1982 - 944 help!!

[macky1313]

can anyone help answering a question..... i have a white 1982 944 with 2 rear seats, but it has wide arches that appear to be original. is this a specific model as i cant seem to find any like it when i google it. many thanks in advance

 

[944 man]

All 944s have two rear seats. 1982 was the first model year although 944s were first built at the end of 1981.

Im not altogether sure what youre actually asking...

 

[Lowtimer]

Not sure what the seats have to do with anything.
I think the question is whether the front arches are wider than standard.

 

[macky1313]

well im trying to find out if the wider arches front & back are normal as everyone ive looked at doesnt have wide arches

 

[pauljmcnulty]

http://i.imgur.com/ilGw2mPl.jpg

Looks just like a 944. Are you comparing it with 924s, that don't have the flared arches but are otherwise very similar to an early 944?

 

[macky1313]

no ive only looked at other 944's, on the log book it only says 944 but as i said none of the others ive looked at have got the wide arches

 

[GPF]

As has been suggested, you seem to be confusing 944's with 924's

All 944's look like the one in the photo........

 

[pauljmcnulty]

 

[pauljmcnulty]

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Got loads of pics of 944s, but they all look the same as yours. It's the 924 that odesn't have the flared arches but I haven't got a shot of one of those handy!

 

[macky1313]

ok would there be any reason then as to why the wheels are set in the arches about 3", ive attached a pic to give you an idea what i mean

 

[zcacogp]

Someone's fitted later wheels (D90's) with the wrong offset to an early car. Can't see that it's any more complex than that.


Oli.

 

[GPF]

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Sorry, but that is funny!

As Oli says, some joker has fitted wheels from a later car with ABS hubs to your pre ABS car.

Bit of a problem that as you could get rubbing issues as the wheels will be too close to the inner arches!

You either need new wheels or some very big spacers......

 

[macky1313]

ok so if theres d90s on the car now what should be on the car?

 

[zcacogp]

Something with a bigger offset. I think that the standard fitting would have been teledials or cookie cutters, but others will correct me on this.

You'd do well to change them; wheels with that wrong an offset will ruin the handling and may mean it eats wheel bearings. The proper wheels will make it much nicer to drive.


Oli.

 

[944 man]

23mm (ET23.3) offset cast aluminium ATS 'Cookie Cutters'.

 

[zcacogp]

ORIGINAL: 944 man

23mm (ET23.3) offset cast aluminium ATS 'Sookie Cutters'.

Sounds like a Japanese ninja assassin ... []


Oli.

 

[944 man]

I dont know how that happened!

 

[macky1313]

ok so does anyone know where i can get reasonably priced "cookie cutters" from ?

 

[zcacogp]

eBay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/dsc/i.html?LH_TitleDesc=1&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=porsche+cookie+cutter+wheel&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.Xporsche+cookie+cutter+wheel.TRS0&_odkw=ET23.3+wheel&_osacat=0


Oli.