm wheel studs, 16mm spacers on rear.

I think the rear sticks out too much. I might try out 5mm spacers for both front and back instead.

Waiting on old school black metal center caps.

 

Something looks a bit odd. It appears that the wheel center offsets are the same for both front and rear wheels. The wheel centers of the rear wheels should be sitting inward much further with a much deeper silver lip.

 

That's because I'm running a 17x8 front. The normal front wheels are 17x7 with less lip. I wish they had a 17x10 wheel I can run for the rear.

 

those tires seem to also have a lot of sidewall which makes them look odd - what sizes are they?

 

225/45 and 255/40 conti. Maybe you are too used to see 18" wheels . I actually wish I went for 235/45 and 275/35 for even more sidewall.

 

Funny man - I have been running 19' RUF's on my 993's for many years.

I run 235/35/19 on my fronts (25.4" overall diameter), and 275/30/19 (25.5" overall diameter) on the rears. i would go wider in the rear and I like the balanced diameter for the AWD, but I will go up a few sizes next change since I moved these from my NB to the Turbo recently.

No sure what type of Conti's you are running, but your fronts are a quite tall profile and the rears as narrow as well. Is there a specific reason for that, is it because of the 9" rear wheel? (ride, or some sort of look you are getting at?)

If you look at these pictures, this is why I am asking about your tall sidewalls. I really like Fuchs wheels, but I would like to on 8.5 and 11.5" for my WB car, and then you can put decent rubber on them.... (as mentioned previously).

The RUF's on my old Targa



The RUF's on my Turbo



Cheers,

Mike

 

I would have preferred a 17x10 rear but Fuchs doesn't make one yet. I would also prefer a 265 rear, but conti doesn't make one. It's a compromised setup. I want to keep the grip low and everything light so I get the most feedback on the streets. I also want the tall sidewall retro look with these fuchs. For track days, I will get some proper stream rollers. Did you have clearance issue with the 235 and 275?

 

Got it, taller sidewalls.

Zero issue with clearances with the wheels/tires on both a NB and WB car. Running Sumi III's though - that makes a difference, some tires have sharper shoulders.

Cheers,

Mike