By the way, these wheels weigh bout half as much as the stock wheels

You mean that these weight 10 lbs front and 12.5 lbs rear? Hard to believe.

Hal

 

The weight of the Speedline wheels will not weight 50% less than the stock 993 TT wheels

 

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There is no argument, 993 GT2 road wheels like the ones on JWKC's GT2 above will stick out beyond the arches of a stock 993tt I bought some and that is what they did OK ??
Lance - I know what sort of wheels you have and most GT2 owners put these BBS wheels on in place of the stock wheels because of their lighter weight, but to the best of my knowledge they didn't come delivered from the factory with BBSs. Also the BBS wheels which were retrofitted to a GT2 will have different offsets to the ones which Fabspeed sold you they will be the same width just different offsets.

 

Man, what a great looking car, makes my 996TT
look like a poser.

How could you ever sell it.

 

Thanks everyone for their input.

Is the fitment problem with only the rear, or the fronts as well?

What do you think about the viability of machining down the hub face of the wheel so that it will fit in the wheelarches of a stocke Turbo?

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by e6tme:
<strong>Thanks everyone for their input.

Is the fitment problem with only the rear, or the fronts as well?

What do you think about the viability of machining down the hub face of the wheel so that it will fit in the wheelarches of a stocke Turbo?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Look again at the picture of the GT2 posted, esp the front flares. Do you think that Porsche would have bolted these flares on if the rims would otherwise fit under the normal 993 fenders? Measure the fender clearance of your car and compare that to the offsets on these wheels (ET34 and ET18).

You want to machine the rims?!?!? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> Are you nuts?!? <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" /> Magnesium is already not the best choice for street rims, and you want to compromise their integrity further?!? Unless you know something the Porsche and Speedline did not in originally spec'ing the design of these wheels, then I think it would be idiotic (if not suicidal) to compromise the integrity of these rims by machining the center thinner. To be frank - this sounds like a "ricer" solution for customizing a car. If your intention is just to build a show car THAT will never be driven on the street, then perhaps your solution would be more tolerable.

There are a few car parts that I personally would not compromise on for safety sakes - brakes, tires and rims. It's not speed that kills you, it's how you stop. <img border="0" alt="[nono]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[nono]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[nono]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" />

I don't understand why you are so obsessed with putting these wheels on your car? Did you buy them at a ridiculously low price? If not, then you should look at aftermarket lookalikes if you are so obsessed with the look of these wheels. If you already have this rims and are committed to making them fit, then I think the most viable option is to contact Speedline and see if they will sell you the rim halves with the proper offsets and you can transfer the rim center to the new lips. If you follow this route then the Speedline you want to contact is not SAC but the other one which I think is in Italy.

My $0.02. <img border="0" alt="[cherrsagai]" title="" src="graemlins/drink.gif" />

 

Whoa! Easy killer! I didn't realize the OEM GT2 wheels were magnesium...

Since the GT2 was a homologation special, I figured that the bolt on flares and low offset wheels were a simple way to increase track for racing purposes (plus to easily replace fenders torn off in competition!)

I simply like the look of the GT2 wheels quite alot, but I am not willing to go the whole hog and convert to GT2 flares. I was just looking to see if there is another way around this issue, simple as that. Of course, Kinesis Supercup wheels are similer, but are relatively heavy in comparison to stock wheels...

 

Even if the centers were aluminum I still don't think it would be a good idea to mill them just to make them fit.

Not sure what kind of racing you were planning on doing with your car, but IMHO the track you can achieve with the stock fenders should be fine. And as far as replacing torn fenders, if you're that serious about racing you'd replaced the steel fenders with fiberglass ones anyways.

You need to decide what kind of car you want to build - a racer, a street car, or a show car? You can't have all without significant compromises.

Good luck with your search <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/beerchug.gif" />

 

That BBS wheel is the classic forged modular wheel for the 911 amongst numerous other street class racing cars, whether it's "Magnesium" well, if the surface on a used wheel is pitted and corroded, then it's mg for sure, because that's why it's fallen out of favour.